Joe Duffy Group is Ireland’s leading motor retailer representing 21 brands across 20 dealerships with a team of 650 employees and an enviable franchise portfolio of world-leading brands. The Group’s robust and diversified business model has delivered 14 consecutive years of profit growth. Our competitive advantage is underpinned by the quality of the people we employ and the unrivaled career path we can offer. We are now looking to recruit a dynamic and ambitious individual that displays drive, passion, energy, talent and integrity. Due to on-going growth, we are looking for a highly professional Apprentice Service Advisor with a full driving licence to join our Jaguar Land Rover business: Requirements: To be the focal and experienced point of contact for Jaguar and Land Rover customers requiring servicing or repair to their vehicles.Managing the flow of information between the workshop, the rest of the Dealership and the customer, delivering excellent customer service at all times.To manage all service telephone and walk-in enquiries on behalf of the dealership.Qualify service needs and diagnose vehicle running problems where appropriate.Establish understanding and an agreement with the customer of the work to be carried out.Calculate workshop capacity insuring that all details are entered onto the service workshop loading system.Manage the handover and administration of Customer Service Vehicles. Explain the work carried out on vehicle ensuring customers full understanding and authorisation.Manage any necessary liaison with department manager regarding customer dissatisfaction. Follow up in line with dealership procedures.Understand and adhere to manufacturer brand service requirements.Maintain safe working practices and abide by the working rules and standards of the dealership.Maintain product knowledge on the full Jaguar and Land Rover range.Maintain relevant systems ensuring accuracy at all times. Key Competencies: • Communication Communicates clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, with customers, colleagues and suppliers of all levels. Actively listens to others views and requests. Obtains information and checks level of understanding through effective questioning techniques. • Customer Focus Able to interact with customers in a professional manner. Identifies and understands customer requirements, and how these can be met through the products and services that are offered through the dealership. Able to translate this into actions in order to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction. • Analytical Ability Gathers and records verbal and numerical data in a comprehensive and effective manner. Analyses information for completeness and accuracy. Identifies key data, omissions and issues, escalating where necessary. • Effecting Control Approaches tasks and interactions with others in a systematic and structured manner. Supports the implementation and maintenance of proper controls and processes within the department or function. Uses systems efficiently and in accordance with policy. Takes appropriate action where there have been lapses in processes and escalates where necessary. • Relationship Building Develops productive and cooperative relationships with customers and colleagues, through the use of rapport building techniques, empathy and effective interpersonal skills. Approaches sensitive situations with consideration for others and works to achieve constructive outcomes. • Influencing and Negotiating Able to influence others to accept or agree to their viewpoint or a proposed course of action through the use of convincing and reasonable arguments, supported by the effective use of the key features and unique selling points of relevant products and services. Negotiates fairly and effectively, supporting their position with well reasoned arguments. Develops an approach designed to achieve win-win situations for customers, colleagues, manufacturer and Brand. • Commercial Awareness Develops and maintains a level of knowledge on the motor industry and the products and services that are offered through the dealership appropriate to their role. • Brand Alignment Aligned to the Group brand values and demonstrates these in their behaviours and approach to people and tasks. Displays honesty and integrity in everything they do. We will recognise and reward your hard work, achievements and loyalty with our excellent basic salary benefits package: Employment Assistance Programme.Industry-leading training and progression plans.Bike to Work Scheme.22 days of Annual Leave.Life cover.Active Social Club.PRSA. If you are passionate about customer service, are driven and ambitious and believe that you have what it takes then submit your CV and cover letter online today!