Careers

Location: Parts Assistant - Hinckley

Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family owned multi-site agricultural business. Established in 1976 and now employing over 240 people, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products, holding the market leading John Deere franchise along with many other brands.

Due to ongoing business growth, we are currently looking for an enthusiastic Parts Assistant to join our busy Aftersales department at our Hinckley depot. As a key member of the team, you will actively promote and sell a wide range of spares and Aftersales services whilst also supplying technicians in the workshop with their required parts.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working within the Agricultural/Golf & Turf industry and also be familiar with John Deere and competitive products. However, applicants with a Parts background from other industries will be considered.

Package details

Working hours are 8am-5.30pm, Monday to Friday (5pm in winter months) plus Saturday cover on a rotation basis but a degree of flexibility is required. We can offer a very competitive salary and bonus scheme for the right candidate, plus benefits (pension scheme, up to 25 days holiday)

Farol is one of the leading John Deere dealers in the UK with people at the heart of its strategy. We know that our people are the key to our success and we make sure we appreciate and reward everyone's contribution. Not only do we recognise expertise, skills and professionalism, we value highly the very things that make them unique: their passion, their dedication, their approachability and the fact that going the all-important extra mile is second nature.

To apply for this role, please send your CV to careers@farol.co.uk or call 01844 278843 for further information.

Location: Thame

Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family owned agricultural business based in Milton Common, near Thame, Oxfordshire. Established in 1976 and now employing over 240 people, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products, holding the market leading John Deere franchise along with many other brands.

Our Milton Common (Thame) Head Office currently has a vacancy for a full time Sales Coordinator on a fixed term basis of approximately 12-18 months.

Working within the Sales Administration team, the role is to work closely with and providing general administrative support to Farol’s Sales Managers, on both the Agriculture and Groundcare side.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Ordering Equipment
• Processing Sales Tickets
• Processing Finance Quotes
• Raising Finance Documents
• Chasing Finance Houses for Pay-Outs
• Processing Stock Orders
• Supporting Adhoc requests that come into Sales Admin Inbox
• Allocating Finance and Customer Deposits Payments
• Updating Deals in process so that everyone is aware of the status of the deal
• Supporting the Finance Manager/Directors
• Work closely with the sales team
• Raising Invoice and Credit notes for customer accounts and finance house

Previous experience of working in a Sales Coordination or Support role is essential and a knowledge of Asset Finance helpful.

The right candidate will have the below skills:

• A “Can-Do” attitude with the ability to remain calm under pressure
• The ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships
• The ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook etc with the ability to quickly learn to use new, previously unfamiliar software)
• Ability to work under strict deadlines
• Attention to details and accuracy

A competitive salary and benefits package awaits the right candidate. 

To apply for this role, please send your CV and cover letter to careers@farol.co.uk or call 01844 278843 for further information.

Location: Midhurst, West Sussex

Would you like to start a career with one of the UK’s leading John Deere dealerships?  

Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family owned business. Established in 1976 and now employing over 250 people across our 6 depots, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products, holding the market leading John Deere franchise along with many other brands.

Our success and ongoing growth means we are looking for experienced technicians to join our expanding business. Are you a dedicated, self-motivated, highly skilled engineer with a passion for groundcare machinery, or with a motor mechanical background and looking for a change of direction? If so, we want to hear from you!

These positions are ideal for senior, experienced diagnostic technicians with a motor mechanical background of any kind, though experience with groundcare machinery would be ideal!

Are you looking to enhance your technical abilities within a supportive and highly successful family-owned business? Then look no further! Farol can offer you:

 ·       Competitive salary

·        Company vehicle

·        Laptop and mobile phone

·        Extensive product and technical training

An exceptional package awaits the successful candidates including a highly competitive salary, pension, up to 25 days holiday, tool allowance, company vehicle and intensive training and support to assist you with your professional growth.

Farol is one of the leading John Deere dealers in the UK with people at the heart of its strategy. We know that our people are the key to our success and we make sure we appreciate and reward everyone's contribution. Not only do we recognize expertise, skills and professionalism, we value highly the very things that make them unique: their passion, their dedication, their approachability and the fact that going the all-important extra mile is second nature

Location: Milton Common - OX9 2NY

Farol is a very successful and fast-growing family owned company with a turnover of £100m. As one of the UK's leading John Deere dealerships we employ over 240 people, of which 120 are based at our Head Office near Thame, where we centrally administrate for the group.

As CRM/Sales Administrator, your role will be a mixed and varied position that will comprise of two main elements. Firstly, to help ensure the smooth running of our Microsoft Dynamics CRM system and supporting salesman and others in the use thereof. You will look to play an integral role in ensuring we are “powered by data” through our sales and marketing departments.  Secondly, you will carry out duties relating to Sales Administration which encompass everything from ordering machinery through to invoicing.

