Service Advisor

SAGA Truck & Van; England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus scheme

24 days annual leave + bank holidays

Simply Health

Staff referral scheme

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Job summary

SAGA Truck & Van is seeking a Service Advisor to deliver an excellent end-to-end customer experience across the vehicle service journey. You will welcome customers, capture service requirements, and communicate clearly at every stage from receipt to handover.

In this role you will manage bookings, plan workshop activity, and ensure accurate invoicing while promoting aftersales opportunities. A strong customer-first approach and IT proficiency with workshop systems are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills with rapport building.
• Clear and confident communication, verbal and written.
• Highly organised with strong time management.
• Attention to detail in invoicing and administrative tasks.
• Proficiency with generic IT software for workflows.
• Experience in service administration, invoicing, or costing is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving, adaptability and teamwork.
• Experience using dealer management or workshop systems (e.g., Truckfile, Kerridge, Keyloop).
• Knowledge of manufacturer standards and warranty processes.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary contact for customers and own the service journey.
• Capture service requirements and set clear expectations.
• Manage service bookings, re-bookings, and diary control.
• Make pre-arrival calls and plan vehicles into workshop.
• Pre-plan jobs coordinating parts 48 hours prior.
• Keep customers informed through diagnosis, authorisation, and completion.
• Liaise with workshop staff, parts, and subcontractors.
• Promote aftersales opportunities and obtain approvals.
• Update service activity in internal systems (e.g. Truckfile).
• Deliver service in line with standards and expectations.
• Support the wider team in achieving WIP and sold-hours targets.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Time management

Attention to detail

IT proficiency

Service administration

Invoicing

Costing

Problem solving

Adaptability

Team collaboration

WIP monitoring

Dealer management systems

Manufacturer standards

Job description

Job Description

SAGA Truck & Van is the leading Mercedes-Benz distributor in the United Kingdom, with a network of ten dealerships across Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, and East England, employing over five hundred staff.

The SAGA Mercedes-Benz Story:

The journey began in 1971 in western France, initially focused solely on commercial vehicles. Over the years, car and utility vehicle operations were added, and dealerships multiplied—first regionally until 2013, then nationally, before expanding internationally in 2019. In 2024, SAGA Mercedes-Benz expanded to England with the acquisition of 10 dealerships, previously owned by Sparshatt Truck and Van and Motus Truck & Van. Today, SAGA has an international presence (in France, Belgium, England, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Czech Republic) and represents 70% of the RCM group’s revenue.

This role is responsible for both delivering an excellent end-to-end customer experience. We are looking for a people-oriented individual who can build rapport with a wide range of customers and colleagues. A strong customer-first approach is essential, with the ability to identify and meet customer expectations at every stage. The ideal candidate must be versatile and able to adapt to changing situations, while maintaining consistent communication and professionalism.

Day-to-day responsibilities include receiving customers and their vehicles, taking full ownership of their service experience. The advisor must keep customers informed through every stage of the service journey—upon vehicle receipt, during diagnosis, once authorisation is required, and upon completion. Timely and accurate invoicing of retail jobs is essential prior to vehicle handover, ensuring payment or valid order numbers are in place.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for customers throughout the vehicle service journey, taking full ownership of their experience


• Attend to customers and vehicles, accurately capturing service requirements and setting clear expectations


• Manage service bookings, re-bookings, and diary control to maximise workshop capacity in collaboration with the Workshop Controller


• Make pre-arrival confirmation calls and ensure vehicles are correctly planned into the workshop


• Pre-plan jobs by coordinating parts picking at least 48 hours prior to vehicle arrival


• Keep customers informed at all stages of the service process, including diagnosis, authorisation requirements, and completion updates


• Liaise closely with workshop staff, parts department and subcontractors on both planned and unplanned work


• Promote aftersales opportunities and obtain customer approval for additional work identified during the service process


• Ensure all service activity is accurately updated in internal systems (e.g. Truckfile), including workshop loading and job status


• Deliver service in line with dealer and manufacturer standards, policies, and customer experience expectations


• Support the wider service team in achieving daily and monthly WIP and sold-hours targets

Working hours:

45 hours per week; Monday to Friday + 1 in 3 Saturdays (7:00am - 1:00pm) paid as overtime

Joining SAGA Truck And Van Means

• Representing “the star,” an international luxury car brand


• Promoting vehicles with the latest technologies


• Benefiting from career opportunities within a fast-growing group


• Joining a family-owned group with strong values and collaborating with passionate people


• Participating in regular internal events that promote team cohesion (seminars, incentives, parties…)


• Enjoying many other benefits:




• Discretionary bonus scheme


• 24 days Annual leave plus bank holidays


• Simply Health


• Staff referral scheme


• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave


• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

RCM:

SAGA Truck & Van is part of the French RCM group, created and led since 1999 by Ronan Chabot. Strongly attached to its region and values, RCM expanded intensively—first regionally, then across France, before expanding internationally in 2019 with the SAGA Mercedes-Benz network and adding a new activity: boating. Today, the group remains a French family business with a global outlook, distributing iconic brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Lexus, Porsche, Beneteau, Azimut, Galeon, and Highfield internationally (in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, England, and the Czech Republic). Our values have remained the same since day one: Passion, Performance, and Respect. In 2018, RCM was named France’s Distributor of the Year, and in 2021 won the Family Saga award at the French Automotive Distribution Grand Prix.

Job Requirements

Essential:

Excellent customer service skills, with the ability to build rapport, manage expectations and handle queries professionally.

Clear and confident communication skills, both verbal and written, with customers and internal stakeholders.

Highly organised with strong time-management skills, able to balance customer-facing duties with financial and administrative responsibilities

Attention to detail - accurate processing of repair orders, invoicing, and maintaining compliance with company policies and manufacturer standards.

IT proficiency in generic software for managing workflows and customer records.

Desirable

Service administration, customer service, costing or invoicing role experience within an automotive or workshop environment. Ability to manage work in progress (WIP), ensuring jobs progress efficiently from booking through to invoice closure

Problem-solving ability - proactively addressing customer concerns and resolving issues quickly and effectively. Confidence to challenge inaccuracies and suggest improvements.

Adaptability - flexibility to handle changing situations and varying customer requirements with ease.

Team collaboration - working effectively with the Service Manager, Workshop Controller, and colleagues to achieve targets and deliver quality service.

Experience monitoring labour efficiency and identifying time or cost discrepancies

Experience in using dealer management or workshop systems (e.g. Truckfile, Kerridge, Keyloop or similar)

Knowledge of manufacturer standards, warranty processes and compliance requirements