Salesperson/Store Driver Store 8961

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

About the Role

Salesperson: Supports the DIY business, achieving sales and service objectives with knowledge of store systems, basic automotive systems, and part inventory. Responsible for sourcing parts from stores, hubs, PDQ, and external suppliers, and maintaining store inventory processes.

Store Driver: Supports delivery of parts to commercial customers and assists with store tasks and inventory processes. Requires fleet safety certification.

Responsibilities

Salesperson

• Provide excellent selling experience for DIY customer visits and phone calls
• Achieve personal and store sales goals
• Provide 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
• 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 flyer
• Daily collection of credit accounts
• 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 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 preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid driver’s license
• Fleet safety certification (required for Store Driver, preferred for Salesperson)

Physical Demands

• Predominantly walking or standing
• Talking, hearing, and using hands/fingers to handle or feel
• Reaching with hands and arms; climbing or balancing; stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
• 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; occasional outdoor tasks (e.g., installing batteries and wiper blades) with exposure to various weather conditions
• Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts, high/precarious places, toxic/caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, explosives, and vibration
• Moderate noise level