Job Description
Job role – Service Advisor
Location – Chelmsford, Colchester, East of England
Salary – £23,000 – £26,000 depending on experience. OTE £36,000
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 overachieve on targets. Passion for the product and delivering incredible customer service will be evident in everything you do.
Main Responsibilities of a Service Advisor.
1. To provide an outstanding level of customer care always ensuring the highest standards of satisfaction
2. Book service and repair work, ensuring workshop and parts availability
3. Keeping customers fully informed of progress and advise of extra work needed
4. Organise loan car bookings
5. Invoice on time and accurately used warranty transactions are submitted and invoiced daily
6. Obtain and process payments
7. 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)
8. To maintain accurate customer records on Kerridge & Dialog
9. Help deliver balance scorecard results for department to meet Manufacturer’s expectations
10. To make telephone follow-up / Up sell / Progress calls
11. To convert as many inbound / outbound calls into bookings as possible
To be a successful Service Advisor, you will have:
12. Effective communication skills
13. Commitment to delivering customer excellence
14. A good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning
15. Computer literacy
16. A keen eye for detail
17. Previous experience in a target driven role
Benefits:
18. Vehicle discounts – from vehicle discounts to service offers. Own your dream car for less.
19. A pension that pays – Our flexible pension scheme gives you the freedom to plan in a way that suits you
20. Save as you earn plan- reap the rewards and effortlessly grow your savings.
21. Life Assurance – we give you the peace of mind when you need it most
22. Health Shield Cash Plan – Supporting your health and wallet, this benefit reimburses you the cost of everyday health care from prescriptions to dental work.
23. Employee Discounts with The Showroom – discounts and cashback offers available at over 1000 retailers
24. Discount Gym membership – keep fit with our big brand gym & fitness offers
25. Cycle to work scheme – get a new bike, equipment, or both
26. Employee Assistance Programme – We take employee wellbeing seriously and offer a programme to support all our colleagues and families with whatever challenges they may face at work or at home 24/7 365 days a year.
27. Customer Introduction Reward – refer someone to buy a car from us and we’ll pop some extra cash in your pay
28. Holiday allowance rising with length of service – We reward long service with extra holiday
29. Great career development – Receive industry leading training from the brand you represent whilst you develop your skills with the Company training team
30. And much more…