Service Advisor - Jaguar Land Rover Preston
Basic Salary up to £32,146.07pa Depending on Experience, OTE circa £42k
As a Service Advisor at our Jaguar Land Rover Preston Service Centre, not only will you receive an excellent salary package and OTE, but also an industry leading benefits package including:
1. Family Friendly - Enhanced family friendly policies, giving you more time to spend with your family.
2. Annual leave - A minimum of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), rising with long service.
3. Looking to develop? - Grow your career with us, receive industry leading training from the brand you represent and our dedicated training team.
4. Your Wellbeing - We take employee wellbeing seriously at Inchcape, we offer a programme to support all our colleagues and families with whatever challenges they may face.
5. Your Discount - From Apple to Asda and everything in between, we offer discounts that save you money every day.
6. Your Finances - Effortlessly grow your savings with our Share Scheme, We will match up to 7% when you enrol into our flexible pension scheme and have peace of mind with our free life assurance cover and much more.
7. Your Recognition - We put our colleagues at the heart of what we do with ongoing recognition and an annual event to celebrate those that go over and above.
8. Drive with us - We offer discounts and offers on both new & used vehicles and servicing for you, your friends and family.
9. Your Health - From gym discounts to cash healthcare plans, find everything you need to look after your health.
10. Cycle to Work - Get a bike and or cycling gear at a significantly reduced price.
11. Community Volunteering day - Every colleague has an additional day to spend volunteering for a charity or good cause of their choice, as well as the option to get involved in our company wide charity initiatives.
12. A company that cares - We believe Inchcape is for everyone and we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace.
As a Service Advisor you will ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction and care at all times for vehicle servicing and repair. As a Service Advisor you are the principle point of contact for all customer communication while the vehicle is in our Retail Centre. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills in order to deal with customers face to face or over the phone. Always delivering an incredible experience to all, whether internal or external customers. As a Service Advisor you are quick to identify the needs of the customers and opportunities to upsell. You are able to work to tight timescales and thrive on the pressure of a busy service department. Alongside your customer first attitude, you will maximise sales, maintain customer retention and over achieve on targets. Passion for the product and delivering incredible customer service will be evident in everything you do.
RESPONSIBILITIES
13. To provide an outstanding level of customer care ensuring the highest standards of satisfaction at all times
14. Book service and repair work always ensuring workshop and parts availability
15. To keep customers fully informed of progress and advise of extra work needed
16. To organise loan car bookings
17. To invoice on time and accurately used warranty transactions are submitted and invoiced daily
18. To obtain and process payments according to Inchcape policy
19. To achieve hours sold targets as a member of a motivated team, Ensuring the WIP is kept to a minimum (Treating everyday as month end)
20. To maintain accurate customer records on Kerridge & Dialog
21. Help deliver balance scorecard results for department to meet Manufacturers expectations
22. To make telephone follow-up / Up sell / Progress calls
23. To convert as many inbound / outbound calls into bookings as possible
The Ideal Candidate
To be a success in this role, you will have:
24. Effective communication skills
25. Commitment to delivering customer excellence
26. A good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning
27. Computer literacy
28. A keen eye for detail
29. Previous experience in a target driven role