Parts Lead

Cinch Cars Limited; Corby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonuses

Company pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental health first aiders

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Job summary

cinch in Derby seeks a Parts Lead to manage the on-site Parts Department, overseeing stock, checks and supplier liaison to meet production plans. You will ensure stock accuracy, process efficiency and smooth operation of the branch working with reception, body shop and workshop teams.

As Parts Lead you will supervise staff, uphold ISO standards and SOPs, drive cost control, and maintain safe, compliant handling of parts while coordinating with suppliers to support production targets.

Job description

About The Role

Job Title: Parts Lead
Salary: £36,000 Per Annum
Location: Derby
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:30
Job Status: Permanent

At cinch our mission is simple - to remove the faff from buying and owning cars, giving customers more choice, with more ease (not to mention a free 90-day warranty on all cars...)

Already the UK’s largest online used car retailer, we’re expanding our offering with an exciting roadmap of online and physical retail solutions - including faff-free car servicing at over 100 locations across the country.

We’re part of Constellation Automotive Group - a family of brands that also includes We Buy Any Car, British Car Auctions (BCA) and Marshall Motor Group. Together, cinch and Marshall operate as Constellation Retail - bringing together 100+ years of motoring know-how at 130+ stores (Marshall) with a market-leading digital experience from a much-admired brand (cinch).

The road ahead for you is clear. Join us and you’ll get a unique opportunity to grow your career across two leading automotive brands that are really going places. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.

What you’ll be working on

The Parts Lead will be directly responsible for all activities within the Parts Department onsite. Including but not confined to stock maintenance, over-seeing stock checks, ordering, issuing, receipt and return of parts. Supervision of the parts team, ISO (parts associated elements), maintain daily liaison with staff and suppliers for all aspects of ordering, receipt and issuing of parts in order for the facility to achieve its planned production.

• Key Responsibilities:
  • Ensure the cinch values and behaviours are upheld
    
  • Responsible for Stock maintenance (checking stock levels, including parts stock checks, review of obsolete stock)
  • Consumables ordering and management
  • Liaise with relevant centre staff to ensure smooth operation of the branch, body shop and workshop.
  • Promote and lead the health, safety and welfare of all personnel within the parts department
  • Be responsible for the quality, technical production, storage & handling of customers’ parts in accordance with agreed processes and protocols, while ensuring that the company’s parts management processes and protocols are adhered to at all times
  • Advise appropriate centre management of any issues as they arise
  • Minimise cost across the operation by efficient and effective work practises
  • Ensure that liaison is maintained with management to ensure sufficient parts are available to achieve the production plans
  • Assist in managing the company’s parts suppliers as appropriate
  • Create, initiate and monitor parts procedures so customer expectations can not only be met but also exceeded
  • Be active in the development and integration of ISO and SOP’s across your area of responsibility
  • Responsible for all health and safety aspects of own area of responsibility and attend the Centre monthly H&S meeting

cinch and Rewards

cinch’s benefits programme sees that our people are supported both in and out of work. That’s what a faff-free life is all about. We offer:

• Competitive salaries and bonuses
• A company pension scheme
• An Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to trained mental health first aiders
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

And so much more!

cinch and You In making the most out of a career at cinch you need to be curious, creative, and collaborative. See, we are putting you in the driver’s seat, in control of your career and ready to drive your own development. There’s no bureaucracy, no hierarchy, just an environment with values that bring us together and a purpose that sets us apart. Join us as we continue to accelerate, defy expectations, and revolutionise an entire industry.

cinch and Diversity and Inclusion

cinch wants to help all kinds of people in the UK find and buy a car. So, it makes good sense to have all kinds of people working with us on the challenge. Conversations and the decisions they lead to are better for featuring different voices. Representation matters.

And doing your job while not being your authentic self is not faff-free. Being free to be the best of who you are as you soar to professional greatness is the kind of business we commit to creating, as one.