Salesperson/Store Driver Store 8551

This posting combines two roles: Salesperson and Store Driver. Both positions can be part-time or full-time.

About the Roles

Salesperson: Entry-level sales position supporting the DIY business with sales and service objectives. Requires knowledge of store systems, basic automotive systems, and parts. Responsible for sourcing from stores, hubs, PDQ, and external suppliers, as well as managing store inventory and maintenance processes.

Store Driver: Entry-level position focused on delivering parts to commercial customers and assisting with store tasks and inventory. Fleet safety certification is required.

Responsibilities

Salesperson

• Provide excellent selling experiences for DIY customer visits and phone calls.
• Achieve personal and store sales goals.
• Perform DIY services, including battery installation, testing, and wiper installs.
• Maintain store product and operational standards.
• Manage inventory processes: truck put-away, shoot-outs, cycle counts, back stock, etc.
• Assist with store cleanliness: floors, bathrooms, facing, dusting, parking lot.
• General stocking: truck stocking and back stock.
• Safely deliver parts to customers as needed.

Store Driver

• Safely deliver parts to customers as needed.
• Pick and stage parts for customer orders.
• Pick up returns and cores.
• Drop off weekly/monthly sales flyers.
• Daily collection of credit accounts.
• Assist with store cleanliness: floors, bathrooms, facing, dusting, parking lot.
• General stocking: truck stocking and back stock.

Success Factors

• Basic driving and navigation ability.
• Ability to use a delivery board system.
• Friendly communication.
• Ability to locate and stock parts.
• Safety knowledge and skills.
• Operating inventory systems and store equipment.
• Parts and automotive system knowledge (Salesperson).
• Operating POS and parts lookup systems (Salesperson).
• Expertise with testing and diagnostic equipment for DIY service (Salesperson).

Qualifications

• Speak and write English (Spanish a plus); communicate effectively and build strong relationships with customers, peers, and management.
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, parts catalogs, and procedure manuals.
• Use basic math accurately: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to work an assortment of days, evenings, and weekends as needed.

Preferred Experience

Salesperson

• 2-3 years of successful sales experience in a diverse retail environment, providing superior customer experiences.

Store Driver

• Automotive parts experience is preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Fleet safety certification required (preferred for Salesperson, mandatory for Store Driver).

Physical Demands

• Predominantly walking or standing.
• 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 tasks (e.g., installing batteries and wiper blades).
• Exposure to various weather conditions, moving mechanical parts, high/precarious places, toxic/caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, explosives, and vibration.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.