Parts Driver

Job description
Parts Driver for Automotive Dealership

Hayes, UB3

Route territory: North, North-West, West London Middlesex

£28,080 pa

Mon to Fri 8am to 5:30pm

Renault Van Centre Hayes seeks an Automotive Parts Driver to join our dealership’s busy Parts Department on Silverdale Road, Hayes (UB3).

The core duties of this role revolve around providing an efficient delivery and collection service to our parts customer base as well as promoting and up-selling parts, accessories, components and consumables. Deliveries will be carried out in our fleet of branded Renault Trafic or Master vans.

Candidates with previous experience as a main dealer parts driver or multi-drop delivery experience with a motor factor firm is essential for this role.

Preparing for your multi-drop route each day, you will be picking the parts from stock for delivery, ensuring that goods are correctly checked against delivery notes and invoices, packing and loading parts to minimize transit damage, and at the point of deliver that all parts orders are checked by clients before the delivery note is signed.

A regular part of the role will include taking payments from customers when delivering, and back at the main base you will also be expected to assist with sorting trade orders that have arrived overnight.

The routes will cover North and West London and outer areas where we have clients and dealers that rely on our parts supply provision.

After completion of your morning routes, depending on business needs you can expect either afternoon delivery driving routes or non-driving duties at Renault Van Centre Hayes to help with the efficient and timely running of the Parts department.

Other duties include assisting with stock checks, reporting any damage incurred to stock, vehicles or premises, and ensuring that whilst driving courtesy is extended to all other road users and that legal requirements are respected, all while maintaining the best possible relationships with suppliers, customers and colleagues.

Note that this role involves some heavy lifting.

Candidates must also hold a full UK driving licence to be eligible for this role.

Following short-listing, a successful interview, final selection of the new recruit will be confirmed in the form of a contract, subject to collection of satisfactory evidence that demonstrated the candidate’s eligibility to work in the UK, provision of DVLA Check summary, and employment references and DBS / Criminal record checks which are satisfactory to Renault Retail Group.

This will be a full-time job with the following hours: 8am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday, with one-hour lunch break. 42.5 hours per week.

Fringe benefits include 24 days annual leave, pension, subsidised car option after 3 months’ service (loan plan scheme) and progression opportunities in the department and wider Group. Read more