Automotive Wholesale Parts Specialist

LaFontaine Ford Grand Blanc • Grand Blanc, MI

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Automotive Wholesale Parts Specialist role is a high-volume, fast-paced, and high-reward position within a growing business. The company is committed to family values, internal promotion, environmental protection, fostering an inspiring company culture, and community involvement. This role operates on a Monday-Friday schedule with a casual dress code, no nights or weekends, and offers a high salary depending on experience with room for advancement.

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and related software.
• Proficiency with, or the ability to quickly learn, the organization’s HRIS and talent management systems.
• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Required to stand, sit, use hand to finger, handle, or feel.
• Frequently is required to walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach with hands and arms, take, and hear.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• One year in a vehicle parts department preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the Parts Sales process from start to finish.
• Communicates with customers on parts status.
• Communicates with staff and customers in a friendly and professional manner.
• Must be able to read and understand the Parts Catalog when looking up parts.
• Answers phone calls, providing price quotes and other information.
• Provides high level service to internal and external customers.
• Pulls and fills orders from stock.
• Notifies Parts Manager of out-of-stock parts or shop materials that need immediate attention.
• Locates out-of-stock parts from outside sources and submits an Emergency Order, if necessary.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Discounts on Sales and Service
• Benefits Package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer Paid Life/AD&D, Employee Assistance Program, Pet Insurance)
• Voluntary Benefits (Flexing Spending Account, Life/AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, Legal & Identity Theft Protection)
• 401(k) and Employer Match
• Holiday Savings Program with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED