Parts Advisor - Glasgow West

Volvo; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Glasgow is seeking a Parts Advisor. In this role, you will manage parts inventory, assist customers, and ensure accurate documentation. The ideal candidate must possess a driving licence and demonstrate excellent communication skills. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits, including holidays and a pension plan.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension

Overtime rates

Healthcare plan

Enhanced parental leave

Referral schemes

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Must have a driving licence.
• Ability to identify different parts using catalogs.
• Numerical ability to work with part numbers.
• Effective communication at all levels.
• Ability to promote and sell parts.
• Competence in documenting and recording information.
• IT literate to use DMS and associated software.
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach.
• Strong accuracy and attention to detail.
• Flexibility in changing circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Receive deliveries and manage inventory of parts.
• Maintain stock accuracy and report shortages.
• Ensure all parts are labelled and packed correctly.
• Produce parts quotations for customers.
• Document condition of returned parts.
• Promote and sell additional parts to customers.
• Pick up and deliver parts when needed.

Skills

Driving Licence

Numerical ability

Effective communication

Selling/influencing skills

IT literacy

Proactivity

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Commercial awareness

Job description

Parts Advisor - Glasgow West

Salary: £14.00 per hour

Shifts: Dayshift – 2 weeks, Backshift – 1 week

Dayshift 7:00am – 3:15pm { Monday – Thursday }

Dayshift 7:00am- 2:30pm { Friday }

Backshift 2:00pm – 10:30pm { Monday – Thursday }

Backshift 2:30pm - 9:00pm { Friday }

Weekends 7:00am – 1:00pm { Saturday only paid at time and a half } every 3rd Saturday

An On-Call Rota is also in place which corresponds with the Backshift / Weekend times.

Call outs are paid at a rate of 3 hours at double time { per call out + stand by allowance }

Your Responsibilities

• Receiving deliveries, record and store parts in stockroom according to prearranged systems.
• Locating and label parts and maintain inventory of stock, reporting stock shortages to parts supervisor.
• Maintain a good standard of housekeeping, operating within health & safety company guidelines
• Produce parts quotations for internal/external customers.
• Documenting and supervising the condition of parts returned for credit including old unit cores and reporting damaged or unsuitable items to the Parts Supervisor.
• Ensuring that all parts and returns are correctly labelled and packed, alongside the relevant documentation and paperwork
• Discussing part features and uses with customers whilst proactively promoting and selling parts.
• Accurately compile parts from job cards for repairs being carried out in the workshop.
• Feedback all information about competitors to Parts Supervisor.
• Work with Parts Supervisor to achieve their maximum competency level.
• Pick up and deliver parts on occasion

Who are you

• Driving Licence required
• Able to identify different parts using catalogues and systems.
• Numerical ability to be able to work with part numbers.
• To be able to effectively communicate at all levels both written and verbally with people inside the organization as well as external customers.
• Selling/influencing others to buy additional parts.
• Documenting/recording information.
• IT literate to competently use DMS and associated software & systems.
• Proactive, enthusiastic and approachable.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Flexible and positive approach to changing circumstances/priorities.
• Commercial awareness.

What’s in it for you

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays raising to 30 days with service (+1 day per year)
• Company pension
• overtime @ time and a half Mon to Sat, double time Sun and bank hols
• Healthcare plan with access to dental insurance
• Enhanced paternity/maternity/foster leave
• Referral schemes earn yourself 1000!
• Many discounts for yourself and family/friends on theme days, travel, hotels, gym memberships, plus many more!

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.

Who we are and what we believe in

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.