Apprentice Parts Sales advisor
Ford & Slater
- Leicester, England, United Kingdom
- Leicester, England, United Kingdom
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As an Apprentice Parts Sales advisor, you\u2019ll learn how to work in a fast-paced parts department and develop key skills in:
Safely storing and organising parts
Receiving, checking, and handling stock deliveries
Processing customer orders and payments
Using computer systems to manage parts and orders
Identifying, sourcing, and ordering parts for vehicles
Assisting with customer enquiries and offering product advice when needed
Monitoring and solving customer problems/enquiries
Customer service and business-focused service delivery
Following key company procedures and working as part of a team, Business focused service delivery: Demonstrate a continuous improvement and future focussed approach to customer service delivery including decision making and providing recommendations or advice
Business focused service delivery: Resolve complex issues by being able to choose from and successfully apply a wide range of approaches
Business focused service delivery: Find solutions that meet your organisations needs as well as the customer requirements
Providing a positive customer experience: Through advanced questioning, listening and summarising negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes
Providing a positive customer experience: Manage challenging and complicated situations within your level of authority and make recommendations to enable and deliver change to service or strategy
Providing a positive customer experience: Use clear explanations, provide options and solutions to influence and help customers make choices and agree next steps
Providing a positive customer experience: Explore and interpret the customer experience to inform and influence achieving a positive result for customer satisfaction
Providing a positive customer experience: Demonstrate a cost conscious mind-set when meeting customer and the business needs
Providing a positive customer experience: Identifying where highs and lows of the customer journey produce a range of emotions in the customer
Providing a positive customer experience: Use written and verbal communication to simplify and provide complex information in a way that supports positive customer outcome in the relevant format
Working with customers/customer insights: Proactively gather customer feedback, through a variety of methods. Critically analyse, and evaluate the meaning, implication and facts and act upon it
Working with customers/customer insights: Analyse your customer types, to identify or anticipate their potential needs and expectations when providing your service
Customer Service performance: Maintain a positive relationship even when you are unable to deliver the customer\u2019s expected outcome
Customer Service performance: When managing referrals or escalations take into account historical interactions and challenges to determine next steps
Service Improvement: Analyse the end to end service experience, seeking input from others where required, supporting development of solutions
Service Improvement: Make recommendations based on your findings to enable improvement
Service Improvement: Make recommendations and implement where possible, changes in line with new and relevant legislation, regulations and industry best practice
Training and apprenticeship schedule
As a level 3 Customer Service Specialist apprentice, you will learn on the job while also receiving structured training to support your development
80% of your time will be spent working alongside experienced colleagues at the dealership, gaining hands-on experience and support from a dedicated mentor
20% of your working hours will be used for off-the-job training or study time
This off-the-job training is delivered by a qualified tutor through a mix of:
Six in-person training blocks at the brand-new DAF Apprentice Academy in Nottingham
Six to ten online sessions in small groups or 1:1 format across the apprenticeship
Additional support and extra sessions are also available if needed, to help you succeed at every stage of your training.
An industry-recognised Level 3 Customer Service Specialist Standard qualification
Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
All travel, accommodation, and meals are covered for in-person training sessions at the DAF Apprentice Academy
GCSE in:
English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)
Qualifications and skills
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Administrative skills
Team working
About Ford & Slater Ford & Slater is one of the UK's largest DAF Truck dealer groups with 16 locations across the UK employing over 800 staff whilst remaining a family run business. Specialising in the maintenance and repair of DAF Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs), with a rich history and a commitment to excellence, Ford & Slater is the ideal place to launch a rewarding career in the heavy vehicle industry.
Progression
A potential full-time career within the automotive industry with many opportunities to progress to positions of authority within the dealership
Future prospects are endless
By having a highly regarded set of skills, apprentices can go on to develop their career within any other areas of commerce they may be interested in
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Sprachkenntnisse
- English
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