Parts Lead

Job Title: Parts Lead
Salary: £36,000 Per Annum
Location: Derby
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 08:30 - 17:30
Job Status: Permanent

• Competitive salaries and bonuses

• A company pension scheme

• An Employee Assistance Programme

• Access to trained mental health first aiders

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

At cinch our mission is simple - to remove the faff from buying and owning cars, giving customers more choice, with more ease (not to mention a free 90-day warranty on all cars...)

Already the UK's largest online used car retailer, we're expanding our offering with an exciting roadmap of online and physical retail solutions - including faff-free car servicing at over 100 locations across the country.

The Parts Lead will be directly responsible for all activities within the Parts Department onsite. Including but not confined to stock maintenance, over-seeing stock checks, ordering, issuing, receipt and return of parts. Supervision of the parts team, ISO (parts associated elements), maintain daily liaison with staff and suppliers for all aspects of ordering, receipt and issuing of parts in order for the facility to achieve its planned production.

• Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure the cinch values and behaviours are upheld
  • Responsible for Stock maintenance (checking stock levels, including parts stock checks, review of obsolete stock)
  • Consumables ordering and management
  • Liaise with relevant centre staff to ensure smooth operation of the branch, body shop and workshop.
  • Promote and lead the health, safety and welfare of all personnel within the parts department
  • Be responsible for the quality, technical production, storage & handling of customers' parts in accordance with agreed processes and protocols, while ensuring that the company's parts management processes and protocols are adhered to at all times
  • Advise appropriate centre management of any issues as they arise
  • Minimise cost across the operation by efficient and effective work practises
  • Ensure that liaison is maintained with management to ensure sufficient parts are available to achieve the production plans
  • Assist in managing the company's parts suppliers as appropriate
  • Create, initiate and monitor parts procedures so customer expectations can not only be met but also exceeded
  • Be active in the development and integration of ISO and SOP's across your area of responsibility
  • Responsible for all health and safety aspects of own area of responsibility and attend the Centre monthly H&S meeting

cinch's benefits programme sees that our people are supported both in and out of work. That's what a faff-free life is all about. We offer: