Summary
Al Ghurair is hiring a Service Advisor in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The role links customers with the service department, records vehicle complaints, explains repair estimates and timelines, and obtains approval for recommended work. The advisor coordinates job cards, technicians, parts availability and vehicle delivery. Applicants need a diploma or degree in Automobile or Mechanical Engineering and 3 to 5 years of experience as a Mechanical Service Advisor in the automobile industry.
The posting
As published on al-ghurair.com. Pulled from the employer's site and shown as they wrote it.
Acts as liaison between customers and service department by communicating with customers regarding vehicle problems and repair timeline and expressing customer concerns to service department. Displays exemplary customer service skills and a sales-minded attitude.
Strategic:
- Cont Operational:
- Also, advising the customer's necessity of other repairs apart from the fault indicated by the customer.
- Maintain register for daily booking of vehicles and delivery time of vehicles for follow up.
- Arrange for LPO's and close the Job Cards without delay.
- Coordinate with floor in charge and follow up regularly with the delivery time.
- Taking decision to finalize the estimation with discount, advising customer based on the make model to spend, where viable.
Operational:
- Receive the customers with smiling face and attend the customer by listing the nature of the problems, complaints, service required for the vehicle.
- Arrange for Test drive the vehicle to understand the complaints referred by the customer and give approx. cost of repair in terms of labor and parts.
- Fill the 'T' Card with all details of Jobs to be carried out with the repairing estimate and fix delivery date by considering the availability of spare parts in the Stores and Manpower in the Control Room respectively.
- Getting approval of quotations and passing the message to control room to proceed with the repairs.
- Ensure all the repairs are carried out as per Job Card before committed delivery time.
- Intimating and taking prior approval from the customer for any repair not discussed earlier.
People Management:
• Service Advisor acts as a liaison between the technician and the customer and needs to be able to communicate with both effectively. must explain repair recommendations in layman's terms to their customers, while also briefing mechanics on customer needs and managing repair schedules.
Product/Process Improvement:
• N/A.
Education & Certifications:
• Diploma or Degree in Automobile or Mechanical Engineering.
Knowledge & Skill:
• N/A.
Experience:
• 3 to5 years of experience as a Mechanical Service Advisor in Automobile Industry.