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For instance, a vehicle calls for a
post-style batter, but it's not in stock
- but a dual-purpose post-andstud-style is in stock. If the parts are

Wise parts sourcing
considers all factors

backordered, has your parts person
tried used parts? Alternatively, has a
larger component been considered?
For example, some headlights come

involved in the
speed to sale.

either as an assembly or just the
housing. If the housing part number is backordered,
can we still get an assembly? Problem-solving abilities, like in these examples, can make all the difference.
(Also, we believe that the response, " It's backordered, "
was invented by the people who didn't have the motivation to get outside of their oil-filter box.) 
If you're looking to grow someone on your team into
a parts-selling role, look for the person who has street
smarts. Do you have someone who comes to you with
a solution to a problem before giving you the problem
and one who cares about people? These are qualities
necessary to drive the internal parts counter. What the
service team needs to keep techs busy and vehicles
moving is a problem-solving procurement manager.

TRAINING
I still believe the rear parts counter
is a great place to start a counterperson. But it is vital that you rely on
other parts staff to train them. Your
technicians should not be training this person. When I started on
the rear counter, I was paired with

a 45-year journeyman counterman. He was close to
retirement, impatient, and wanted little to do with an
18-year-old ready to make mistakes. As a result, the
techs were left with someone who had more questions
than answers. Sadly, we all suffered as I earned my education. 
Years later, I developed a training plan that paired the
trainee with a counterperson so the trainee could interact with the techs. The journeyman would look up/
procure the parts for the techs, pass the parts requisition to the trainee to perform the same exercise, and
then check their work. I know that sounds obvious, but
you would be surprised how many times I walk into a
store and see the techs training the counter people.
A dealer's most apparent and mismanaged profit center is internal parts and reconditioning. Wise parts
sourcing considers all factors involved in the speed to
sale. Your parts pro knows how parts-sourcing decisions contribute to holding cost management, inventory turn, per-vehicle profitability and ultimately more
cars sold sooner.
Anthony

Greenhalgh

is Director of Sales and
Marketing

Operations

for Rapid Recon. Before
joining the company in
2016, he spent 24 years
at a multi-franchise metro dealer, responsible for
internalizing all cosmetic reconditioning into its
collision center. General Motors has recognized him as a
" Top Performer " for his success in the automotive parts
industry. Reach him at anthony@rapidrecon.com

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