Service Advisor - Mercedes Benz Loughborough Basic Salary up to £32,146.07pa Depending on Experience, OTE circa £42k As a Service Advisor at our Loughborough Service Centre, not only will you receive an excellent salary package and OTE, but also an industry leading benefits package including: Family Friendly - Enhanced family friendly policies, giving you more time to spend with your family. Annual leave - A minimum of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), rising with long service. Looking to develop? - Grow your career with us, receive industry leading training from the brand you represent and our dedicated training team. Your Wellbeing - We take employee wellbeing seriously at Inchcape, we offer a programme to support all our colleagues and families with whatever challenges they may face. Your Discount - From Apple to Asda and everything in between, we offer discounts that save you money every day. Your Finances - Effortlessly grow your savings with our Share Scheme, We will match up to 7% when you enrol into our flexible pension scheme and have peace of mind with our free life assurance cover and much more. Your Recognition - We put our colleagues at the heart of what we do with ongoing recognition and an annual event to celebrate those that go over and above. Drive with us - We offer discounts and offers on both new & used vehicles and servicing for you, your friends and family. Your Health - From gym discounts to cash healthcare plans, find everything you need to look after your health. Cycle to Work - Get a bike and or cycling gear at a significantly reduced price. Community Volunteering day - Every colleague has an additional day to spend volunteering for a charity or good cause of their choice, as well as the option to get involved in our company wide charity initiatives. A company that cares - We believe Inchcape is for everyone and we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. As a Service Advisor you will ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction and care at all times for vehicle servicing and repair. As a Service Advisor you are the principle point of contact for all customer communication while the vehicle is in our Retail Centre. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills in order to deal with customers face to face or over the phone. Always delivering an incredible experience to all, whether internal or external customers. As a Service Advisor you are quick to identify the needs of the customers and opportunities to upsell. You are able to work to tight timescales and thrive on the pressure of a busy service department. Alongside your customer first attitude, you will maximise sales, maintain customer retention and over achieve on targets. Passion for the product and delivering incredible customer service will be evident in everything you do. Responsibilities To provide an outstanding level of customer care ensuring the highest standards of satisfaction at all times Book service and repair work always ensuring workshop and parts availability To keep customers fully informed of progress and advise of extra work needed To organise loan car bookings To invoice on time and accurately used warranty transactions are submitted and invoiced daily To obtain and process payments according to Inchcape policy To achieve hours sold targets as a member of a motivated team, Ensuring the WIP is kept to a minimum (Treating everyday as month end) To maintain accurate customer records on Kerridge & Dialog Help deliver balance scorecard results for department to meet Manufacturers expectations To make telephone follow-up / Up sell / Progress calls To convert as many inbound / outbound calls into bookings as possible The Ideal Candidate To be a success in this role, you will have: Effective communication skills Commitment to delivering customer excellence A good standard of verbal and numerical reasoning Computer literacy A keen eye for detail Previous experience in a target driven role Be part of something big Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We’re the largest partner in the UK for Mercedes- Benz, Volkswagen and Audi, and second largest for BMW & MINI. Home to more than 7000 colleagues who are dedicated to providing exceptional customer services, we have 113 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail. But you don’t need to love cars to work with us - you just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people. In return, we recognise that the success of our business is because of our fantastic people. Which is why we’re committed to providing fantastic career opportunities, comprehensive training, competitive pay and benefits and full support personally and professionally.