Automotive Parts Manager

Ron Carter Chevrolet•Alvin, TX

About The Position

The Automotive Parts Manager oversees parts inventory, purchasing, stocking, pricing, and department financial performance. The role supports service operations by ensuring parts availability and managing special orders from placement through customer notification and final disposition. It also leads counter staff and drivers, coordinates parts accounting and monthly reconciliation, and maintains inventory controls and compliance with 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 within established stocking policies, including inventory levels, purchasing, stocking, and pricing; capture lost sales to maintain appropriate stock.
Review aged inventory monthly and manage obsolete or slow-moving parts through returns, transfers, or sales.
Manage OEM inventory programs, including return privileges, stocking allowances, core returns, and warranty parts policy.
Set wholesale tier and account-level pricing and assess wholesale profitability after delivery costs, discounts, and returns.
Partner with Service to price parts in service maintenance menus, 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 the service drive by maintaining parts availability for technicians and manage the special order process from ordering and notification through customer contact, aging, and disposition.
Hire, train, and develop counter staff and drivers; establish productivity and response-time standards and build team depth.
Code factory and vendor parts invoices to the correct general ledger accounts and submit them to Accounting on schedule; ensure purchases, credits, core and warranty returns, and freight post accurately in the correct period.
Complete monthly parts reconciliation and ensure invoices are accurately coded and submitted, with packing slips, invoices, and supporting documentation organized and submitted 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.