Parts Sales Representative

PrairieLand Partners, LLC; Bazine (KS); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is seeking a Parts Sales Representative to drive daily parts sales, stock management, and customer service excellence at the AVE-PLP location. You will work with service technicians and customers to ensure parts availability and smooth operations.

The role emphasizes accurate inventory, merchandising support, and reliable delivery of parts, with emphasis on teamwork and professional interactions to support our customers and

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• One year of customer service experience is preferred.
• Previous merchandising and parts sales experience is preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.

Responsibilities

• Sells parts to AVE-PLP customers at the store and at customer locations.
• Maintains a good rapport with AVE-PLP customers and service technicians.
• Maintains an accurate and effective inventory control system.
• Assists in keeping the parts department clean and orderly.
• Records all sales and/or counter transactions.
• Supplies service technicians with parts as required.
• Assists the Parts Manager with merchandising displays.
• Verifies receiving shipments.
• Follows up on shortages and reports shortages for expediting.
• Performs other duties as required to ensure success.

Skills

Parts merchandising

Selling techniques

Financial management

Communication

MS Office

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Who We Are

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is a joint venture between two of the top John Deere Dealerships in the United States. By joining forces, we continue to lead the charge in technology, innovation, and best-in-class service and support for our respective customers. Our purpose is to lead agriculture in rural America.

Who We Are

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is a joint venture between two of the top John Deere Dealerships in the United States. By joining forces, we continue to lead the charge in technology, innovation, and best-in-class service and support for our respective customers. Our purpose is to lead agriculture in rural America.

We credit our success to our knowledgeable, competitive, hardworking, and passionate employees that strive for excellence in everything they do. We live out our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Servant Leadership, Courageous Innovation, and Performance.

With over 100 years of experience in the agricultural industry we have a rich heritage, growth mindset, and entrepreneurial spirit. Today, we have a strong presence in numerous locations with our support spanning through western Iowa, eastern Nebraska, central and eastern Kansas, and northwest Missouri.

We are seeking driven, highly motivated, collaborative, and intellectually curious professionals who want to be part of cultivating the highest impact culture in the agriculture equipment industry. Previous experience and knowledge of large ag equipment or commercial/turf equipment is welcomed but not required. We can train with the right individual who is willing to work hard and make customers their #1 priority.

Look Forward. Adapt Often. Lead Always.

General Purpose

The Parts Sales Representative is responsible for the daily selling and stocking of parts and for providing excellent customer service to AVE-PLP customers and service technicians. The Parts Sales Representative Reports to the Parts Manager and is non-exempt.

Essential Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sells parts to AVE-PLP customers at the store and at customer locations.
• Maintains a good rapport with AVE-PLP customers and service technicians.
• Maintains an accurate and effective inventory control system.
• Assists in keeping the parts department clean and orderly.
• Records all sales and/or counter transactions.
• Supplies service technicians with parts as required.
• Assists the Parts Manager with merchandising displays.
• Verifies receiving shipments.
• Follows up on shortages and reports the shortages to Parts Manager for expediting.
• Performs other duties as required and necessary to ensure the success of AVE-PLP.

Supervisory Duties

• None.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to consistently promote, support, work, and act in a manner in support of AVE-PLP’s DNA.
• Knowledge of parts merchandising and associated selling techniques.
• Knowledge of financial management as it pertains to the Parts Department.
• Ability to maintain a positive and professional working relationship with peers, management, and support resources, with a constant commitment to teamwork and exemplary customer service.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, employees, and peers in person, on the phone, and in writing.
• Ability to use standard desktop load applications such as Microsoft Office and internet functions.

Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) equivalent is required.

Experience

• One year of customer service experience is preferred.
• Previous merchandising and parts sales experience is preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.

Additional Requirements / Licenses / Certifications

• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Passing a driving record (MVR), criminal history background checks, employment verification, and drug screen will be required prior to the start of employment.
• Forklift license preferred or ability to obtain one.

Working Environment

• Occasional outdoor work in extreme weather conditions (hot/cold); walking on uneven terrain; occasional exposure to insects.
• Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required including cold weather gear, eye protection, gloves, and provided uniform.
• A clean and safety-conscientious working environment is required.
• Work may involve long hours and overtime during holidays, weekends, and evenings.
• Required to rotate on-call responsibilities for up to one week at a time.

Physical Activities

• Ability to stand, sit, walk, walk on unpaved terrain, talk, reach with arms and hands, have good manual dexterity, use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, handle or feel, hear alarms/telephones/normal speaking voice.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• May involve climbing ladders, stairs, steps, and traversing catwalk grating, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, and kneeling on a frequent basis and working in confined space and manual dexterity required to complete work tasks through safe and proper operation of power and hand tools, and motor vehicles.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Moving, positioning, and carrying loads of up to 5 pounds upstairs and loading on four-foot-high surfaces frequently.
• Moderate physical work involving lifting, pushing, or pulling of objects up to 50 pounds frequently and 75 pounds occasionally.

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any person in any condition of employment based on race, color, creed, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status.