SERVICE ADVISOR

Sames Auto Group; Laredo (TX); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive wages

Medical insurance plan

401k retirement

A professional and respectful work环境

Paid vacation/holidays

Employee vehicle purchase program

Résumé du poste

Sames Auto Group is hiring a Service Advisor to assist customers with repair and scheduled maintenance, advise on preventative services, and coordinate with technicians to ensure timely delivery of vehicles.

The ideal candidate will have at least two years of sales experience, strong customer-service skills, and a valid driver’s license. The role includes promoting labor and parts, maintaining records, and working with multiple departments to satisfy customers.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years sales experience preferred.
• Technical knowledge of dealership products helpful, including estimating with evaluative diagnostics.
• Ability to handle customer requirements and work under deadlines.
• Record keeping for customer vehicles and service history.
• Maintain vehicle history and follow-up on service needs.

Responsabilités

• Assist customers with repair and scheduled maintenance requests; advise on recommended services.
• Promote labor and parts sales while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Greet customers, gather information, and communicate repair estimates and timelines.
• Track repair progress and update customers; ensure accurate repair orders and documentation.
• Coordinate with technicians and other departments to ensure timely service delivery.
• Follow safety, environmental, and company policies; perform other duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Sales experience

Customer service

Communication

Driver's license

Formation

High School diploma or equivalent

Description du poste

• A professional and respectful work environment
• Paid vacation/holidays
• Employee vehicle purchase program

Description

Our Commitment To You:

• Competitive wages
• Medical insurance plan
• 401k retirement
• A professional and respectful work environment
• Paid vacation/holidays
• Employee vehicle purchase program

Summary

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

Efficiently and effectively assists customers with repair and scheduled maintenance service requests. The advisor also consults customers on needed scheduled maintenance repairs. Reviews root cause and corrective repair action with the customer during vehicle delivery. Accurately maintain repair records, supporting promotional activities, monitoring labor inventory, complying with safety and environmental programs and practices, and any other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Promote sales of labor and parts.
• Promote and maintain customer satisfaction.
• Maintain good working relationships within the Service Department and all other dealership departments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF JOB - Employees must perform the following

Daily

• Maintain service reservation schedule.
• Process after-hours drop-off vehicle information.
• Greet customers in a positive, timely manner.
• Promote sales of labor, parts and accessories to meet customer needs.
• Review vehicle history file. Physically inspect vehicle with customer to verify complaints, wants and needs. Record customer observations as stated.
• Determine cause of malfunction; use function test, test drive or refer to test technician; as necessary.
• Record clear instructions to technicians; specify labor operations required.
• Provide written estimate for labor and parts, provide diagnostic estimate if necessary.
• Provide customer with estimated time of completion.
• Establish method of payment with customer; obtain customer signature on repair ticket.
• Discuss alternate transportation needs with customer.
• Follow progress of repair work throughout day. discuss any changes with customer and record on repair order.
• Notify customer when service/repair is completed and vehicle can be picked up.
• Maintain and update vehicle history files and follow-up system for additional needed service, repair and warranty work.
• Resolve customer problems and complaints as necessary in a timely manner.
• Additional Responsibilities of Job
• Report to management as requested on the status of customer vehicles.
• Maintain current knowledge of repair techniques, improvements, additional products and their applications.
• Know and understand and practice the federal, state and local laws which govern automotive vehicle service centers.
• Perform other duties as assigned and/or requested.

Requirements

Our Ideal Candidate Will Possess:

Qualifications

• A minimum of two years sales experience is preferred.
• Technical knowledge of dealership’s products; including estimating experience with evaluative diagnostic capabilities is helpful.
• Ability to identify, comprehend and act on changing customer requirements; ability to work well under pressure of deadlines.
• Administrative skills for appropriate record keeping for customer vehicles.
• Possess good customer relations abilities, polite and courteous manner, cooperative attitude, team oriented.
• Ability to bend, stoop, and reach.
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Maintain a valid driver’s license, ability to drive a variety of vehicle types, insurable.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The Service Advisor moves throughout the service areas (offices, shop and dispatch); some of these areas are not generally air conditioned or heated. He or she may be required to spend substantial time on the service drive meeting with customers and writing up repair orders. The Service Advisor will follow the progress of each vehicle and notify customers of completed jobs, recommending additional work or delays. This may require meeting with customers to resolve problems or complaints. This job may also require standing, bending, stooping and moving to perform the job. Road testing of vehicles, with or for customers, in city and freeway traffic in all weather conditions, is required. Evening, holiday and weekend work hours may be required.