The posting
Automotive Parts Manager
Canton Ford | Canton, TX
$60,000–$85,000 Annual Earning Potential
Canton Ford is growing, and we're looking for an experienced Automotive Parts Manager who is ready to take ownership of our Parts Department and help drive the continued growth of our Fixed Operations team.
We're looking for more than someone who can order parts and manage inventory. We want a hands-on leader who understands the numbers, develops people, supports technicians, protects inventory, and knows how to run a profitable Parts Department.
If you're an experienced Parts Manager or Assistant Parts Manager ready for an opportunity to lead, grow, and earn, we want to talk to you.
Why Canton Ford?
Canton Ford combines the opportunities of a successful Ford dealership with the family-style atmosphere and values of an East Texas store.
We believe in taking care of our customers, supporting our employees, rewarding performance, and giving strong leaders the opportunity to take ownership of their departments.
What We Offer
- $60,000–$85,000 annual earning potential
- Performance-based compensation
- 401(k)
- Medical insurance available
- Dental insurance available
- Vision insurance available
- Life insurance available
- Paid time off
- Employee vehicle purchase opportunities
- Ford training and professional development
- Career advancement opportunities
- Supportive dealership leadership
- Established Ford brand
- East Texas family-style dealership culture
What You'll Do
As Parts Manager, you'll take responsibility for the day-to-day performance, profitability, inventory, and people within our Parts Department.
You'll be expected to:
- Lead, train, coach, and develop Parts Department employees
- Establish clear expectations and hold the team accountable
- Manage retail, wholesale, internal, and warranty parts operations
- Ensure technicians receive the correct parts quickly and accurately
- Maintain strong communication between Parts and Service
- Manage inventory levels based on dealership demand and historical sales
- Monitor inventory aging, obsolescence, days' supply, and turn
- Improve stocking efficiency and parts availability
- Manage special-order parts and customer follow-up
- Monitor lost sales and use data to improve stocking decisions
- Manage cores, credits, returns, and manufacturer return programs
- Maintain accurate perpetual inventory records
- Conduct regular cycle counts and oversee physical inventories
- Maintain organized, accurate, and secure parts storage areas
- Establish and monitor appropriate pricing and gross profit strategies
- Grow retail and wholesale parts sales opportunities
- Review departmental financial performance and control expenses
- Support technician productivity and overall Service Department efficiency
- Maintain compliance with Ford policies, warranty requirements, and dealership procedures
- Work directly with the Service Manager and General Manager to achieve Fixed Operations objectives
What We're Looking For
Our ideal Parts Manager is organized, accountable, financially minded, and willing to lead from the front.
Qualifications
- Automotive dealership Parts Department experience required
- Parts Manager or Assistant Parts Manager experience strongly preferred
- Ford dealership experience is a plus
- Strong understanding of dealership parts inventory management
- Knowledge of inventory turn, obsolescence, days' supply, fill rate, and stocking efficiency
- Understanding of parts gross profit and departmental financial performance
- Experience with OEM ordering and manufacturer return programs
- Strong leadership and employee-development skills
- Excellent organizational and time-management abilities
- Strong computer and dealership management system skills
- Ability to analyze KPIs and develop action plans
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Ability to work closely with technicians, Service Advisors, management, and other departments
- Professional, dependable, and accountable
- Valid driver's license and acceptable driving record
- High school diploma or equivalent
How We Measure Success
At Canton Ford, we believe our managers should know exactly what is expected of them.
Parts Manager performance may be measured by:
- Total parts sales
- Parts gross profit and gross profit percentage
- Customer-pay parts sales
- Warranty parts sales
- Internal parts sales
- Wholesale parts sales
- Inventory turn
- Days' supply
- Inventory aging
- Obsolescence percentage
- Stocking efficiency and fill rate
- Special-order parts management
- Lost sales performance
- Inventory accuracy
- Departmental expense control
- Employee productivity
- Technician support and shop efficiency
- Overall Parts Department profitability
Ready to Take Ownership of a Department?
If you're currently an Automotive Parts Manager, Assistant Parts Manager, Parts Counter Professional, or experienced dealership parts professional ready to move into a leadership role, we'd like to hear from you.
At Canton Ford, you'll have the opportunity to lead a department, develop your team, improve operations, grow profitability, and earn $60,000–$85,000 annually based on experience and performance.
We're looking for someone who doesn't just manage inventory—we want someone who will take ownership of the department and help make our entire Fixed Operations team better.
Come be part of a dealership where customers matter, employees matter, and performance is rewarded.
Apply today and let's talk about your future with Canton Ford.
Canton Ford is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
