Mechanical Services Parts Advisor
Job details
General Employment Details Permanent Full-Time (40 Hours/ week) Hours : 7:30am-4:00pm Hourly Rate : $23.00-$25.00 Reports to: Mechanical Manager ADESA/OPENLANE Canada is the country's largest wholesale vehicle auction and remarketing services company. ADESA/OPENLANE provides state-of-the art facilities and technologies to help dealers and consignors buy and sell used cars, trucks, RVs, boats, motorcycles and heavy equipment. ADESA/OPENLANE Vancouver is one of ADESA/OPENLANE Canada's 14 wholesale vehicle auctions that are located across Canada, coast to coast and the employer of choice in the Canadian automotive remarketing industry. Responsibilities:
- Interpret inspection results together with the Technician to source the right parts required for open work orders.
- Source for parts needed for repair and maintenance of vehicles at different aftermarket and OEM, used and jobber parts suppliers placing orders by telephone and online systems.
- Organize parts by repair order and assign work to the next available technician.
- Support service technicians in their inquiries about parts and ETA.
- Monitor backorders and returns to parts suppliers.
- Organize new parts on shelves and identify by work order.
- Inventory management and reconciliation – including accurate monthly counts – maintaining optimum stock levels and reordering.
- Monitor the progress of each vehicle throughout the day.
- Ability to use computer system for entering and tracking parts orders and preparing repair estimates and billing.
- Other duties as assigned.
- 3 years of Parts Advisor experience.
- Automotive industry experience with an understanding of automotive parts and product lines.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills
- Must be well organized, multi-tasker, work well under pressure.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- An understanding of Automotive (repair) knowledge and automotive product lines.
- Proficient in Google Suite applications
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds as some vehicle parts are heavy.
- Flexible schedule required Monday -Saturday.
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