Aftersales Advisor
Location: TruckEast Northampton, 11 Kilvey Rd, Northampton NN4 7BQ
Salary Details: Competitive salary, plus excellent benefits
Job Type: Monday - Friday 08:00 - 17:00 Full-time, Permanent
Reporting to: Branch Manager
Overview
The Aftersales Advisor will be responsible for the smooth daily operation of the Service Reception & parts working within a strong team environment and delivering outstanding customer service to both internal and external customers by way of exceptional communication.
essential duties and job responsibilities
- Ensure a steady and realistic flow of available workshop throughput
- Liaise with external and internal customers, ensuring work is authorised
- Support and maintain customer’s service schedules, MOT and O licence requirements
- Provision of basic advice and estimates to customers
- Audit job cards (work orders) and associated service documentation for accuracy and adherence to internal and external procedures
- Ensure service / inspection documentation are correctly completed and customer defect procedures adhered to
- Loading and daily checking of R2C to ensure all customer sheets are correct and complete
- Assist in maintaining a daily Maintain utilisation of productive staff to target levels
- Ensure a steady and realistic flow of available work through the workshop.
- Ensure both MOT functions are fully utilised
- Liaise with external and internal customers and ensure work is authorised.
- Support and maintain customer’s service schedules, MOT bookings, and O Licence requirements.
- Audit job cards (work orders) and associated service documentation for accuracy and adherence to internal and external procedures.
- Sourcing and ordering of parts, and verification of purchase invoices
- Ensure Service / Inspection Documentation is completed correctly, and customer defect procedures adhered to.
- Assist in maintaining a daily flow of quality job cards including costing and invoicing.
- Ensure Health & Safety and safe work practices are met at all times
- Check and issue sublet order numbers to specialist / external agents and to arrange / plan such works as required
- Loading and daily checking of R2C to ensure all customer sheets are correct and complete
- Check and issue sublet order numbers to specialist / external agents and to arrange / plan such works as required
- Pick and deliver correct parts to customers and workshop on time
- Complete relevant documentation including invoices etc.
- Stock management
- Ensure all invoice related queries are dealt with in a timely manner
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
- Experience in managing a service reception or parts department
- Ability to work within a team
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- High level of computer literacy
- Excellent organisation and analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure and have a solution-driven approach
- Ability to work within guidelines and to deadlines
- Excellent customer service skills
- Detail orientated
- Possess excellent accuracy and numeracy skills
- Knowledge and experience within the automotive industry
- Knowledge of Kerridge/ADP (desirable)
employee benefits
- Bonus scheme
- Optional private health insurance
- Refer a friend - up to £2,000 per successful referral
- Life assurance scheme
- Enhanced employer pension contributions
- Training and development opportunities
- 30 days holiday including Bank holidays, increasing with length of service
- Long service rewards and recognition
- 24/7 mental health wellbeing and support
- All required PPE equipment provided