Commercial Parts Pro Store 6398

About the Role

Professional-level sales position responsible for profitable growth of the commercial business through customer retention and expansion. Partners with the General Manager to oversee team members and ensure timely, accurate delivery of automotive parts and systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and grow commercial customer relationships.
• Provide a GAS2 selling experience to commercial customers.
• Achieve personal, store sales, and service objectives.
• Provide day-to-day supervisory support for team members.
• Collaborate with the General Manager on coaching and developmental needs for team members.
• Dispatch drivers to ensure delivery standards are met.
• Maintain commercial stocking programs.
• Build and maintain a network of second-source suppliers.
• Maintain core bank and commercial returns.
• Maintain commercial credit accounts.
• Partner with the General Manager to ensure proper driver coverage.

Success Factors

• Friendly communication and advanced selling skills for commercial customers.
• Ability to locate and stock parts efficiently.
• Safety knowledge and skills.
• Proficiency in operating inventory systems, store equipment, POS, and parts lookup systems.
• ASE P2 certified or ASE-ready equivalent.
• Advanced ability to source parts from special order, FDO, second source, etc.
• Strong ability to recommend solutions, projects, and product quality improvements.
• Effective multi-tasking, organization, communication, listening, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of automotive systems (e.g., internal engine, suspension, brakes, electronic, exhaust) and diagnostic ability.
• Ability to speak and write English (Spanish a plus); communicate effectively and build strong relationships with customers, peers, and management.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, parts catalogs, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write simple correspondence and execute instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Proficiency in basic math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure.
• Effective use of Microsoft software (Word, Excel required).
• Strong organizational skills.
• Understanding of commercial profitability concepts, including competition, market opportunities, and customer prioritization.
• High school diploma or GED.

Preferred Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of prior automotive parts experience.
• Proven sales ability with experience in customer transaction fulfillment.
• Formal or informal experience leading teams, including supervising daily tasks and collaborating to achieve goals.

Certifications

ASE Certification preferred but not required.

Physical Demands

• Predominantly walking or standing during work hours.
• Ability to talk, hear, and use hands/fingers to handle or feel.
• Reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Primarily indoors, with occasional outdoor exposure to weather conditions (e.g., installing batteries and wiper blades).
• Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts, high/precarious places, toxic/caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, explosives, and vibration.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.

Pay

Position is eligible for sales commission based on individual or store performance.