Showroom Manager

JCT600 Ltd; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading motor dealership in Bradford is looking for a Showroom Manager to oversee new and used vehicle sales, maximizing profitability and ensuring an exceptional customer experience. The ideal candidate should have a solid background in automotive sales and finance, strong leadership ability, and excellent communication skills. This role offers a competitive salary plus bonus, generous leave, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus bonus

26 days annual leave, increasing with service

Company pension and life assurance

Extensive training and development programs

Colleague referral scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the motor industry as a sales executive or manager.
• Understanding of finance and insurance legislation.
• Ability to coach and mentor sales staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage new and used vehicle sales inquiries.
• Maximize profitability through finance and insurance sales.
• Train and develop sales employees.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Sales process understanding

Customer service orientation

Job description

Showroom Manager - BMW & Mini

As a Showroom Manager working for our BMW/Mini dealership in Bradford, you will ensure that we perform at the highest possible level in both new and used vehicle sales, maximising profitability through finance and insurance streams whilst providing an industry leading standard of customer experience and professionalism.

It is our ambition to make JCT600 the best place to work. This is a fantastic opportunity to take the next step of your career with a business that is focussed on you and your training and development, whilst offering you a flexible, supportive, and fun working environment in which you can thrive!

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and developing all new and used vehicle sales enquiries.
• Maximising the sales and profitability of vehicles and associated products through the satisfaction of customer retention and the profitable sales of finance and insurance products.
• Ensuring appropriate resource management to deliver the highest level of customer experience within the dealership.
• Actively set out to achieve and exceed site and departmental objectives.
• Ensuring that all enquiries to the sales department are dealt with quickly, efficiently and effectively and in a professional manner.
• Ensuring that sales employees are fully conversant with all finance and insurance products available, which may help close sales or enhance profit. Training, mentoring and coaching the Customer Sales Advisors to fully understand the features and benefits of these products.
• Ensuring that Sales Management, General Management and other front line sales employees are kept abreast of developments in the finance and insurance market.
• Enhancing the reputation of JCT600 at every opportunity when interacting with others.

Qualifications

• Proven experience and success in the Motor industry as a sales executive, sales manager, business manager, or showroom manager.
• Proven experience and success in the Finance & Insurance arena with a solid understanding of legislation and best practice.
• A customer centric approach, always striving to deliver service above customer expectations.
• A deep understanding of the sales process and best practice.
• Strong ability to lead, influence and coach others into delivering results.
• Ability to devise creative and innovative solutions to drive the business forward.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to quickly build strong relationships.
• A driving license free from excessive penalties.

Why join JCT600 and what is in it for you?

As part of our ambition to be best place to work, we offer:

• Competitive salary plus bonus
• A life assurance plan and a company pension subject to T&C’s.
• 26 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days at 5 years’ service and 30 days at 10 years’ service (from 1st July 2022) plus bank holidays.
• 26 weeks paid maternity leave and 4 weeks paid paternity leave.
• A range of training and leadership development programmes.
• Colleague referral scheme worth up to £1000 per referral.
• Preferential Service Rates (This includes family and friends)
• Long service reward and Loyalty incentives.

Our Ambition

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At JCT600 we don’t want to be the biggest, we just want to be the best. For our colleagues, this means being the best we can be - every day, every week, every month. As a family business, with over 75 years of experience, we go all out to deliver the best customer experience and we do the same for our colleagues… we\'re proud to be trusted with our team\'s careers and our experience means we know the best ways to help you succeed, no matter what success looks like for you. We think it\'s crucial that everyone knows what\'s expected and is trusted to deliver it, we believe everyone\'s voice matters, and when you bring your values to the table, it makes us stronger. We love to embrace our differences - JCT600 is our home from home.

Together, we aim to be the best every day, creating an experience that sets us apart. In an industry that\'s always changing, we\'re always pushing ourselves to be better and celebrate each person\'s journey along the way.

When you join JCT600, you don’t just join a business, you become part of the JCT600 family - you’re always a name, never a number.

JCT600 provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. Integral to our values is our commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion for each and every colleague and all qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to gender, ethnicity, pregnancy, religion, age, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.