Automotive Sales Executive

Waylands; Oxford; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

31 days holiday per year

Life insurance 3x salary

Training and career progression

Employee support programme

Job summary

Waylands is looking for a Sales Executive at our friendly MG showroom in Oxford. If you are passionate about cars and people, you could be the right fit to join our growing team.

You will sell our range of new and used petrol, hybrid and electric cars, manage a database of prospective customers and maintain accurate paperwork to meet delivery deadlines. We offer a 5.5‑day week, a £21k base with commission (OTE around £51k), a company car, 31 days holiday, pension, life cover and training

Qualifications

• Experience selling cars.
• Enjoy meeting customers in person and over email/phone.
• Remembers small details about customers.
• Organised with high attention to detail.
• Valid full driving licence (1+ year).
• Professional, friendly manner and strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Sell our range of new and used petrol, hybrid and electric cars.
• Communicate effectively with team members and complete paperwork to meet deadlines.
• Maintain customer records and stay in touch with existing clients.
• Manage your database of prospective customers to create new opportunities.
• Ensure showroom always looks beautiful and spotless.
• Create and send customised video presentations to potential customers.
• Ensure all sales are fully compliant with FCA legislation.

Skills

Car sales experience

Customer focused

Attention to detail

Target driven

Organised

Full driving licence

Professional demeanor

Strong communicator

Job description

Sales Executive

Waylands MG, Oxford

Are you passionate about cars? And passionate about getting to know people? If so … you could be just who Waylands are looking for to join the team at our friendly MG showroom in Oxford as a Sales Executive. Waylands is a successful and growing motor retail group, with 16 representation points across the Thames Valley and the M4 corridor, extending into South Wales.

What’s the Job?

• Selling our incredible range of new and used petrol, hybrid and electric cars.
• Communicating effectively with other team members and accurately completing paperwork to ensure delivery deadlines are met and promises delivered.
• Maintaining customer records and staying in touch with existing clients to ensure their ongoing aftersales needs are met.
• Managing your database of prospective customers to create new opportunities.
• Ensuring the showroom always looks beautiful and spotless.
• Creating and sending customised video presentations to potential customers, to highlight the features and benefits of their chosen car.
• Ensuring all sales are fully compliant with Financial Conduct Authority legislation.

Who Are We Looking For?

• Someone who has sold cars before.
• Someone who is excited to meet every customer that walks through the door, sends you an email or calls you to talk about buying a car.
• Someone who remembers the little details about their customers. It’s those little details, like remembering the name of someone’s dog, which may make someone’s day!
• A person who will help us achieve our targets by supporting customers to buy a new or used car that’s right for them.
• A highly organised person, with high attention to detail; someone who gets things right first time for our customers.
• A competent driver with a full driving licence, held for a minimum of one year.
• Someone with a professional and friendly manner.
• A strong communicator with great influencing skills.

What Do You Get in Return?

• 5.5-day week on a set rota that includes weekends (45 hours per week).
• Basic of £21K plus commission and bonuses (OTE £51k).
• Company Car
• 31 days holiday per year (including Bank Holidays, some of which you will be required to cover)
• Benefits platform with employee support programme
• Discounted rates of vehicle parts and servicing
• Opportunities for training and career progression
• Contributory pensions scheme for eligible staff
• Life insurance of 3x salary

Why Waylands?

Waylands are an independent family-owned car dealer. Our company value “our people are at the heart of our success” was demonstrated recently when we won the AM Dealer Group of the Year award for the seventh year running.

Our commitment to providing the highest quality service and the confidence and pride we have in our company are the reasons for our glowing reputation which we have earned through many years of hard work.

We like to grow our own talent. We love promoting people and offer a range of development and training. We recruit talent over experience.

We are committed to building a diverse workforce. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, because diverse views and ideas make our company stronger.