A Career at Vapormatic

Accounting

We are a Company of integrity and adhere to the highest standards accounting. In addition, as a global business, we are required by law to:

• Keep books and records which accurately and fairly reflect our business transactions and dispositions of assets, and
• Have a system of internal accounting controls which provides reasonable assurance to management that unauthorized transactions are not taking place, and that all transactions are being accurately reported.

The integrity of our accounting records and financial reporting is based on validity, accuracy and completeness of basic supporting information.

Our Accounting team at Vapormatic embody the company’s core values of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation working in the following areas,

• Purchase ledger
• Sales ledger/Credit control
• General ledger and asset management
• Monthly reporting to strict deadlines

We Comply with The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 which sets standards for all U.S. public companies, including our parent John Deere, strengthening corporate accounting controls.

Marketing

Our Marketing team offer Vapormatic customers, distributors and stockists support through global brand management and merchandising, literature, brochures and product bulletins, exhibitions at major trade shows and events, public relations, promotions and communications together with full retail support.

Packaging, marketing materials and accessories programmes are designed in-house supporting trade and retail promotions both in the UK and overseas.

Professional Web marketing services and e-commerce solutions allow our customers full access to the product information they need and secure integrated online ordering facility. Our marketing team can also offer our customers tailored website design and maintenance solutions with full access to the market-leading Vapormatic product catalogues and cross-referencing data.

New Business Development

The New Business Development team are responsible for identifying new product opportunities, reviewing products by range and tractor brand, and to diversify the Vapormatic range of parts into areas which complement our core tractor business as in our new Lawn and Garden and Grounds Care ranges

Comprehensive product catalogues are produced and designed in-house together with the parts technical information and illustration for our website.

Purchasing

The Purchasing Team are responsible for contract negotiations for both products and services. They are building strong relations with suppliers from many different cultures for the procurement of new and existing products including Engine, Clutch and Brake, Hydraulics and PTO (power take-off guards etc.), Accessories and Filters.

Quality Control

Inspection is a key word in the Quality Control Department. From the inspection of new product samples to ensure quality and accuracy to an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) source, to the quality inspection of purchased products received by the goods in team. Process warranty claims and returned materials from customers and respond to technical questions.

Sales

The Sales Team are split in to three main roles, UK Sales, Technical Sales Support and Export Sales.

A dedicated team is on hand to receive orders from over twelve thousand customers worldwide, including a network of seventy five UK Vapormatic stockists by means of telephone, fax, email and through our own online ordering system .

The Technical Sales team are available throughout the day to answer questions ranging from “how do I fit…” to “this part won’t fit my tractor”, catalogue questions, measurements and torque settings.

Our multi-lingual export sales team travel the world in support of our customers and our overseas operations in France, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand and Spain provide an in-country solution.

Our pricing team ensures that our customers receive the best quality product at the best possible price.

Logistics

Next day deliveries to all our customers anywhere in the UK, exports to customers in over ninety countries worldwide and imports from around thirty different countries explain why the Shipping department is a very busy office indeed. We are registered under the Known Consignor Scheme for aviation security and are accredited to ISO 9001:2008.

Warehousing Operations

The Vapormatic warehouse team are on hand from 6:00am to 10:00pm Monday to Friday, in three shift patterns, working hard to satisfy the requirements of our customers, with the last deliveries to customers leaving at 6:45pm for next day delivery in the UK.

• Goods receipting
• Light assembly/packing
• Picking
• Packing/Despatching
• Inventory control
• Data processing

We use the latest types of lift/pallet trucks to store and pick from our extensive range of tractor parts and accessories. Recently installed intelligent lighting help reduce our carbon footprint by automatically reducing lighting levels using daylight and motion sensors.