Job Description

Please note this role will temporarily be based at our Pulborough Sussex site (RH20 1AR) until December 2025. Fuel allowance available.

Service Advisor benefits package for Chichester Jaguar

Job Benefits

25 days annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays.

Company pension scheme

Employee referral programme

Working Pattern and applicable rotas

Annual bonus potential

Manufacturer training

Harwoods Academy

JOB PURPOSE

The role of the Service Advisor is to:

Provide our customers with a warm, inviting and streamlined experience. Service Advisors will be required to build strong and trusting relationships whilst delivering outstanding levels of efficiency and communication. Be a knowledgeable and supportive point of contact for customers requiring servicing or repair to their vehicles. Successfully manage the flow of information between the workshop, the rest of the business and the customer to guarantee a highly satisfactory customer experience and to meet our brand standards. Here at Harwoods, we highly value organisational, communication and time management skills along with a friendly smile.
Department/Business/Location:

Service

Reports to:

Service Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

This is not contractual, and the content may be updated at any time.

Provide exceptional levels of customer service and ownership throughout your customer's Harwoods experience. Ensure a close relationship with the workshop to guarantee a high standard of communication for the customer. Contribute to the achievement of productivity and customer satisfaction targets by meeting and exceeding individual KPI targets. Handle customer enquiries and queries promptly and efficiently to create and maintain customer loyalty and retention. Confidently establish an understanding agreement with the customer of the work to be carried out. Accurately maintain the service department loading system in line with workshop capacity. Manage the handover and administration and explain the work carried out on vehicle ensuring customers full understanding and authorisation. Understand and adhere to manufacturer service requirements. Maintain safe working practices and abide high standards of the business. Take on additional responsibilities as required by the business.
Skills & Requirements

Essential

Full UK driving licence. Organised. Smart appearance. Confident. Ability to excel in a team-based environment and achieve common goals.

Experience

Previous Automotive Service Advisor experience essential.

Minimum of 1-2 years in a customer facing role.

The Harwoods Way

Harwoods Group is a values led, family owned automotive retail group that was founded in 1931. Our values are lived and breathed by all of our colleagues to enable industry leading customer experience and colleague engagement, as detailed below:

We Treasure our people and our customers

We challenge ourselves to grow & improve

We grab responsibility

We run in the same direction as one team

We inject energy and fun into our work

We are a top 30 automotive dealer group, as ranked by annual turnover on AM100, representing the following brand partners:

Bentley, McLaren, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Audi, Volvo, INEOS, BYD, BMW & Mini (Service), MAN

We operate across 5 counties in the South East of England, namely:

Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Hampshire.

With a high colleague engagement score of 72%, Harwoods Group has a real differentiator with our industry leading people development programme, including:

recruitment and selection; onboarding; induction; probation; lets talk one to ones; Harwoods Academy; succession and development; colleague recognition

After continued growth, we now operate with circa 1,100 colleagues across circa 28 state of the art facilities.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 29,000.00-37,500.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme
Experience:

Customer service: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person