Proactive Service Advisor (Golf & Turf)
About The Company
Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family-owned, multisite agricultural and groundcare machinery business and one of the largest John Deere dealerships in the UK. Established in 1976 and now employing 300 people, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products. In addition to holding the prestigious John Deere franchise, we are also dealers for Club Car, TurfCo, Weidenmann and Stihl along with many other high-end brands.
About The Role
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Proactive Service Advisor to join our Golf & Turf Service Department at our head office in Milton Common near Thame. Your role will be working with the Group Golf & Turf Service Manager and their team of Service Advisors to ensure the smooth running of day to day activities within the workshops.
Your main duties will include:
* Using our in-house developed tools to proactively develop sales revenue through the promotion of our Service department to existing and new customers
* Utilising our scheduler and planning tools, allocating work for the technicians around the group based on their expertise and skill
* Reporting out on proactive service opportunities won, lost and ongoing open opportunities
* Assisting with the day to day management of a team of approximately 20 technicians
* Managing workshop jobs from start to finish, i.e. dealing with the initial enquiry, scheduling the work, ensuring the correct parts are allocated, preparing invoices and dealing with any queries that may arise
* Ensuring our customer service levels meet our customers’ needs and expectations whilst maintaining a first-class standard of service at all times
* Proactively follow-up with customer following high value repairs and services
The ideal candidate will have previous experience within the Agricultural/Groundcare/Plant industries, either in a mechanical/technical position or as a Service Advisor/Administrator.
About You
The right candidate will have the below skills:
* Excellent communication and customer service skills, particularly confident when speaking to customers over the phone
* A “Can-Do” attitude with the ability to remain calm under pressure
* The ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships
* The ability to work individually and as part of a team
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Strong IT skills (Microsoft Excel, Outlook etc with the ability to quickly learn to use new, previously unfamiliar software)
* Attention to detail and accuracy
About The Package
Basic salary of approximately £30-£32k (dependent on experience) plus generous bonus scheme, 20 days holiday increasing by 1 day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 25 days (plus Bank Holidays), company pension and financial planning service.
Farol is one of the largest John Deere dealers in the UK with people at the heart of its strategy. We know that our people are the key to our success and we make sure we appreciate and reward everyone's contribution. Not only do we recognise expertise, skills and professionalism, we value highly the very things that make them unique: their passion, their dedication, their approachability and the fact that going the all-important extra mile is second nature.
Growth and development are inevitable within our forward-thinking company, where we offer a highly competitive salary, a diverse and interesting work environment, job security and on-going training.