 This role will report into the Sales Coordination & Finance Manager and Finance Director.

 Your main duties will be as follows:

 CRM Administration

• Maintain product catalogues between Customer Relationship Management system (CRM) and Dealer Business System (DBS)
• Ensure stock records are uploaded daily between the DBS and CRM.
• Ensure customer records are synchronized between the CRM and DBS.
• Input campaigns into the CRM (marketing campaigns, demo campaigns, competitive conversion program, product campaigns).
• Review and analyse effectiveness of campaigns and report into Sales Directors.
• Work closely with the sales team in the use of the system.
• Work closely with the sales team to ensure closing out of actions in a timely fashion.  
• Generate tasks for the sales team from the data. (finance expiration, age of machine, warranty end date).

 Sales Administration

• Order wholegood machinery
• Invoice wholegood machinery

Key requirements

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate previous experience in a data-processing role and will have: 

• Strong data processing skills – the ability to interpret and process data with a high level of speed and accuracy
• Attention to detail
• Solid IT skills – intermediate ability with MS Word, Excel and Outlook along with the ability to quickly pick up the use of new software
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

An extremely competitive salary is on offer for the right candidate. 

To apply for the role, please send your CV with a brief cover letter to careers@farol.co.uk or call 01844 278843 for further information.

Location: Hinckley - LE10 0NB

Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family owned business. Established in 1976 and now employing over 250 people across our 6 depots, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products, holding the market leading John Deere franchise along with many other brands

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Hinckley depot as Trainee Showroom Sales Assistant. Your role will be to promote and sell homeowner machinery and equipment to the general public. You will also be responsible for the presentation of products in the showroom, keeping stock up to date, and taking a proactive approach to increase the customer footfall into the Hinckley showroom to maximise sales. The role will also involve moving stock from the yard to the showroom, delivering sold machinery to our customer's premises and taking machinery to prospective customer's premises for demonstrations, therefore a driving license is essential (and a trailer license would be even better!)

The ideal candidate will have some level of retail sales experience and keen to pursue a career in this field. Due to the nature of the products you will be selling, a degree of familiarity with the garden machinery industry/the products you will be selling (i.e. John Deere and Stihl homeowner mowing/garden & groundscare maintenance machinery) would be an advantage. However, full training will be provided.

Hours of work are 8am - 5/5.30pm Monday to Fridays with Saturday mornings on a rota basis. A very competitive salary and commission scheme is on offer for the right candidate.

To apply for the role, please send your CV and brief cover letter to careers@farol.co.uk or call 01844 278843 for further information.

Location: Midhurst, West Sussex

Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family owned, multi-site Groundcare and Agricultural business. Established in 1976 and now employing 250 people, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products, holding the market leading John Deere franchise along with many other brands

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Warehouse & Parts Assistant to join our busy Parts department at our Midhurst depot.

As a key member of the team, your role will involve:

• Taking delivery of goods
• Preparing goods for dispatch
• Putting goods away in the stock rooms
• Ensuring all paperwork is kept up to date
• Locating and supplying spare parts to customers
• Promoting and selling a wide range of showroom items and Aftersales services.

The role will suit someone with Parts experience, ideally in the Golf & Turf or Agricultural industry (though other industries will be considered) or someone with a golf/groundcare/farming/agricultural back ground who is familiar with the industries, machinery and terminology.

We would also consider someone with no industry experience/knowledge if you have previous warehouse experience (a forklift licence would be an advantage).

A competitive package is on offer for the success candidate, along with the chance to be part of our successful, expanding business.

To apply for the role please send your cv to careers@farol.co.uk or call 01844 278843 for further information.

Farol is one of the leading John Deere dealers in the UK with people at the heart of its strategy. We know that our people are the key to our success and we make sure we appreciate and reward everyone's contribution. Not only do we recognise expertise, skills and professionalism, we value highly the very things that make our employees unique: their passion, their dedication, their approachability and the fact that going the all-important extra mile is second nature.

Location: Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9XY

We are looking for a new Area Sales Manager to join our growing agricultural machinery sales department! Based from our busy Midhurst depot covering Hampshire and West Sussex, the successful candidate will have knowledge of modern agricultural machinery, technologies and farming practices.

An excellent package is on offer including generous basic salary and commission scheme, company vehicle, iPhone, iPad and ongoing training. Please apply in the strictest confidence to Phil Swinnerton, Depot Director: swinnertonphil@farol.co.uk / 07702 890 023.

