Part of the Dunstall Holdings Groups, Rea Valley Tractors (RVT) was established over 40 years ago and is a leading regional agricultural machinery dealer. We supply an extensive range of agricultural machinery throughout Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, mid and North Wales, Cheshire and Lancashire and also sell high-quality used equipment across the UK and abroad. We have eight depots in Newport (Shropshire), Shrewsbury, Sudbury, Welshpool, Middlewich, Ormskirk, Denbigh and Knighton.
Job Title: Parts Manager
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm with a 1 hour lunch break
Location: Middlewich, CW10 0HQ
Benefits
- Up to 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) depending on length of service.
- 2 x basic salary death in service payment, payable to your nominated recipient
- Health care cash plan that covers some costs towards dental treatment, NHS prescriptions, Annual health checks etc
- Benefits platform giving discounts on major supermarket shops, high street vendors, holidays and gym memberships.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Ongoing training and Career Opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Refer a friend bonus £500 per person – terms apply
- Boot Allowance
- Long Service Award 10, 20 and 30 years
- Life Event Day – Getting Married, moving house or graduating
About the Role
Co-ordinates and distributes the workload for maximum parts sales, turnover and profitability while maintaining a commercial approach to stock quality. The role has a number of direct reports and reports directly to Branch Manager.
Responsibilities
On a day-to-day basis you will (This list is not exhaustive):
- Allocates tasks to parts employees based upon their expertise and skills.
- Ensures that the team know and understand the department’s tasks and responsibilities.
- Monitors parts sales on a monthly basis to ensure achievement of budgeted sales and profit targets.
- Participates in the development and delivery of the parts marketing plan.
- Responsible for a consistent approach regarding processes, guidelines and policies (ordering, receiving, inventory management, selling and returns).
- Assists with the recruitment, development and training of parts employees and completes performance appraisals.
- Assists with counter sales.
- Ensures the showroom environment is organised to increase sales.
- Takes an active lead in promoting good practice regarding Health, Safety and Wellbeing within both the parts team and the depot.
Candidate Requirements
- Experience in an agricultural equipment parts business.
- Demonstrable experience with franchised and competitive products.
- Proven experience in delivering exceptional levels of customer service.
- Proven ability to lead others.
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends, in a busy environment, with resilience under pressure.
- Ability to analyse and interpret internal reports and deliver tangible outputs.
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