What makes your undealership team so special?
Typical dealerships do not reflect the diverse communities they serve. At Planet, people traditionally excluded from the auto industry represent the majority of our team. We develop elite professionals recruited from the broadest cross-section of society. On our Planet:
· Women, including several managers, excel in all departments;
· Veterans and active-duty military service members serve country and customers;
· Team members join us from varied ethnic and racial backgrounds;
· We hire people of all ages;
· We've promoted Pride since the day we opened in 1998.
Would you like to join this inclusive team, and have fun in a business overflowing with opportunities? If you have your vaccinations and booster, we want you to apply!
SUBARU SALESPERSON
Job Description
Planet Subaru offers you a unique opportunity to make the world a better place, one car sale at a time. Not just that, but in a positive and team-oriented environment. We offer extensive training and look for candidates WITHOUT any experience in car sales, so we can provide a pleasantly different and enjoyable experience for our customers.
The work is interesting, fast-paced and rewards initiative and problem solving. Our team typically looks at their roles as their career and we almost universally promote from within. We have barely any turnover, and the longevity of our team members says a lot about the quality of life here.
SCHEDULE
The flexible schedule is just a little more than 40 hours per week, which is many fewer than
the typical dealership. You'll work just five days per week, with every Sunday off, plus the same weekday off. You'll work most Saturdays because that's our busiest day.
OUR CURRENT TEAM
Former backgrounds of our Sales Guides include: Enterprise Rental Car Branch Manager, Hollywood movie director (no kidding!), cell phone and tropical fish salesperson, fitness instructor, art gallery owner, investment professional, and a recent college grad. To learn about our current staff members and their tenure, visit http://planetsubaru.com/dealership/staff.htm
TO APPLY
Please e-mail your resume with a PROFESSIONAL COVER LETTER about your interest in the position to General Sales Manager Ryan Mak via ryan at planetsubaru.com. We will reply to qualified applicants with answers to frequently asked questions about the opportunity. Thanks!
EXPERIENCED AUTO TECHNICIAN
Planet Subaru is seeking an experienced flat-rate automotive technician. We have lots of work!
Planet Subaru is a very special dealership. We have very low turnover and very high quality of life. We have won many "best workplace" awards. Selected from over 20,000 dealerships nationwide, Planet Subaru was named to the Automotive News Top 100 Best Dealerships to Work For twice. And the Boston Globe five times selected Planet Subaru from thousands of companies in all industries for its list of Top 100 Places To Work.
Benefits include health insurance, paid vacation, and partial 401K matching. We have a beautiful facility with an air-conditioned shop. We will pay you to attend classes to become a Subaru Master technician. We have a family atmosphere with professional, competent, friendly managers.
The work week is four days per week, 10 hours per day, including many Saturdays. You get Sunday and two weekdays off. If necessary, we can make schedule adjustments to serve your needs, for example if you wanted to work less than full time, or, if you wanted to work five days per week instead of four.
Planet Subaru has many women on its sales and service teams, and many women have served on our technical staff, so we encourage women to apply.
Franchised auto experience is preferred but not required. Subaru experience is not required...we will help you learn the product.
Compensation is flat-rate and amount is determined by experience/ability. We can also hire you if you have experience as a marine mechanic, boat mechanic, diesel mechanic, fleet mechanic, or inboard/outboard mechanic.
Please email your resume with a brief note about your interest in the position and the dealership to Managing Partner Dale Lathrop via dale at planetsubaru.com.APPRENTICE AUTO TECHNICIAN
Are you looking for a career and a home instead of just another job? Planet Subaru is seeking someone good with their hands who would like to get a start in a lucrative field with lots of growth opportunity. We will help you learn the skills necessary to complete light maintenance and repairs on vehicles, including oil changes and tire rotations.
No automotive repair experience is necessary, but you need an aptitude for doing mechanical things. Any vocational/technical school or shop experience is helpful but not required. We will train you if you're smart and eager to learn.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who doesn't want to work at low-wage job year after year. We will help you develop into a master technician through the years. It's also great for someone at a tire shop, small garage, or oil change facility who wants to move up to a franchised dealership.
The work week is four, ten-hour shifts, so you get three days off per week. You can work a fifth day and get overtime if you like. Your schedule will include many Saturdays, and the shop is closed Sundays. Benefits include health insurance, paid vacation, and partial 401K matching. We have a beautiful facility with an air-conditioned shop.
Planet Subaru is a very special dealership. We have very low turnover and very high quality of life. To learn more about our unique philosophy, visit planetsubaru.com. Planet is a great place to work. Selected from over 20,000 nationwide, Planet Subaru was twice named to the Automotive News Top 100 Best Dealerships to to Work For. And the Boston Globe selected Planet Subaru five times from thousands of companies in all industries for its Best Place To Work Award.
