Parts Manager
Required skills
- Parts Manager
- profitability
- inventory
- pricing
- ROI
- margin
- wholesale
- retail
- co-op advertising
- financial controls
Nice to have
- Freightliner
- Western Star
- service drive
- auto parts retail
- auto parts wholesale
Role summary
Premier Truck Group is seeking a results-driven Parts Manager to lead their parts department and enhance its profitability. This fast-paced, people-focused leadership role involves motivating and developing the parts team, building customer relationships, managing inventory and pricing, and overseeing financial controls. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to lead a team, strong business math and analytical skills, and proficiency with relevant regulations and computer systems. This position offers a competitive salary, monthly incentive bonus, and comprehensive benefits.
About this role:
We are looking for a results-driven Parts Manager to lead our parts department and grow its profitability. This is a fast-paced, people-focused leadership role: you will motivate and develop your team, build strong relationships with internal and wholesale customers, and keep inventory, pricing and service running at a high standard. If you enjoy variety, thrive on change and like turning goals into results through other people, we want to hear from you.
Parts Manager Responsibilities:
- Lead, schedule and develop the parts team, including approving payroll hours, monitoring productivity and providing hands-on and technical training.
- Own department performance: build the annual budget, set goals for inventory, pricing, ROI and margin, and review sales, expenses and inventory daily, weekly and monthly.
- Manage inventory for maximum turnover and minimal obsolescence, balancing the needs of all customers, and ensure parts are tagged to recover factory credit.
- Set pricing and grow wholesale and retail business through promotions, manufacturer co-op advertising and lasting customer relationships.
- Partner with service managers for fast turnaround on internal jobs.
- Direct shipping, receiving and the wholesale parts delivery program.
- Oversee financial controls, including accounts receivable and payable, GL schedules, audit exceptions and accurate documentation.
- Resolve customer concerns promptly and keep the department safe, clean and compliant with Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Five years of management experience or equivalent, plus at least one year in a service drive or auto parts retail or wholesale environment.
- A proven ability to hire, coach, hold accountable and lead a team to departmental goals.
- Strong business math and analytical skills, including margins, ratios, percentages and turning data into management reports.
- Computer proficiency and working knowledge of the federal, provincial and local regulations that affect parts operations.
- A motivating team builder who inspires people, gains buy-in and delegates with confidence.
- A self-starter who takes initiative, works with urgency and competes to hit goals.
- A warm, persuasive communicator who connects quickly with customers and peers.
- Energized by variety and change, and able to juggle multiple priorities at pace.
- A decision-maker who involves the team but owns the risk and the result.
Ready to Join?Apply now to learn more about what Premier Truck Group has to offer!
PTG is committed to fostering an equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees and customers are valued, respected and supported.
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