Store Driver

Job ID and location details provided at time of application.

About the role

This position involves delivering parts to professional customers, maintaining store cleanliness, stocking inventory, and engaging with customers to drive sales. You will be cross-trained as a salesperson, allowing you to assist with upselling, cross-selling, and building customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Pick, stage, and safely deliver parts to professional customers
• Pick up returns and cores
• Drop off weekly/monthly sales flyers while promoting current sales and loyalty programs
• Daily collection of credit accounts
• Build and maintain relationships with MainStreet and National Pro customers while providing insights to the CPP
• Assist in upselling and cross-selling products to increase average transaction value
• Maintain store cleanliness, including floors, bathrooms, facing, dusting, and parking lot
• General stocking, including truck stocking, back stock, and cycle counts
• Maintain knowledge of product inventory and new arrivals to assist with sales
• Engage with walk-in customers to understand their needs and recommend appropriate parts or services
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record
• Ability to speak and write English (Spanish a plus)
• Effective communication and relationship-building skills with customers, peers, and leadership
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, parts catalogs, and procedure manuals
• Basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
• Willingness to work an assortment of days, evenings, and weekends as needed
• Confidence in engaging customers and promoting products
• Willingness to learn about new products and sales techniques

Skills

• Safe driving and navigation ability
• Friendly and persuasive communication
• Ability to locate and stock parts efficiently
• Safety knowledge and skills
• Proficiency in operating inventory systems (e.g., back stock) and store equipment
• Sales aptitude and customer service orientation
• Ability to identify customer needs and recommend solutions

Qualifications

• Automotive parts experience is preferred

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 with assistance
• 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

The good faith estimate for this role is between $15.00 USD and $16.13 USD per hour for a new team member. The rate offered depends on geographic location, experience in retail, automotive knowledge, education, leadership roles, and other relevant skillsets. Shift differentials may apply.

Benefits

Advance Auto Parts offers a comprehensive health and wellness benefits program for team members and their families. For more details, visit Advance Auto Parts Benefits.