Dealership Parts Manager

SUMMARY:
Dealership Parts Manager - Benoni
#DriveYourCareerForward with a reputable Motor Group and Brand in Benoni. 

Our client is Urgently seeking an experienced Parts Sales Manager to lead their dynamic team and drive growth within the brand and dealership!

As the Parts Manager, you will be responsible for leading and overseeing the current, ensuring efficient management of orders and reporting. Your role will involve coordinating with the service department to optimize lead times, managing tracking metrics such as sales performance, inventory turnover, and profit margins, as well as analysing data to identify opportunities for improvement. Additionally, you will be tasked with controlling expenses to maintain a profitable parts department.

Remuneration:
± R 20 000 - 25 000 plus Incentive – Benefits including Pension/Provident Fund, Medical Aid, Company Vehicle and Fuel Allowance.

POSITION INFO:
Duties include:

• Must have a good understanding of both internal and external Parts Sales – Service Workshop, Sales, Over the Counter operations and Panel.
  Must understand the full value chain workings of Parts, from ordering, receiving, stocking, sales, dispatch, logistics and invoicing.
• Good leadership and team qualities and the required levels of EQ in managing and interacting with all stakeholders.
  Staff coaching and HR understanding
• Warehousing
• Perpetual stock counts
• Quarterly stock counts
• Purchases in terms of re-order categories and not increasing redundant stock value.
• Strategy on disposing of dead stock not including OEM buybacks.
• Backorders, stock adjustments, parts store security, binning and other standards, workshop counter, despatch and courier where required.
• Stocking of parts, intercompany accounts recon
• Parts department controls implementation & monitoring
• Customer Care and weekly business retention visits to ensure parts growth & retention.
• Marketing 

• Must have parts manager experience 5 years+ at a franchise dealership
• Must have either Keyloop/CDK/Autoline /Drive/ Point-of-Sale experience with Parts
• Drive IA is required
• Sound knowledge and understanding of inventory monitoring principles
• Warehouse Management
• Reside on the East Rand/Ekurhuleni