General Sales Manager

JR United Kingdom; Letchworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic General Sales Manager to lead a motivated team in the automotive sector. This exciting position involves inspiring your team to excel in customer service while driving business growth. You will play a key role in developing talent and fostering a supportive environment, ensuring that both team members and customers feel valued. With a focus on the renowned Volvo brand, you will leverage your leadership skills and financial expertise to achieve outstanding results. Join a fast-growing dealer group that values your contributions and offers a range of benefits to support your career development.

Benefits

Company Car

Bonus Scheme

Training & Development Programmes

Employee Discount Scheme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a General Sales Manager in the automotive industry.
• Strong understanding of FCA standards and consumer legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Sales Executives and ensure excellent customer satisfaction.
• Drive profitable business expansion and retain loyal customers.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Financial Acumen

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Job description

At Endeavour Automotive, our vision is to develop our business to one that we can all be proud of and we can only achieve this by attracting and developing the very best talent and delivering outstanding customer service. We put a lot of time and effort into finding and nurturing the very best candidates for every job; recognising and rewarding achievements of our team members and supporting their personal development.

We are one of the UK’s fastest growing dealer groups representing the Volvo, Hyundai, Polestar, INEOS, LEVC and Lotus brands across 22 dealerships in London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex. We are currently looking for an engaging and highly motivated General Sales Manager to join our team.

What you’ll do

The General Sales Manager will be leading a team of Sales Executives, Transaction Manager and Showroom Host. You will undoubtedly be an experienced people manager with a passion for building excellent customer satisfaction whilst driving forward profitable business expansion. As a customer-focused manager, you will inspire your team to retain loyal customers whilst attracting new business through exceptional customer relations. You will be able to enhance the current team by providing support, coaching and motivation to them.

Who you are

As a person, you are curious, creative, and enthusiastic. You have a customer-centric mindset, strong communication skills, and an empathetic instinct which allows you to understand the needs of people around you. You are full of energy, self-motivated and make things happen – never settling for just the status quo.

As a leader, you are supportive of your team and are happy to provide a high level of support for team members to drive change and development. You provide guidance and communicate clearly to maintain a trusting environment and bring out the best in the team.

Your experience

To be successful in this role you will have a great eagerness to learn and passion for the Volvo brand. For this role you must have the following:

1. Experience as a General Sales Manager in the automotive industry with demonstrable experience of leadership and management.
2. A sound knowledge and understanding of FCA standards, consumer legislation and trade practices.
3. Financially astute with a proven track record of achieving results.
4. Excellent communication skills at all levels combined with an eye for detail and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.

If you join our successful team, you will be recognised and rewarded like no other, with additional benefits including company car, bonus scheme, training & development programmes, and an employee discount scheme on new & used vehicles.

Note: We are not accepting applications or CVs submitted via Recruitment Agencies for this role.