Audi Used Car Area Sales Manager

Dekra Automotive Ltd; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global automotive company is seeking an Audi Used Car Area Sales Manager. You will be responsible for improving used car sales volume across multiple retailers while developing relationships with management and field teams. Ideal candidates have strong stakeholder engagement skills and business financial awareness. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and benefits including private health insurance and a company car.

Benefits

25 days plus statutory holidays

Private health insurance

Pension contribution

Company car

Qualifications

• Ability to engage and communicate with diverse stakeholders.
• Understanding of core processes for retailer excellence.
• Practical business financial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve used car department sales volume.
• Build strong relationships with retailers and field teams.
• Conduct meetings to analyze operational KPIs.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Business financial awareness

Coaching and development

Understanding of used car marketing

Effective communication

Job description

Overview

Audi Used Car Area Sales Manager

• Location: South of England (Bristol/South Midlands)
• Salary: Up to £45K–£50K DOE plus 20% bonus
• Contract: Permanent, Full time
• Benefits: 25 days plus statutory holidays, holiday buy and sell scheme, employee referral scheme, private health insurance, pension contribution, eye test vouchers, company car, employee assistance programme

We are DEKRA Automotive and we are now recruiting for an Audi Used Car Area Sales Manager to join us. We are a global business employing over 49,000 employees in more than 60 countries on all six continents! Could you be our next hire?

Responsibilities

As our Used Car Area Sales Manager, you will assume responsibility for developing and improving used car department sales volume and a number of sales quality measures across approximately 25 retailers. You will improve the professionalism and performance of retailer’s used car departments by working closely with the Management team onsite and Brand field teams.

• Build strong relationships with retailers and field team colleagues to promote used car sales and meet sales and quality objectives.
• Conduct diagnostic meetings to analyse used car operational KPIs and identify areas for improvement.
• Develop and review SMART action plans to drive performance and increase retail sales.
• Assess stock profile, including acquisition channels, stock age policies, and alignment with customer demand.
• Evaluate stock preparation and presentation, including reconditioning costs, showroom display, and online imaging.
• Monitor marketing spend, advertising channels, and content effectiveness.
• Review team structure, role responsibilities, training needs, and inter-department collaboration.
• Enhance sales processes, including lead management, finance and add-on sales, and customer handover.
• Use a risk-based approach to schedule retailer visits, prioritising those with the greatest improvement opportunities.
• Provide concise visit reports and SMART action plans, sharing insights with the Audi National Used Car Manager and Programme Manager.
• Ensure high standards of customer service for used car buyers, in line with new car customer experience.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance satisfaction and sales quality.
• Monitor and enforce compliance with Approved Used Dealer Agreement standards.

Qualifications

Essential

• An ability to effectively engage and communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders within the retailer businesses and brand.
• A thorough understanding of the core processes necessary to deliver retailer excellence in used car sales.
• A practical level of business financial awareness, sufficient to demonstrate credibility, provide valued input and insight at retailer management and operational level.
• The ability to coach and develop the skills of a diverse range of stakeholders within the retailer network.
• A robust understanding of retailer used car marketing strategies, sufficient to provide valued input and insight at a retailer operational level.

Nice to have

• The ability to identify and ensure brands capitalise upon commercial opportunities in the local and national market place.
• Accurate numeracy, literacy and technological skills.

How to apply

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role, click on APPLY today, forwarding an up-to-date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.

No agencies please.