Automotive Equipment Sales Specialist Repco

**Utilise your passion for the industry & develop our key trade relationships**:

- ** Base salary + incentives & tools of trade - vehicle, **Lapto**p & cell phone**:

- ** Roles Starts 2025**:

- ** Christchurch based covering Canterbury, West Coast, Otago and Southland.
**About Us**

**Repco** is a leader in the automotive aftermarket parts market and is one of the most widely recognised brands in Australia and New Zealand. Our brand stands for quality, expertise and knowledge, and our team members are valued and appreciated. We deliver careers and experiences that are supportive, rewarding and inclusive, and we are passionately focused on safety, results and continuous improvement

**The Role**

We have coming up an exciting vacancy for an experienced **Automotive Equipment Sales Specialist** to join our team. External Equipment Sales is an important position in our business.

Reporting to the Area Trade Manager, you will be responsible for building strong relationships with our existing and new customers. Grow Sales revenue for the Repco equipment sales division by effectively building, growing & maintaining customer relationships. You’ll process orders, compile quotations, manage customer inquiries and liaise with our Equipment Sales Support people and store network. You will be professional in identifying new customers and ensuring they are supported with the technical information required. Customer needs & follow ups are paramount within our business unit. You will be required to attend supplier-based product training to enhance your technical capability and sales efficiency within the GPC equipment portfolio.

**To be successful in the position, you will**
- Have proven sales experience in a relationship-based sales role
- Have proven ability to increase profit margins and grow market share
- Complete quotes, demonstrations and follow ups consistently to close out opportunities.
- Provide feedback to other relevant parties within the business unit.
- Supporting our sales rep force with technical advice
- Cold call on potential new customers to grow your sales & customer portfolio
- Set and achieve sales goals and targets
- Problem solves to ensure customers receive a highly professional level of service.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with the wider business unit
- Ensure product knowledge is maintained at a high level with a focus on knowledge and sales of workshop equipment.
- Possess exceptional communication skills.
- Have excellent attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.
- Be proficient in using MS Office suite and our internal software system
- Be energetic, enthusiastic and driven.

Your ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with mínimal supervision, whilst displaying a positive & self-motivated attitude will have you well suited to this rewarding and exciting position and in return an attractive package with benefits, tools of the trade will be provided along with a company motor vehicle.

**Looking after you**:
We are committed to ensuring our people are well looked after. In addition to a rewarding and challenging career, we will provide:

- Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pacific group of Companies
- Private health insurance discounts
- Employee assistance program
- A highly safety conscious work environment
- We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top-up allowance is one of the ways we do this
- Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity/community organisation
- Access to GPC’s exciting employee platform MOVE, unlocking amazing discounts at top retailers, business announcements, e-cards and our employee recognition program, plus so much more

**GPC Asia Pacific**
Movement is in our DNA. We are **GPC Asia Pacific**: one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA, McLeod Accessories and Motion Industries.

Yet we are more than just a parts and service company. We propel people forward.

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