Parts Assistant - Don Ayres Honda

If you’re looking for a rewarding career in Fort Wayne, IN, you have come to the right place. Don Ayres Honda was rated a "Best Place to Work" in the 2018 Reader’s Choice Awards and is a 19-time winner of the prestigious Honda President’s Award for excellence in sales performance and customer satisfaction.

As one of Indiana’s largest and most successful dealerships, we provide excellent career opportunities for smart, energetic and motivated individuals. Are you willing to help us achieve our goal of providing world-class customer service? Then this is the place for you.

At Don Ayres Honda, we offer competitive wages, a great benefits package, and a fun working environment. If you are tired of your regular job and want to start a fun and rewarding career, apply here!

What We’re Looking For:

As a Parts Assistant at Don Ayres Honda in Fort Wayne, Indiana, you will play a vital role in ensuring the efficient operation of our automotive dealership. You will work closely with our technicians and service advisors to provide support in ordering, receiving, stocking, and issuing parts while maintaining accurate inventory records. This is a full-time, hourly position in the auto industry, with opportunities for growth and development within the company.

A dedicated Parts Assistant is a motivated individual who supports our growing business by assisting the parts and service department. The ideal candidate will flourish in a fast-paced and professional workplace.  Responsibilities include running parts throughout the dealership and to external customers.  Additional responsibility will include stocking, inventory, and assisting parts counter sales.

Full-time, Monday-Friday day shift with varied hours between 7:00am-6:00pm and every other Saturday

Must be able to perform physical tasks, including lifting auto parts weighing up to 50 lbs.  FREQUENT WALKING is required for this position.

Employee Benefits Include:

• Competitive wages  
• Fast-paced, high-energy environment 
• Group health insurance 
• Short-term disability 
• Life insurance 
• Paid vacation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Lifestyle & Wellness benefits   
• 401(k) with match program 
• Closed on major holidays 
• Employee discounts 
• Professional development & growth opportunities
• Unwavering leadership support 
• Immediate, comprehensive and continuous training for success 

Ideal Qualifications Include:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• People focused with a positive attitude
• Committed to providing world-class customer service
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, fun environment
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Strong work ethic
• Proficient technology and computer skills
• Valid Driver's License and a good driving record
• Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen and background check
• Experience with auto parts sales preferred
• Professional appearance

Job Responsibilities Include:

• Delivers parts to technicians.
• Ensures that areas of the parts department are properly stocked.
• Assist the service department by moving vehicles as needed and delivering vehicles to other repair facilities for sublet repairs.
• Gives customers a ride to and from the dealership, if required, when vehicles are brought in for service.
• Picks up and/or delivers parts to designated accounts when instructed by the parts or service departments.
• Ensures the cleanliness of the parts department by disposing of used boxes and trash, sweeping floors and dusting parts bins daily.
• Crates all cores for shipment back to the manufacturer when part has been replaced.
• Puts stock order parts in appropriate bins.
• Assists in stock order check in if needed
• Assist the parts sales process from customer inquiry to finding the part to invoicing the customer
• Completes special order parts requests for any parts that need to be ordered for the customer
• Works to maintain inventory as necessary
• Communicates with staff and customers in a friendly and professional manner
• Understands and follows federal, state and local regulations applicable to industry
• Additional miscellaneous duties as needed
• Must be able to perform physical tasks, including lifting auto parts weighing up to 50 lbs.
• FREQUENT WALKING is required for this position.

Any 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.

Don Ayres Honda is an Equal Opportunity Employer.