Auto Parts Counter Sales (Full Time) # 132

Rpiintranet; Missouri; On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Auto Parts Counter Salesperson to join their team. This role involves providing exceptional customer service, assisting customers with automotive parts inquiries, and ensuring the smooth operation of the store. You will be responsible for maintaining inventory, handling transactions, and contributing to a positive team environment. If you have a passion for automotive parts and enjoy helping customers solve their problems, this is an exciting opportunity to grow in a supportive workplace that values teamwork and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience required.
• One year of automotive parts experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional customer service and assist with parts inquiries.
• Maintain a clean and organized store environment.
• Handle cash and credit transactions accurately.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Mathematical Skills

Reasoning Ability

Basic Computer Knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

GED motivation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Auto Parts Counter Sales (Full Time) # 132

0132 Higginsville, Higginsville, Missouri, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM

The Counter Salesperson provides over-the-counter direct sales to customers, takes orders in-person and by phone, and supports the overall success of the Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts store operations through promotion of sales programs and other customer and team-related activities. Sales activities focus on aftermarket automotive replacement parts, and may include the sale of heavy-duty parts, auto and industrial paint, and body shop supplies and equipment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Demonstrate courteous, respectful, and kind conduct toward every employee and customer.
• Cooperate and coordinate well with coworkers and as a team member.
• Perform job duties in compliance with legal, regulatory, and Company safety guidelines, practices, and policies.
• Maintain neat, clean, and professional appearance.
• Provide exceptional customer service including assisting in determining parts needed, offering options to solve customer problems, and diffusing situations involving an upset or dissatisfied customer.
• Research part’s availability through computer and catalogs for stock numbers, inventory status, and pricing.
• Locate and pull parts for orders, check in, put up, straighten, dust, and rearrange stock as needed on the sales floor and back rooms/warehouse.
• Handle cash and credit transactions; properly invoice/credit customer accounts.
• Prioritize the order of delivery items and assign deliveries to drivers, if applicable.
• Correctly handle new and defective core returns from customers, insure proper customer credit and complete necessary paperwork.
• Open and/or close the store if given key holder responsibility.
• Work home store inventory/assist in other location’s inventory, if assigned.
• Clean (pick-up trash, sweep, mop, etc.) and maintain inside and outside of building area.
• Adhere to scheduled work time unless authorized by a manager.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

High School Diploma or equivalent experience or motivation to pursue a GED. One year of professional automotive parts experience or two years of hobbyist automotive parts experience preferred.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic computer knowledge including web browsing and knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Valid driver's license (Class E required for all Missouri locations) and clean driving record.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employment at Replacement Parts, Inc. is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing. Equal Opportunity Employer. Replacement Parts, Inc. is a drug-free workplace. *This is a Safety Sensitive position due to the use of heavy equipment and hazardous material.