Apprentice Parts Advisor – CARZ

Aberdeen

40hrs per week Monday to Friday

£AMW

Peter Vardy Ltd is a young, innovative, and fast paced, family run company – here to push boundaries to ensure we remain the best at what we do – selling cars. We are leading the revolution to create a future full of ambitious and determined individuals in the automotive industry.

We have an excellent opportunity for an Apprentice Vehicle Parts Advisor to join our CARZ Aberdeen dealership and start their career in the automotive industry.

As an Apprentice Vehicle Parts Advisor, you will be you will be based within a parts department, involved in giving customer advice, ordering required parts, components or accessories and updating computer systems.

Your time will be spent in the dealership where you will get to learn practical skills from seeing a real working environment. You will be shadowed by a mentor or qualified members of staff so that you can learn first-hand how to undertake the role. Throughout the apprenticeship you will develop a good technical knowledge about different vehicle parts and what they do to assist customers with any questions they may have. You may be expected to lift heavy weights and carry out general housekeeping duties.

• Dealing with goods inwards, locating vehicle parts within the Parts Department (bin locations)
• Rectifying orders, arranging returns, dealing with customers both internal and external, this could also be over the phone or face to face
• Maintaining stock levels through electronic means and locating parts from the stock (picking)
• Raising invoices and cash handling for parts that are sold
• Deal with Incoming stock to correct bin locations
• Identify vehicle parts or customers/orders from a wide range of vehicle parts and accessories,
• Customers can include members of the public, service departments of dealerships and garages
• Maintaining an ordered stock room and finding parts from the stock
• Raising invoices for parts that are sold
• Liaising with other members of staff

Apprentice Parts Advisors initially work 40 hours a week. As your apprenticeship progresses you may be offered additional hours this may include weekend work, usually on a Rota basis with other team members.

Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate skills in logic and problem solving. You should be someone who pays attention to detail and is committed to completing this training programme.

We are looking for people who are passionate about our industry and our brand. Some of the personal skills that you should think about showing us in your application are:

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  Enthusiasm and willingness to learn
• Teamwork
• Strong communication
• Customer Service
• Interest in vehicle cosmetic repair and engineering

• 30 days holiday rising with length of service
• Employee discounts & lease cars options through the PV Cares scheme
• High Flyer Incentives – would you like to win a trip to Vegas?
• Generous Colleague Referral Scheme
• Uniform provided
• Lunch on us - complimentary lunch once a week
• Pension & Life Assurance
• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
• Access to the PV Wellbeing Centre – MOT & In house counselling services
• Colleague events – Family Fun Day, Annual ball, Christmas party - yes we like to have fun!

If you would love to be part of our Peter Vardy family, please APPLY now with an up to date copy of your CV. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Peter Vardy is an equal opportunities employer. Everyone is welcome here, as long as you have the drive and passion to succeed, then we would love to hear from you.