Service Advisor
- Fort Macleod, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Do you have previous sales or automotive experience and enjoy connecting with people and providing excellent customer service?
Do you have a passion for the automotive industry and looking for an exciting move in your career?
If you answer yes to the above questions, Davis Dodge in Fort Macleod has the perfect career opportunity for you as a Service Advisor.
Reporting to the Fixed Operations Manager, the Service Advisor is the trusted liaison between the customer and service technicians. This is the perfect role for someone who loves building relationships, solving problems, and helping people keep their vehicles running at their best.
Why You Belong at Davis:
- Competitive compensation plan. High-performing Service Advisors can expect to earn upwards of $70,000 annually.
- Industry-leading health and dental benefits and employer-matched RRSPs
- A stable, family-owned business that has been a part of the community for over 30 years
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Travel reward program so you can travel on us beginning at 5 years of employment
- Group-wide employee pricing discount program on vehicles, parts, and service.
- Great team atmosphere to excel and grow
Essential Job Duties:
- Listen to the customer’s description of vehicle symptoms to gather information on the nature of their vehicle’s mechanical problem
- Complete walk-around inspection and review prior service history to recommend additional needed service and preventative maintenance to the customer when appropriate
- Create work orders, describing customer concerns to help technicians diagnose what repairs are needed
- Maintain customer rapport by explaining estimates and expected return of vehicle
- Answer questions, address concerns the customer may have and obtain the customer’s approval for estimates.
- Provide accurate quotes to customers and follow their repair orders throughout the day to keep the customer informed of the status of their vehicle repair
Qualifications and Experience:
- Previous experience as an automotive Service Advisor or in a similar customer-facing sales role, including providing recommendations for additional purchases, is considered an asset
- Automotive experience is required.
- Exceptional customer service and verbal communication skills to develop relationships and ensure customer loyalty
- Strong written communication skills to accurately detail customer concerns in each work order
- Knowledge of automotive systems and the ability to explain systems and repairs to customers of varying levels of technical understanding
- The capability of working independently, managing your time and workflow and having the ability to work congenially with other team members
- Proven time management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple demands
- Valid Driver’s License and completion of a satisfactory background check
Make the most important move of your career and come join our team, which is one of the best in the automotive industry!
Compensation details: 70000 Yearly Salary
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Responsibilities
Serve as the liaison between customers and service technicians by gathering vehicle concerns, inspecting vehicles, reviewing service history, and creating detailed work orders. Explain estimates and repair timelines, obtain customer approvals, answer questions, and keep customers informed about repair progress.
Requirements
Automotive experience is required; previous experience as a Service Advisor or in a similar customer-facing sales role is an asset. Candidates should have strong customer service and communication skills, automotive systems knowledge, organizational and time-management abilities, a valid driver's license, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Skills
- Customer Service
- Verbal Communication
- Written Communication
- Automotive Systems Knowledge
- Relationship Building
- Problem Solving
- Sales Recommendations
- Vehicle Inspection
- Work Order Preparation
- Estimate Preparation
- Time Management
- Organization
- Workflow Management
- Teamwork
Benefits
- Health and Dental Benefits
- Employer-Matched RRSP
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Travel Reward Program
- Employee Discounts on Vehicles, Parts, and Service
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Categories
- Customer Service & Support
- Sales
- Trades
Keywords
- Automotive
- Service Advisor
- Fixed Operations
- Customer Service
- Automotive Sales
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Preventative Maintenance
- Vehicle Inspection
- Service History
- Vehicle Symptoms
- Mechanical Problems
- Work Orders
- Repair Estimates
- Repair Orders
- Customer Approval
- Technician Coordination
- Customer Communication
- Customer Loyalty
- Automotive Systems
- Time Management
- Workflow Management
- Driver's License