Position Summary
The Parts Specialist is responsible for sourcing and ordering parts for a wide array of trucks and equipment. The Parts Specialist plays a crucial role: aligning efficient and accurate parts sourcing and orders with our customer?s need to deliver excellence safely. This position is highly collaborative, internally facing and requires a high level of experience and understanding of universal system functions.
About Equipment Experts
Our company operates most of its service work around the Puget Sound area and has performed service work in neighboring states including Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. Our mission is to drive our customer?s ability to deliver excellence safely, impacting people through the power of production. We work on a wide variety of equipment from diesel trucks, forklifts, heavy equipment, aerial equipment, air compressors, and generators. Our core values are the backbone of our business and guide our hiring process: we operate with safety, integrity, communication, alignment, accountability, and are results oriented.
Performance Objectives
- Locating, pricing out, and ordering parts for service orders and estimates.
- Maintaining work in progress (WIP) daily.
- Receiving parts orders, updating status of still expected parts to dispatch.
- Communicating parts status with dispatch and technicians via email/phone.
- Maintain outgoing (mailed) credit returns & requests.
Capabilities and Key Competencies
- Industry knowledge of vendors, i.e. knowledge on whether to order a part from the dealer or aftermarket.
- Ability to prioritize speed, price, and availability per service order.
- Willingness to work as a team.
- Willingness to learn different types of equipment.
- Ability to effectively communicate with team members in a positive manner.
- Ability to be a timely and dependable member of the team.
Education & Experience
- High school diploma/GED
- 4+ years of experience in a dealership, repair facility, or parts warehouse
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift minimum of 50 pounds multiple times per day.
- Wear required personal protective equipment as needed.
- Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
Commitment to Diversity
As an equal opportunity employer committed to meeting the needs for a multigenerational and multicultural workforce, Equipment Experts recognizes that a diverse staff, reflective of our community is an integral and welcome part of a successful and ethical business. We hire local talent at all levels regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability and actively foster inclusion in all forms both within our company and across interactions with clients, candidates, and partners.
Benefits
- Healthcare/Vision/Dental package available after 90 days
- Employee's premium for Healthcare/Vision is covered 100% by Equipment Experts
- Competitive rates for dependents healthcare coverage
- Sick Leave
- Vacation Leave, starting at two weeks, accrual
- Supplemental Insurance available
- 401k plan
- Company events
- Weekly Production Bonuses
- Uniforms provided by company
- Six major holidays paid
Schedule - Full time Position
- Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm
Scope of Work
- Heavy duty trucks
- Forklifts
- Heavy Equipment
- Aerial Equipment
- Minor fleet automotive work