Auto Parts Outside Sales (Full Time) # 86

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts•Fayetteville, AR

About The Position

The Outside Salesperson solicits business, develops and maintains relationships, and trouble-shoots problems with key, target, and potential customer accounts for assigned Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts stores. He or she makes regularly scheduled sales calls as directed by the store manager and sales manager, supports the overall success of store operations and profitability, and promotes sales programs and other customer and team-related activities. Sales focus is on aftermarket automotive replacement parts, and may include the sale of heavy-duty parts, auto and industrial paint, and body shop supplies and equipment. Check us out at btbautoparts.com and apply today! Today, Replacement Parts, Inc. and Crow Burlingame is made up of a corporate staff and several different companies, including Parts Warehouse Inc. (PWI). We employ more than 1,400 employees, in twelve (12) states, working at approximately 220 locations, all operating in the aftermarket automotive parts, paint and heavy-duty parts business. In 2019, our company celebrated 100 years of serving our communities as a privately held business with most of our employees spending the majority of their working lives as part of the "Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts" family.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
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.
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic computer knowledge and familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite of products.
Valid Driver's License (Class E required for MO locations), clean driving record.

Responsibilities

Provide exceptional customer service including assisting in determining customer inventory needs, offering options to solve customer problems, and diffusing situations involving upset or dissatisfied customers.
Research availability of merchandise through computer and catalogs for stock numbers, inventory status, and pricing.
Check in, put up, and rearrange dealer inventory as needed.
Call on and visit customers and prospects in their place of business.
Handle cash and credit transactions, properly invoice/credit customer accounts, maintain ledger balance accounts, and assist Store Manager in collecting accounts receivable.
Maintain current customer call list/schedule and submit weekly sales call report to Sales Manager, Store Manager and District Manager.
Daily face to face communication with Store Manager.
Other functions as needed or requested.