Auto Parts Store Manager in Training #135 - Replacement Parts

The Manager in Training will travel to several Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts stores in the area while training to become Store Manager. Some of the job duties include management functions such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work. The incumbent also provides over-the-counter direct sales to customers, make deliveries, process orders either in person or over the phone and support the overall success of store operations through promotion of sales programs and other customer and team-related activities. Check us out at btbautoparts.com and apply today! 

Today, Replacement Parts, Inc. and Crow Burlingame is made up of a corporate staff and several different companies, including Parts Warehouse Inc. (PWI). We employ more than 1,400 employees, in twelve (12) states, working at approximately 220 locations, all operating in the aftermarket automotive parts, paint and heavy-duty parts business. In 2019, our company celebrated 100 years of serving our communities as a privately held business with most of our employees spending the majority of their working lives as part of the "Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts" family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Follow instructions and steps necessary to learn the company's policies, procedures, and business model.
• Provide customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.

• Direct and supervise employees engaged in sales, inventory taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
• Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
• Inventory stock and reorder when inventory drops to a specified level.
• Instruct staff on how to handle difficult and complicated sales.
• Hire, train, and evaluate personnel in retail sales stores, promoting or firing workers when appropriate.
• Ensure responsiveness to requests and compliance with company security requirements.
• Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise.
• Ability and willingness to advance within the company when a position becomes available.
• Adhere to scheduled work time unless authorized by a manager.   
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Our Benefits (all benefits are based on eligibility and subject to change)

• 401(k) employer matching
• Company Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Days
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance & Long Term Disability
• Short Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Additional Supplemental Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Purchase Discounts
• Scholarship Program
• Earning Incentives and Bonuses

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job is a leadership position with no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies                               

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Continuous Learning - Seeks feedback to improve performance; pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills.

Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions; displays orientation to profitability.

Consultative Selling - Applies product and market knowledge effectively; presents solutions that meet customer objectives; manages and documents sales process.

Sales Skills - Maintains customer satisfaction.

Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; applies feedback to improve performance.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High School Diploma or equivalent experience or motivation to pursue a GED. Two years of professional auto parts experience or four years of hobbyist auto parts experience

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic computer knowledge of Windows based computers, familiarity with web browsing, and the ability to use the Microsoft Office suite of products.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Valid driver's license (Class E required for all Missouri locations) and clean driving record. ASE certifications preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.Travel may be required.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Employment at Replacement Parts, Inc. is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.  Equal Opportunity Employer.   Replacement Parts, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.  *This is a Safety Sensitive position due to the use of heavy equipment and hazardous material.