Trade Specialist | Sas Palmerston North

Overview

Fantastic opportunity to utilise your automotive knowledge

Great company culture & plenty of opportunity to progress

Monday - Friday 7 : 45am - 4 : 45pm + fortnightly Saturday's 9am-12pm

About SAS Autoparts

SAS Autoparts Ltd is one of the largest suppliers of suspension and automotive parts in NZ and considered by many in the trade as Market Leaders in our field.

We are Kiwi operated with 19 branches throughout New Zealand.

This is an exciting time to be part of our team.

We are a company that encourages and promotes a strong culture of family and loyalty.

Why our team loves working for SAS

Recognition programs and team incentives for your performance

An inclusive team environment : our team are important members of GPC

Ongoing training and career development; we genuinely care about supporting you to reach your full potential

Attractive team member pricing across all GPC AP businesses

We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top-up allowance is one of the ways we do this

Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity / community organisation

The opportunity to join a progressive global company that continually strives to remain the number one in the automotive aftermarket.

About the role

Our

Trade Specialists

are local experts, providing a truly local focus, for the local market with a level of expertise across passenger, commercial and industrial parts supply that cannot be surpassed.

Duties include

Provide technical support to our trade customers through using their expert automotive parts / mechanical knowledge

Build effective customer relationships

Are superstar sellers and problem solvers, and use up-to-date product information and knowledge

Are committed to providing a genuine service, where they create lasting impressions and moments that matter for their customers

Enjoy working in a busy phone customer contact role

Are safety aware and constantly strive to provide the safest work environment for themselves and their teammates.

Note, this role will require lifting, bending & climbing

Who we're looking for

Demonstrate prior automotive parts or mechanical experience

Be a passionate customer service expert with some sales experience

Be comfortable sharing knowledge and have the ability to communicate in a technical and non-technical manner

Be a natural problem solver who is solutions focussed with sound computer skills

Be a proactive and driven team player, who can also work independently

Be available to work and flexible to work other days if requested

Contribute to a culture of safety by putting safety first, ensuring that we all make it safe & make it home

GPC Asia Pacific

Movement is in our DNA.

We are GPC Asia Pacific : one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.

Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA, McLeod Accessories and Motion Industries.

Yet we are more than just a parts and service company.

We propel people forward.

With over 8000 team members in Asia Pacific, and 60k+ globally, being part of Genuine Parts Company won't leave you standing still.

Reach is key to our success.

Learn more about our business online.

Send your CV to our Careers Team by clicking APPLY!

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GPC\'s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

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