How/When did you know you were ready for management?

[GMpartsLux]

How/When did you know you were ready for management?

When I had to show the manager how to do things.
HIm being over 60 and learning all of GM's new programs, SLP RIM etc was a bit much.

[partsguy99]

How/When did you know you were ready for management?

When I had to show the manager how to do things.
HIm being over 60 and learning all of GM's new programs, SLP RIM etc was a bit much.

Better be careful with that over 60 comment!

[bluepart]

I'll second that.

[CHUCKINPARTS]

I'll third it

[GMpartsLux]

How/When did you know you were ready for management?

When I had to show the manager how to do things.
HIm being over 60 and learning all of GM's new programs, SLP RIM etc was a bit much.

Better be careful with that over 60 comment!

No offence intended to the over 60 crowd, I learned a lot of valuable information from the previous manager. He was just close to retirement and had no ambition to learn any of the new crap, and I cant blame him at all.

[Impala67]

I started off dumping trash, then driving customers home, then detailing cars, then lube guy, then a tech for 5 years, then parts advisor for about 7 years, and have been a manager for the last 10 or so.

I thought I was a ready after maybe 5 years in parts or so but I was lucky, my boss showed me how to do everything in the parts department. I was a pretty fast learner and had a good memory. There's a lot to know behind the scenes and hopefully, your boss doesn't keep it all to himself. Where I am now, these guys had never been shown anything aside from looking up parts and billing them out. I've been slowly working to change that since I got here last October. I much prefer that everyone can do everything but that's not always the case.

So I guess it depends on how much you know and how much you want to know.

Hey there, my boss does tend to keep to himself except for the odd time the he himself reams one of us 4 out for something odd and explainable. My first parts manager was the best, calm, cool, and collected, a teacher and a leader, always showed you how your wrong happened and how to fix it next time, he showed me all of what he knew of R&R of 25 years. He taught me how to make reports with R&R code in 6910. For now, i am on here alot and on other sites, and learning from him still. we talk often

[greenthumb-38]

First off, it is refreshing to see someone interested in moving along in the auto parts field and into management.

Ask questions, not just the "how do you do this or that", but "WHY you do this or that??"

Volunteer to help and to learn... any manager worth his weight will appreciate the offer.

My biggest steps in understanding a parts operation came when I purposely looked for more responsibility and asked questions...

~ gt has two less cents in his pocket

[lochstein]

Good point, GT! It seems that often in this business when logical or relevant questions are asked, people sometimes tend to get defensive or shut down because it might uncover either a lack of knowledge or another issue. We need more curious and driven people in this business! Kudos to the OP!

[Impala67]

You could start now with GM as a rep.

You really think so!

[Impala67]

You've got way too much experience to be a GM rep.

Really!