Local Business Development Executive

TrustFord; West of England; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car and Fuel Card

Pension Scheme & Life Assurance

Discount on Service, Bodyshop and Part

Cycle to work purchase scheme

Perks at Work access

Job summary

TrustFord is seeking a Local Business Development Executive for a dealership/field sales role focused on Bristol. You will build a local business and fleet database while promoting our services in new and used passenger car and commercial vehicle sales, Aftersales and parts.

The role requires self-motivation and the ability to work independently to grow our customer base. We offer an industry-leading package with a strong focus on development, training, and career progression within a supportive

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years sales experience.
• Ability to build and manage a local business/fleet database.
• Promote dealership services including new/used passenger cars and commercial vehicles, Aftersales, and parts.

Responsibilities

• Develop local business opportunities across Bristol and surrounding areas.
• Grow, manage and develop the business customer database.
• Close deals and proactively seek new business opportunities.
• Deliver consultative selling to provide ideal products to customers.

Skills

Sales

Business development

Customer care

CRM software

Tools

CRM software

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Local Business Development Executive to join our team in a dealership/field sales role.

We are looking for a Sales and Business development executive with a minimum of 2 years sales experience to build our local business/fleet database and promote our dealership services, including New and Used Passenger Car and Commercial vehicle Sales, Aftersales, and Parts.

You will need to be a driven, competent, and confident individual with the ability to work independently, in order to grow, manage, and develop our business customer database.

Your key focus will be on developing new business opportunities across Bristol. You'll demonstrate drive, commitment, and enthusiasm, together with a willingness to contribute to your team and, more importantly, your customers.

• Do you have the interpersonal skills and ability to help us, as a business, to ‘Drive the standard in Customer Care’?
• Are you self-motivated and have the ability to work independently?
• Are you a high achiever in a fast-paced sales environment?
• Are you able to manage and close existing deals while continually seeking new business opportunities?

We offer a comprehensive training and development programme which will give you the opportunity to excel; and, with our fantastic Ford product range and aftersales services, this is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate. So, if you are committed and have an ability to use your consultative selling skills to deliver the ideal products to our customers, we would love to hear from you.

In addition to receiving a competitive salary, for the right candidate this position will offer:

Industry leading package

• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) in addition to an annual leave purchase and sale scheme
• Company Car and Fuel Card
• Pension Scheme & Life Assurance
• Ford Privilege vehicle purchase scheme
• Discount on Service, Bodyshop and Parts
• 1 day each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice
• Cycle to work purchase scheme
• Access to Perks at Work discount website

When completing your application please give specific detail of your experience, skills and previous responsibilities that you believe would be relevant to the role you are applying for. We blind recruit therefore our Recruiting Managers will not see your personal details or your CV until you have been selected to attend an interview. Our application form is your opportunity to detail all of your experience as you would on your CV.

For your first 2 days in the business, you’ll be attending our fantastic residential induction academy. This is at a lovely hotel in the heart of the Northampton countryside, where you’ll learn all about our business before you start your new role.

Our PPA is what makes TrustFord. Our Network Groups support us in allowing for every colleague to respect and care for one another no matter what... be it your race, ability, or gender. This helps us to develop inclusive and diverse teams, truly representative of the local communities that we operate in. We welcome applications from everyone. We work with our colleague network Groups - including our Race, LGBTQ+, Disability and Gender Networks to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.

To request any adjustments, please ask this during the application stage or contact the Recruitment Team.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - To help us be more inclusive, requests for flexible working will be considered at any point in your application or employment. Although we may deem this may not be suitable for every role, we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to contact our recruitment team to discuss any requirements you may have.

TrustFord is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds other than ability to carry out the job role.

All offers of employment are subject to a background check.

We advertise our vacancies to attract candidates and not agency suppliers. If we need agency assistance then we will contact agencies from our Preferred Supplier List. Any speculative CVs we receive will not be accepted as an introduction.