General Sales Manager

Land Rover; Bristol; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Company car

Maternity/Paternity pay

Private medical insurance

Long service recognition

Discounted car schemes

Career development

Pension entitlement

Volunteer day

Job summary

Sytner Group in Bristol is seeking an experienced General Sales Manager to drive profitability across new and used vehicle departments and to lead the sales team to exceed targets.

You will manage leads, customer retention, and mentoring of sales executives, with weekly sales meetings and a focus on talent development. This is a full-time role with weekend work sometimes required to serve customers at the highest level.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a similar role within automotive retail.
• Ability to lead and motivate a sales team to exceed targets and profitability.
• Willingness to work weekends as required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee profitability of new and used vehicle departments.
• Manage enquiries and leads; maximise sales through the sales process.
• Hire and monitor the performance of sales executives; conduct weekly sales meetings and mentoring.
• Drive customer retention and prospecting to existing customers.

Skills

Team leadership

Sales management

Customer focus

Job description

About the role

Sytner Group has a rare and very exciting opportunity for an experienced General Sales Manager to join our management team at Sytner Select Bristol.

As a Sytner General Sales Manager, you will be responsible for the profitability in both the new and used vehicle departments and for customer retention. You will be required to manage enquiries and leads, and to maximise sales rates through the sales and customer process. In addition, you will manage and be responsible for the retention and prospecting activity to existing customers.

You will also help hire and monitor the performance of the sales 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 be able 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.

Why Sytner?

Sytner Group are delighted to provide an industry-leading benefits package.

We are passionate about continuous improvement and building an environment where everyone feels valued, appreciated and able to reach their full potential.

• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement - 27 days plus bank holidays
• Company Car
• Industry-leading Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
• Enhanced Private Medical Insurance
• Recognition of Long Service every 5 years
• Discounted Car Schemes
• Career Development
• Enhanced Pension Entitlement
• One day a year paid voluntary / community work

At Sytner, our values and the way we behave are important to us. We are committed to creating an equitable working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, supporting our colleagues to thrive and achieve their full potential.

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.

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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.