Planet Subaru has many women on its sales and service teams, so we encourage women and others traditionally excluded from auto industry opportunities to apply.
Please email your resume with a brief note about your interest in the position to Managing Partner Dale Lathrop via dale at planetsubaru.com. We will respond to qualified applicants with a list of answers to frequently asked questions about the opportunity.
SERVICE DEPARTMENT SPECIALIST
As one of Planet's receptionists in the service department, you will greet customers who need their vehicles serviced, help them get checked in, answer phones and set up appointments, provide loaner cars to customers (including driving cars around the lot), and pitch in, as needed, to keep the service department running smoothly. You will spend a lot of time working with customers on the phone and in person, and you will collaborate with most of the Planet service team. You'll be on your feet a lot, so you won't get bored and you won't be stuck at a desk all day!
SCHEDULE
The typical schedule is full time, approximately 40 hours over five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday 8-5, off Sunday and Monday. We can modify the schedule somewhat to fit your schedule.
EXPERIENCE
Prior automotive or rental agency experience is not required, but is helpful. The more you know about dealerships and vehicles, and the more passion you have for them, the less training you will require. But we will train the right person.
THE RIGHT PERSON
The ideal candidate likes cars, is friendly, eager to learn new things, likes to be busy, has an upbeat attitude about life, can handle the occasional grumpy customer, enjoys the pleasure of delighting customers, is smart, professional, and polished. We are looking for those who see a career in our business, not just a job until something else comes along. You need a reasonable driving record because you will be driving company and customer vehicles around the lot, and occasionally on the roads. If you like providing good customer service, you'll enjoy this job a lot.
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
Because we promote almost exclusively from within, this position is the first place we look when we have an opening in the service department with more income and responsibility. Most of our current team, including our service manager, started in a similar position and grew along with us.
Please email your resume with a brief note about your interest in the position to Managing Partner Dale Lathrop via dale at planetsubaru.com. We will respond to qualified applicants with a list of answers to frequently asked questions about the opportunity.
PARTS SPECIALIST APPRENTICE
Are you looking for a career and a home instead of just another job? Planet Subaru is seeking someone who would like the growth opportunities available in a franchised dealership, the major leagues of the auto industry. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who doesn't want to work at low-wage job year after year. No parts experience is necessary, and we will train you if you're smart and eager to learn.Our team members look at their roles as their career, and we almost universally promote from within. We have barely any turnover, and the longevity of our team members says a lot about the quality of life here. Two of the four members of our parts team have been with us over twenty years! To learn about our current team members and their tenure, visit http://planetsubaru.com/dealership/staff.htm
The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.
This is an active position, so you won't get bored. Responsibilities include delivering wholesale parts, putting parts away, pulling orders, organizing inventory, greeting customers, cleaning, shipping, and learning new skills. If you like cars, it's a lot of fun because you're around cool cars and lots of gear heads all day. We have a beautiful heated and air-conditioned facility.
Planet is great place to work, and you don't have to take our word for it. Selected from over 20,000 nationwide, Planet was named to the Automotive News "Top 100 Best Dealerships to Work For" twice. And the Boston Globe also six times selected Planet from thousands of companies in all industries for its list of "Top Places To Work" ranking.
DIVERSITY LIKE YOU READ ABOUT
- Women, including several managers, excel in all departments;
- Veterans and active-duty military service members serve country and customers;
- Team members join us from varied ethnic and racial backgrounds;
- We hire people of all ages;
- We've promoted Pride since the day we opened in 1998.
We encourage everyone to apply.
TO APPLY
Please send your resume WITH A NOTE OR COVER LETTER about your interest in Planet to Dale Lathrop: dale at planetsubaru.com. We will reply to qualified applicants with answers to frequently asked questions about the opportunity. Thanks!
Selected from thousands of dealerships nationwide, Automotive News twice named Planet Subaru a "Best Dealership to Work For."
See the video about the unusual number of women in every department at Planet.
Selected from thousands of local companies, the Boston Globe six times (!) awarded Planet with its top workplace award.
The Planet stores have very low turnover so we rarely have many openings. We do add positions as we grow, however, and typically work off a waiting list, so if you would like to be considered for a future opening at Planet Subaru in Hanover or Planet Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in Franklin, please send your resume to Managing Partner Dale Lathrop with a brief note about the position you would be interested in. We will contact you when we have an opening. We diligently recruit team members who have traditionally been excluded from the opportunities in the auto industry. The diversity of our team is proof of our success and we encourage you to apply.
  Planet offers high-paying automotive jobs near Boston. If you're looking for dealership employment you'll love on the South Shore, Boston, and most of eastern Massachusetts, then apply today!Â
