Parts Van Sales/Delivery Driver

Thomas Hardie Commercials Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive parts company is seeking a motivated individual for a Parts delivery role in Manchester. You'll be responsible for ensuring efficient delivery services, identifying opportunities for sales, and maintaining stock records. Ideal candidates should have prior experience in a Parts role and a full UK driving licence. Competitive pay and benefits including personal pension, employee development opportunities, and more will be offered.

Benefits

Weekly pay

Company sick pay scheme

Enhanced contributions to pension

Cycle to Work scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits

Loyalty holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in a Parts role with customer service and sales.
• Driving/delivery experience is essential.
• Ability to identify parts using catalogues.
• Excellent customer-facing skills required.
• Full UK driving licence is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Provide quick and efficient delivery service.
• Identify new customer opportunities.
• Ensure parts sold are serviceable.
• Maintain documentation for sales and deliveries.
• Conduct daily vehicle checks.

Skills

Customer service

Sales experience

Driving skills

Interpersonal skills

Numeracy and literacy

Stock control system competence

Computer literacy

Tools

Parts AS400 or similar system

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, professional, and versatile individual to join the Parts Department based at our Trafford site working Monday to Friday from 8am until 4:30 pm, plus alternative Saturday mornings from 8:30am to 12:30pm.

Reporting to the Parts Supervisor, you will be responsible for providing a quick and efficient delivery service ensuring that all customer requirements are met and to seek ways to increase parts and accessory sales by identifying customer needs and incremental items to sell.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that all required parts and any additional parts and accessories are available and offered to customers maintaining market share where possible.
• Identifying new customer opportunities and discussing these with the Parts Supervisor.
• Ensuring that all parts sold and delivered are in serviceable condition and suitable for their intended use.
• Ensuring all documentation relating to sales and deliveries is properly recorded and passed on to the appropriate personnel, ensuring that a signature is obtained for receipt of goods.
• Ensuring that exchange units returned are in suitable condition to return to the manufacturer/supplier.
• Performing external stock checks with customers as required.
• Handling, storing, and moving stock to avoid and eliminate wastage, damage, and deterioration.
• Conducting daily vehicle checks and general maintenance of the Company vehicle.
• Any other duties as required reasonable within your capabilities.

Qualifications and experience

• Previous experience within a Parts role and/or within the industry, including customer service and/or sales experience.
• Previous experience within a driving/delivery role.
• Numeracy and literacy skills to a level to deal with parts documentation.
• The ability to identify parts from parts catalogues and electronic media and understand basic commercial vehicle make-up.
• Excellent customer facing and interpersonal skills.
• Be competent in the use of a stock control system.
• Computer literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, experience of Parts AS400 or similar system.
• Full and current UK driving licence. A forklift licence would be advantageous.

Benefits

We offer competitive rates of pay and Company benefits including Weekly pay, Company sick pay scheme, personal pension with enhanced contributions and death in service benefit for pension members, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced paternity and maternity benefits, loyalty holidays and excellent personal development and training opportunities.