Parts Advisor - Perth

Volvo Trucks; Perth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

Pension

Holidays

Car scheme

Referral bonus £1000

Discount schemes

Job summary

Volvo Trucks is seeking a Parts Advisor to join our team in the United Kingdom. You will receive deliveries, manage stock, prepare quotations, and support sales by identifying parts for customers while maintaining high standards of safety and housekeeping.

The role requires a valid driving licence, ability to identify parts via catalogs, strong numerical and communication skills, and IT-literate proficiency with DMS systems. Occasional parts delivery may be required.

Qualifications

• Driving licence is required.
• Ability to identify parts using catalogues and systems.
• Numerical ability to work with part numbers.
• Effective written and verbal communication with colleagues and customers.
• Selling/influencing others to buy additional parts.
• Documenting/recording information.
• IT literacy to use DMS and related software.

Responsibilities

• Receive deliveries and store parts in stockroom per prearranged systems.
• Locate, label and maintain inventory; report shortages.
• Maintain housekeeping per health & safety guidelines.
• Produce parts quotations for internal/external customers.
• Document condition of parts returned for credit and report damaged items.
• Ensure parts and returns are correctly labeled and paperwork is complete.
• Discuss part features and uses with customers and promote parts sales.
• Assemble parts from job cards for workshop repairs.
• Provide feedback about competitors to Parts Supervisor.
• Collaborate with Parts Supervisor to achieve maximum competency.
• Occasionally pick up and deliver parts.

Skills

Driving Licence

Parts identification

Numerical ability

Communication skills

Sales ability

Documentation

IT literacy

Proactive attitude

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Commercial awareness

Tools

DMS software

Job description

Salary

Competitive + healthcare + car scheme + pension + holidays + industry leading discouts & more fantastic benefits

Shifts

Dayshift 7.30am - 4.00pm Monday to Thursday / 7.30am - 3.00pm Friday. Backshift (every 3rd week) 2.30pm - 11.00pm Monday to Thurday / 2.30pm - 9.00pm Friday

What You Will Do

• 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

What's in it for you?

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays
• Company pension
• 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!

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.

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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.