Location: Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2NZ

Location: Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire, RG17 7BP

Location: Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9XY

Location: Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0NB

Location: Newton, Nottinghamshire, NG13 8HA

Would you like to start a career with one of the UK’s leading John Deere dealerships, working with the market leading JOHN DEERE brand?

Farol Ltd employee 250 people across our 6 depots and we are continuing to grow! With a turnover of £100m, we are always looking for experienced mechanics/technicians to join our family-owned business.

Are you a dedicated, self-motivated engineer with a passion for agricultural or groundcare machinery? Perhaps you have a motor mechanical background and are looking for a change of direction?

If so, we want to hear from you.

We have positions for experienced technicians on both the Agricultural and Groundcare side of the business, at our Thame, Midhurst, Shefford, Hinckley and Newton depots.

Our technicians receive an unparalleled amount of training, ensuring you will get up to speed on our products as quickly as possible. This will involve a mixture of online training modules and classroom based training at John Deere's training centre in Nottinghamshire (all training expenses are paid), with the aim of progressing you through the Landbased Training Accreditation scheme (LTA).

Are you looking to enhance your technical abilities within a supportive and highly successful family-owned business? Then look no further! Farol can offer you:

• Competitive hourly rate
• Company vehicle
• Laptop and mobile phone
• Extensive product and technical training
• Career development and long term employment

An exceptional package awaits the successful candidates including a highly competitive salary, pension, up to 25 days holiday, tool allowance, long service awards, company vehicle and intensive training and support to assist you with your professional growth. And of course, job security! We want you to enjoy a long and successful career here with us and will provide you with all the assistance you need to be able to do this.

To apply for this position, please visit  https://www.indeedjobs.com/farol-ltd

Farol is one of the leading John Deere dealers in the UK with people at the heart of its strategy. We know that our people are the key to our success and we make sure we appreciate and reward everyone's contribution. Not only do we recognise expertise, skills and professionalism, we value highly the very things that make them unique: their passion, their dedication, their approachability and the fact that going the all-important extra mile is second nature

Farol’s rapid expansion in the Newark area means we are looking for more John Deere experienced Technicians to join us NOW! Initially based from our temporary Newton depot, you will then move to our brand new, state of the art depot in Newark once completed later in the year.

Technical knowledge and experience of John Deere agricultural machinery is essential for these positions as you will hit the ground running! An excellent pay and benefits package is on offer, along with the chance to be part of a highly successful, family-owned business. Please contact careers@farol.co.uk or call 01844 278843 for further information.

Location: Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2NZ

Farol Ltd is an extremely successful family owned agricultural business based in Milton Common, near Thame, Oxfordshire. Established in 1976 and now employing over 240 people, we are the market leaders in agriculture, groundcare and homeowner products, holding the market leading John Deere franchise along with many other brands.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Service Advisor to join the Aftersales department at our busy Milton Common Head Office. Your role is to assist with the day-to-day control and smooth running of the service department workflow. Your main duties will include:

• Utilising our scheduler and planning tools, allocating work for the technicians based on their expertise and skill
• Developing retail sales revenue through the promotion of both the Service and Parts departments to both existing and new customers
• Ensuring our customer service levels meet our customers’ needs whilst maintaining a first-class standard of service at all times
• Assisting with the day to day management of a team of approximately 10 technicians

The successful candidate will have previous experience of working in a similar role within the Agricultural/Groundcare industry, including experience of working in a mechanical/technical position.

Are you a hard-working individual who takes pride in delivering excellence? If so, we want to hear from you! In return we can offer you an excellent rate of pay and bonus scheme, benefits package including up to 25 days holiday, ongoing training and development and the opportunity to become part of a highly successful and growing company.

To apply for the role, please visit our Indeed job portal - https://www.indeedjobs.com/farol-ltd or call 01844 278843 for further information

Farol Ltd is one of the leading John Deere dealers in the UK with people at the heart of its strategy. We know that our people are the key to our success and we make sure we appreciate and reward everyone's contribution. Not only do we recognise expertise, skills and professionalism, we value highly the very things that make our employees unique: their passion, their dedication, their approachability and the fact that going the all-important extra mile is second nature.

Location: Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2NZ

Farol’s continued growth means we have two vacancies within the Parts department at our Thame Head Office: 

• Warehouse Assistant (previous experience in a similar role would be desirable)
• Parts Assistant (agricultural or groundcare machinery knowledge essential) 

Are you looking for a stable, long term career with a family-owned business? If so, we want to hear from you! In return we can offer you an excellent rate of pay and benefits package including up to 25 days holiday, ongoing training and development and the opportunity to become part of a highly successful and growing company. To apply for the role, please send your CV to careers@farol.co.uk with a brief covering letter explaining why you are interested in coming to work for us.