Vehicle Sales Administrator

Lookers Plc; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive retailer in Blackpool is seeking a Sales Administrator to support operational departments. This role involves managing vehicle records, creating invoices, and ensuring compliance with documentation procedures. The ideal candidate will have administrative experience, strong communication skills, and a proactive attitude. The company offers a competitive salary and benefits including enhanced holidays and health coverage.

Benefits

Enhanced holidays

Eligibility for car schemes

Critical illness cover

Life Assurance

Smart Health access

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Potential for company car and commission

Qualifications

• Prior experience in an administrative role, preferably in a dealership.
• Self-motivated, ambitious, and eager to learn.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with departments to add vehicles to stock records.
• Maintaining accurate stock records.
• Ensuring all vehicle documents are securely filed.
• Taxing sold vehicles before customer delivery.
• Creating sales invoices promptly after a sale.
• Checking vehicle sales documents and payment before releasing vehicles.

Skills

Administrative skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Computer literate

Job description

Overview

Lookers Volkswagen Blackpool
Salary: Up To £26,250 per annum
Hours: Monday - Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm with 30 mins lunch

We are looking for an automotive experienced individual to join our team as a Sales Administrator at Volkswagen. This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career whilst also reaping the benefits of working for a leading brand. Our Sales Administrators support the day to day running of our operational department by providing high quality administrative support to our Sales Executives in our busy VW division. They are knowledgeable and capable of working at pace whilst providing a first-class service.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with all relevant departments to add newly purchased vehicles to our stock records quickly and without error
• Maintaining stock records ensuring they are accurate and up to date
• Ensuring we have all the correct vehicle documents (V5, MOT history, Service history etc.) and that they are recorded and filed securely
• Taxing all sold vehicles prior to customer delivery
• Creating sales invoices promptly following a sale, ensuring that all the information matches the customer order form
• Checking the vehicle sales documents and ensuring we have received payment before releasing the vehicle to the customer

The ideal candidate will have prior experience in an administrative role, within a dealership, and be computer literate. You'll be self-motivated, ambitious, and eager to learn. It’s essential that you have strong interpersonal skills and a positive can-do attitude as you will be working as part of a busy team. If your skills and experience match what we are looking for, please apply today and a member of the Talent Acquisition Team will be in touch. Or, if you require further information about this vacancy, please email [e-mail]

About us

Lookers are proud to be one of the top three motor vehicle retailers in the UK, representing 32 vehicle manufacturers, selling and servicing a huge range of cars at over 150 franchised dealerships across hundreds of locations throughout the UK & Ireland. We recognise the hard work, flexibility and commitment of our people so we offer an industry leading benefits package. This includes competitive basic salaries plus;

Benefits

• Enhanced holidays that increase with service
• Eligibility to join one of our car schemes
• Critical illness cover after 2 years and Life Assurance
• Smart Health - free access to support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• For some roles a company car and additional earning potential through commission or bonus

We strongly believe in nurturing and providing our people with specific manufacturer brand and management training to enhance career development opportunities. We have a great bunch of people, and we like to celebrate and encourage success at all levels with our annual Lookers Excellence Awards. Lookers are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from all types of discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential. If your application is successful we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you starting with us. Depending on the role and responsibilities, these could include us verifying your recent employment, address and credit history. We may also conduct a criminal record check and a driving licence check. Lookers