Workshop Operations Assistant

Transcontinental R&D (M) Sdn Bhd; Butterworth; On-site; MYR 39,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

TORQ Service Centre, a fleet-first commercial vehicle workshop, seeks a purchaser/admin assistant to bridge workshop operations and purchasing. You will liaise with parts suppliers, raise purchase orders, reconcile billing with job cards, and help with stock logging using the workshop system.

Based in Butterworth, you will support daily workshop coordination and back up the purchasing coordinator as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in an auto parts counter, OEM parts store, or workshop purchasing/admin role is essential.
• Willing to be trained rigorously and tested before working solo.
• Comfortable liaising with suppliers directly, not just processing paperwork.
• Reliable, detail-oriented; errors on parts orders cost money.

Responsibilities

• Liaise directly with parts suppliers — pricing, availability, delivery coordination
• Raise and track Purchase Orders
• Enter billing and reconcile against job cards
• Support parts stock in/out logging (workshop management system)
• Work alongside purchasing coordinator as backup during leave/absence
• Assist with day-to-day workshop coordination as needed

Skills

Auto parts counter

Supplier liaison

Workshop purchasing

Detail oriented

Reliability

Tools

Workshop management system

Job description

About the role:
TORQ Service Centre is a fleet-first commercial vehicle workshop serving corporate fleets and logistics operators. We're building out our operations team and need someone who understands how a workshop actually runs — not just data entry.

What you'll do:

Liaise directly with parts suppliers — pricing, availability, delivery coordination

Raise and track Purchase Orders

Enter billing and reconcile against job cards

Support parts stock in/out logging (workshop management system)

Work alongside our purchasing coordinator as backup during leave/absence — this role and that one cover each other

Assist with day-to-day workshop coordination as needed

What we're looking for:

Experience in an auto parts counter, OEM parts store, or workshop purchasing/admin role — this is a must, not a nice-to-have

Understands basic lubricant/parts specs (e.g. difference between gear oil grades) or willing to be trained rigorously and tested before working solo

Comfortable liaising with suppliers directly, not just processing paperwork

Reliable, detail-oriented — errors on parts orders cost real money in this industry

Based in or able to commute to Butterworth/Mak Mandin daily