Jobs · Business Development · Texas

Commercial Parts Pro Store 6799

Advance Auto Parts · Austin, TX · 3 mo ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time

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 manage team members and ensure timely, accurate delivery of parts.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and grow commercial customer relationships
  • Provide GAS2 selling experience to commercial customers
  • Achieve personal and store sales goals and service objectives
  • Provide day-to-day supervisory support for team members
  • Collaborate with GM 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 GM to ensure proper driver coverage

Success Factors & Skills

  • Friendly communication and ability to build strong relationships
  • Advanced parts and automotive system knowledge, including diagnostic ability for internal engine, suspension, brakes, electronic, and exhaust systems
  • Ability to source parts from special order, FDO, second source, and other suppliers
  • Advanced selling skills for commercial customers
  • Effective communication, listening, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to multi-task, remain organized, and use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) effectively
  • Understanding of commercial profitability concepts, including competition, market opportunities, and customer prioritization
  • ASE P2 certified or ASE-ready equivalent
  • Operating inventory systems, store equipment, POS, and parts lookup systems
  • Safety knowledge and skills
  • Fluency in English (Spanish a plus); ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals
  • Basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
  • Strong organizational skills

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Minimum of 3 years of prior automotive parts experience preferred
  • Proven sales ability with past experience in customer transactions
  • Formal or informal experience leading teams, including supervising daily tasks and working toward shared goals

ASE Certification preferred but not required.

Physical Demands

  • Predominantly walking or standing during work hours
  • Frequent lifting and/or moving of up to 50 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 100 pounds
  • Ability to talk, hear, handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
  • 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 places, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, explosives, and vibration
  • Moderate noise level

Pay

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

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