Sales Executive - St Albans

Brayleys Cars Limited; St Albans; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive dealer group in St Albans is seeking a Sales Executive to join their team. This role offers a base salary of £22,500 with potential earnings exceeding £65,000 annually through bonuses. The ideal candidate will have automotive sales experience and excellent communication skills, with a focus on delivering exceptional customer service. Benefit from a modern working environment, training opportunities, and a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Minimum of 31 days holiday per year, increasing to 34 with service

State-of-the-art facilities

Preferential rates on new and used cars

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience delivering first-class customer service in a customer-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all customers are met and provide a consistent sales approach.
• Optimize dealership profitability while maintaining excellent customer relations.
• Guide customers from initial welcome to negotiation and closing.

Skills

Sales experience in the automotive industry

Excellent communication skills

Strong influencing and negotiation skills

Customer service experience

Drive to exceed targets

Job description

Place where you can build a meaningful career

Sales Executive - Hyundai, St Albans

Our busy Hyundai dealership in St Albans is looking to add to our team of Sales Executives. This role would be suitable for established automotive sales executives.

We are offering a high basic salary of £22,500 p.a., linked to an uncapped bonus scheme that delivers realistic earnings of over £65,000 p.a. for our top performers.

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Sales Manager, you will focus on ensuring all customers are met to provide a consistent approach to our sales process, with a focus on delivering a full 360 sales approach.

You will be responsible for optimizing the dealership's profitability while maintaining excellent customer relations. This includes the effective use of Brayleys' sales processes and enquiry management, guiding customers from initial welcome to negotiation and closing.

We want you to interact naturally and courteously with customers in the showroom, on the phone, or online, to deliver an outstanding customer experience. This involves thoroughly qualifying customer needs and recommending appropriate additional products.

The Ideal Candidate

• Sales experience in the automotive industry or a similar high-value sales environment.
• Experience delivering first-class customer service in a customer-facing role.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Drive to exceed targets.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills to identify and close sales.
• Full UK driving license.

About Brayleys

Brayleys is a modern, fast-growing automotive dealer group with a strong presence across the UK, representing respected brands including Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Kia, Renault, Suzuki, Mazda, Dacia, and Honda Motorcycles. Since opening our first dealership in St Albans in 2003, we've expanded to over 30 locations nationwide.

Our goal is to become one of the UK's top 10 AM 100 dealer groups. We value creating a supportive, trusted, and recognized workplace, investing in training, career development, and leadership initiatives.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, actively working to improve gender balance and champion diverse leadership. Recognitions include being named one of the UK's Best Workplaces 2025, and for wellbeing and development.

Package and Benefits

• Opportunity to work with one of the region's premier privately owned dealer groups, Brayleys Cars Limited.
• High earning potential based on performance and KPI achievement.
• Minimum of 31 days holiday per year, increasing to 34 with service.
• State-of-the-art facilities.
• Preferential rates on new and used cars, motorcycles, parts, and servicing across all franchises.