Automotive Parts Manager

ZT Auto•Alvin, TX

About The Position

The Automotive Parts Manager oversees inventory, pricing, financial performance, service support, accounting and reconciliation, staff development, and compliance for an automotive dealership parts department. The role manages inventory investment within established stocking policies, maintains parts availability for service technicians and customers, and ensures accurate financial and inventory records. The position also leads counter staff and drivers and maintains compliance with applicable safety, environmental, and OEM requirements.

Requirements

At least 5 years of automotive dealership parts experience.
At least 2 years of experience as a Parts Manager or Assistant Parts Manager.
Working knowledge of a dealership DMS such as CDK, Reynolds & Reynolds, Dealertrack, or similar.
Track record of hiring, training, and holding a counter team accountable.
Valid driver's license and clean driving record.

Responsibilities

Manage parts inventory and investment, including inventory levels, purchasing, stocking, and pricing, in accordance with established stocking policies; capture lost sales to maintain appropriate parts availability.
Review aged inventory monthly and reduce obsolescence by returning, transferring, or selling slow-moving parts before they lose value.
Manage OEM inventory programs, including return privileges, stocking allowances, core returns, and warranty parts policy.
Set wholesale pricing, including tier structures and account-level pricing, and evaluate wholesale profitability after delivery costs, discounts, and returns.
Price parts for service maintenance menus in partnership with the Service department, maintaining competitive and profitable pricing as parts costs change.
Manage department financial performance, including gross profit margins, sales, personnel and operating expenses, and net profit, against monthly forecasts and budget.
Review the parts department financial statement each month.
Support service operations by maintaining parts availability for technicians and managing the special order process from ordering and notification through customer contact, aging, and disposition.
Hire, train, and develop counter staff and drivers; set productivity and response-time standards; and develop staff depth to reduce dependence on any one person.
Code factory and vendor parts invoices to the correct general ledger accounts and submit them to Accounting on schedule, ensuring purchases, credits, core and warranty returns, and freight are posted accurately and in the correct period.
Complete the monthly parts reconciliation, ensure invoices are accurately coded and submitted to the accounting office, and organize and submit packing slips, invoices, and supporting documentation before month-end close.
Maintain internal controls and inventory data integrity, including receiving verification, invoice matching, return authorization, physical inventory execution and variance accountability, and correction of no-bin, negative on-hand, and billed-not-received conditions.
Ensure compliance with hazardous materials handling and shipping requirements, OSHA material-handling standards, EPA core and fluid storage requirements, and OEM warranty parts retention standards.