Automotive Parts Manager

Repserve is a leading provider of innovative sales and marketing solutions, specializing in helping businesses expand their reach and maximize their growth potential. Our client, a dynamic company in the automotive industry, is seeking a motivated and results-driven Automotive Parts Manager to join their team. This is an onsite position in Florida, within commuting distance of Sunny Isles Beach.

Our client is a trusted automotive parts wholesaler on a global scale, specializing in and offering the widest range of auto parts for a vast range of vehicle brands. Repserve is seeking a parts manager to return a satisfactory profit in parts inventory. In this role, you will be expected to accomplish objectives using proper purchasing procedures, inventory control, staff utilization, security, pricing, merchandising, displaying, and advertising.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Forecasts goals and objectives for the department, striving to meet them.

· Hires, trains, motivates, counsels, and monitors the performance of all parts department staff.

· Prepares and administers an annual operating budget for the parts department.

· Maintains a balanced inventory consistent with the requirements of the service department, body shop, wholesale accounts and the do-it-yourself public.

· Establishes pricing parameters in each customer category that generate enough gross profit to produce a satisfactory profit while maintaining customer loyalty, and developing sales promotions as requested.

· Establishes individual parts inventory levels and balances them for maximum turnover. Ensures that parts inventory turns the established number of times per year.

· Monitors and adjusts inventory to minimize obsolescence while supervising stock order procedures.

· Ensures that all parts are properly tagged to ensure the dealership recovers full credit.

· Sets and enforces a policy on the special ordering of parts. Ensures that stock orders represent at least (established %) percent of all orders.

· Analyzes sales, expenses, and inventory monthly to maintain profit goals.

· Develops and administers an aggressive wholesale parts program to produce profit.

· Ensures that the same high-quality level of service provided to outside customers is also provided to internal dealership customers.

· Works with the service manager and body shop manager to ensure timely turnaround of parts.

· Analyzes departmental operations and storage layout, revising as needed for maximum flow.

· Provides technical assistance to parts department employees.

· Coordinates a prompt, efficient, and timely flow of paperwork.

· Directs shipping and receiving efforts to ensure timely processing.

· Monitors daily reports of sales productivity; develops and utilizes a lost sales tracking report.

· Directs outside parts and counter sales efforts, including a telemarketing program to keep in contact with customers.

· Takes advantage of all manufacturers' inventory co-op advertising.

· Develops, enforces, and monitors guidelines for working with customers to ensure maximum customer satisfaction.

· Handles customer complaints immediately and according to the dealership's guidelines.

· Ensures that all dealership purchases are properly accounted for before payment is made.

· Assists in the collection of past-due accounts.

· Enforces safety requirements, including but not limited to forklift training and operation, processing of MSDS sheets on all products carried, and OSHA Right-to-Know.

· Understands, keeps abreast of, and complies with federal, state, and local regulations that may affect parts sales.

Education and Experience:

· Proficient knowledge of Excel and other applicable software

· Bachelor's degree (BA or BSc) from a four-year college or university

· 7–10 years of experience in an automotive parts management role

· Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent interpersonal skills

· Track record managing complex sales relationships in a technical environment

· Strong conflict and issue resolution and collaboration skills; can solve problems and pivot in a timely manner

· Gather and analyze information skillfully and efficiently

At Repserve we lease sales professionals to overseas companies on a shared-time basis, allowing firms to enter new markets or grow in existing ones.

Our Reps have a maximum of 3 complimentary (never competing) clients. They answer all calls and emails at all times but manage their physical client time to suit the time allocation selected by the client.

This role is for an allocation of 100% of your time. We will target other potential clients in the same sector to fill your portfolio and take your time allocation up to 100% (if not yet full-time) or should you so wish.

Your day-to-day expenses will be covered (ie petrol, parking, tolls, mobile call charges, etc.) Larger expenses such as international travel, hotels, and large group entertainment should be approved by your client before incurring. This role pays $4,000 – 6,500/month commission.