Mainline Service Advisor

Ken Garff Automotive Group; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Wellness PTO

Personal Purpose Day

Health Insurance

Employee discounts

Year-end bonus

Job summary

Ken Garff Automotive Group is seeking a Service Advisor to greet customers, listen to needs, and provide timely updates and estimates. You will leverage DMS tools to access service histories, schedule appointments, and manage repair orders while delivering exceptional customer care.

The role emphasizes accurate communication, teamwork, and a willingness to support a fast-paced dealership environment across our Ken Garff network. Medical, PTO, and retirement benefits are available.

Qualifications

• Friendly, cooperative demeanor and ability to connect with customers.
• Analytical and precise in handling service updates and estimates.
• Strong communication and teamwork to support a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers promptly and professionally.
• Listen to inquiries, identify service needs, and upsell appropriate services.
• Provide updates, estimates, and inspection results to customers.
• Answer calls courteously and address inquiries to satisfaction.
• Review completed work, discuss recommendations, and collect payments.

Skills

Customer Service

Relationship Building

Communication

Attention to Detail

Team Player

Tools

DMS software

Job description

Considering a career with Ken Garff Automotive Group means you are in for a great ride (excuse the car metaphor)! We’re not your standard dealership or group of dealerships and we are pretty darn proud of that. We are out to do things differently and want to consistently change, grow, and progress. For that reason, our employees are proud of where they work! Dewey Dodge, a Ken Garff Automotive Dealership, is currently looking for a Service Advisor that aligns with our core values and acts with respect, integrity, growth, humility and teamwork.

Looking for:

• Friendly and cooperative demeanor
• quick to connect and build relationships with others
• Unselfish and approachable with a preference for exciting, fast-paced work
• Motivated, patient, conscientious, relaxed and cooperative team worker
• Accommodating and analytical, while producing highly precise and accurate work

Why you’ll love working with us:

• Competitive compensation package and 401k with company match
• Wellness Time Off, plus holidays, plus a Personal Purpose Day
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability Insurance, AD&D and Life Insurance Flex Spending, Health Savings Account, EAP, Wellness Plan, Mental Health Support, Diabetes Management Program, and Parental Leave Stipend
• Year-end bonus program for ALL employees (Garff Giveback)
• Employee discounts on vehicle purchase, parts, service and more!

What you’ll do as a Service Advisor:

• Greet all customers promptly and professionally
• Provide excellent customer service by listening to customer inquiries and requests, asking questions to identify service needs, resolving concerns, and sell additional services when appropriate
• Provide customers with updates, estimates, and inspection results in a timely manner
• Answer customer telephone calls promptly, courteously, and make every effort to satisfy the caller’s inquiry
• Review all completed work and recommendations and collect payments from customer
• Proficient knowledge in Dealer Management System (DMS) and any other essential software programs to look up customer’s service history, schedule appointments, enter repair order information, and manage information
• Provide excellent service and review the customer satisfaction survey to each customer

At first glance, there’s nothing remarkable at Ken Garff. Our uniforms aren’t flashy, and our buildings look a lot like the competition. You may not see it right at first, but if you listen you’ll hear. Because listening isn’t just something we do; it’s part of who we are. It’s how we show that what we absolutely value the most (far more than buildings, uniforms or cars) is our people. And we thrive on treating them right. We listen because we believe listening matters. We’re just different that way.

Will you join us as a new Service Advisor? Will you throw your energy and focus behind what we’re doing? Will you live our values and do things differently than you’ve ever done them? Will you listen and build trust and foster relationships? This organization, that started as an idea by a man named Ken Garff way back in 1932, needs one thing to keep its vision intact and its purpose of reinventing an industry moving forward. It needs you.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (( We Hear You ))

We're not your standard dealership or group of dealerships and we're pretty darn proud of that. We want to consistently change, grow, and progress. For that reason, our employees are proud of where they work. Our history is rich in the tradition of doing things differently. It began with Ken Garff himself. It continued through all of those who followed Ken and is alive and thriving today.