Automotive Sales Leader — Drive Growth & Retention

Jenkins Kia of Gainesville; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans (BCBS)

Dental

Vision

Term Life

Company-paid Term Life

STD/LTD

Accident indemnity rider

PTO / Sick days

401(k) with employer match

Employee Assistant Program

FMLA / Maternity/Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave

Job summary

Jenkins Kia of Gainesville is seeking a Sales Manager to lead a high-performing sales team and ensure profitability within the dealership's guidelines.

The role involves recruiting qualified sales personnel, appraising inventory, and maintaining marketable vehicle stock to meet management policies.

Responsibilities include forecasting, budgeting, staff development, compliance with laws, and driving customer satisfaction across all vehicle sales activities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or the equivalent.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and information.
• Previous automotive sales experience.
• A professional appearance and customer-oriented attitude.
• Excellent interpersonal and telephone skills; well organized and self-motivated.
• Know and understand the federal, state, and local laws, which govern retail.

Responsibilities

• Forecasts goals and objectives for sales, gross, and key expenses on a monthly and annual basis.
• Hires, motivates, counsels, and monitors the performance of all pre-owned vehicle sales employees.
• Prepares and administers an annual operating forecast and budget for the sales department.
• Understands, keeps abreast of, and complies with federal, state, and local regulations that affect vehicle sales.
• Directs and schedules the activities of all department employees, ensuring proper staffing at all times.
• Assists individual salespeople in setting aggressive yet realistic monthly goals and objectives and provides them with the support to meet these goals.
• Ensures proper follow up of all potential buyers by developing, implementing, and monitoring a prospecting and sales control process in conjunction with the CRC Department.
• Works with the CRC Department to ensure that all vehicle customers are followed up on a consistent basis.
• Maintains vehicle inventory. Monitors customers’ likes and dislikes, lost sales, and dealership sales history and conducts local market analyses to determine which vehicles to stock.
• Analyses sales history and local area trends to determine the best purchasing mix.
• Processes salesperson commission sheets daily and monitors the payroll records of all vehicle salespeople.
• Conducts daily and weekly sales and sales training meetings as requested.
• Establishes and enforces product-knowledge standards.
• Oversees the efforts of salespeople to enhance the image and customer satisfaction rating of the dealership.
• Helps salespeople close deals.
• Ensures 100 percent T.O. of each customer to F&I department.
• Communicates daily with the other sales manager(s) regarding units needed for the vehicle inventory.
• Ensures that salespeople are informed of all new inventory and current advertising efforts, including special sales.
• Develops and maintains outside sources for both buying and selling vehicles.
• Enforces a 60-day vehicle inventory turn policy.
• Plans and controls the display of inventory.
• Establishes delivery procedures and ensures that delivery includes an introduction to the service department and scheduling of the first service appointment.
• Assists in the development of advertising campaigns and other promotions.
• Handles customer complaints immediately and according to dealership’s guidelines.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Telephone skills

Self-motivated

Organization

Customer service orientation

Regulatory knowledge

Education

High school diploma or the equivalent

Job description

Jenkins Kia of Gainesville is seeking a Sales Manager to lead a high-performing sales team and ensure profitability within the dealership's guidelines.

The role involves recruiting qualified sales personnel, appraising inventory, and maintaining marketable vehicle stock to meet management policies.

Responsibilities include forecasting, budgeting, staff development, compliance with laws, and driving customer satisfaction across all vehicle sales activities.