General Sales Manager

Sytner Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive retailer is seeking an experienced General Sales Manager for their Porsche Centre Solihull. The successful candidate will ensure profitability across departments, lead and mentor a team, and exceed sales targets. This full-time role offers an industry-leading benefits package and requires proven experience in automotive sales management.

Benefits

Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 33 days inc. bank holidays

Industry-leading Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay

Career Development

Recognition of Long Service every 5 years

Discounted Car Schemes

High Street Discounts

Discounted Gym memberships

Cycle to work scheme

One day a year paid voluntary / community work

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a Sales Manager role within the automotive industry.
• Ability to lead a team and exceed sales targets.
• Strong standards and creativity to drive sales performance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for profitability in new and used vehicle departments.
• Hire and monitor department managers’ performance.
• Conduct sales mentoring and support.

Skills

Leadership

Team Motivation

Sales Target Exceeding

Profit Maximization

Job description

Overview

Sytner Group has a rare and very exciting opportunity for an experienced General Sales Manager to join our management team at Porsche Centre Solihull. As a Porsche General Sales Manager, you will be responsible for the profitability in both the new and used vehicle departments and for customer retention. You will create the annual dealership sales forecasts and targets and communicate these to the sales team. You will hire and monitor the performance of the department managers and executives and hold weekly sales meetings and conduct sales mentoring and support. This is a full-time role which can typically include weekends to ensure we provide our customers with the highest possible levels of service.

About You

Ideally, you will have a proven track record of success in a similar position within the Automotive industry. The ability to lead and motivate a team to exceed targets and maximise profitability across all areas of the Sales department is essential. We are looking for someone who has high standards, the capability to bring new ideas to the table and the ability to drive the performance of the sales team and to take our sales departments to a whole new level. When applying for this role please consider that we require candidates to have Sales Manager experience within the automotive industry as a minimum requirement for this role.

Why Sytner?

Sytner Group offers an industry-leading benefits package. We are committed to continuous improvement and building an environment where everyone feels valued, appreciated and able to reach their full potential.

• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 33 days inc. bank holidays
• Industry-leading Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
• Career Development
• Recognition of Long Service every 5 years
• Discounted Car Schemes
• High Street Discounts
• Discounted Gym memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• One day a year paid voluntary / community work

At Sytner, our values and the way we behave are important to us. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, supporting our colleagues to thrive and achieve their full potential. We are committed to creating an equitable environment and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. As part of our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, you have the right to ask for changes / adjustments to job interviews and the recruitment process. For more information around reasonable adjustments and the recruitment process please click here.

We represent over 23 of the world's most prestige vehicle brands, across our 140 UK dealerships. We pride ourselves on ‘Developing Talent and ‘Building Careers’ and our colleagues recently scored Sytner Group an outstanding 89% on our colleague engagement survey.

Location: Porsche Centre Solihull, Highlands Road, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B90 4GT