Newbie

[TOLPARTSMGR]

Been with toyota for 8 years, back counter, assistant manager, just promoted to parts manager any tips from the vets out there on having a successful career? Any input would be greatly appreciated..

[erikw]

Work hard every day. Work your inventory every day. Always be training your people. I only work 45 hours Monday thru Friday. I work from the second I walk in the door until I leave for the day. I never get behind and EVERTHING gets done every day. I never leave something until tomorrow. Very profitable. No obsolescence. Stay focused on what needs to be done every day. Best of luck to you!

[PartsPlant81]

Learn about Gross Profit and teach it to your employees. Teach your consultants the importance of keeping the inventory counts correct. You will learn a lot of things that you never knew existed; try to learn something new everyday. Above all else; be a leader and an example to your employees...The true measurement of how well you are as a manager is how well your employees perform their jobs...Always communicate EVERYTHING with them even things you may think are miniscule; it all adds up and will make everybody better.

[TOLPARTSMGR]

Guys I really appreciate it honestly means alot just closed out my first end of month on the 5th and wasn't as bad as I thought, I was fortunate enough to have inherited a squeaky clean inventory I just gotta stay on top of it and should be fine. Again thanks for the tips and I look forward to posting more on other questions or issues I might run into.

[Zooted]

Joined just to empathize with you. Next month is ten years in the business for me, all with Nissan. Six months of changing oil, and the last nine and a half years in parts. My dealer group opened another Nissan store this past October, and I took the parts manager job that I'd been working towards for some time. Brand new store. Gross for the first month was $878. I don't know if I'll ever get that number out of my head.

I've gleaned a lot of useful information from everyone here through the years. You've all been tremendously helpful.