Studio Manager

Lucid Motors; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucid Motors is seeking a Studio Manager in a Lucid Sales Studio. You will directly manage, coach, develop and support a sales team to articulate and deliver the Lucid brand and ownership experience, reporting to the Market Leader to drive studio performance and hit sales targets.

You will lead on customer experience, operations, and engagement—coaching the team, recruiting, scheduling, and ensuring best-in-class service from reservation through delivery, while maintaining product knowledge and

Responsibilities

• Coach and motivate the sales team to meet sales, test drives, delivery, and productivity goals
• Recruitment, training and development of a high performing and customer focused team
• Provide leadership, direction and coach all members of the Sales Team to ensure a seamless experience for customers
• Own the operations within the studio to ensure the customer journey is frictionless and seamless from reservation through to delivery

Job description

About Lucid

At Lucid, we are creating exceptional mobility experiences through innovation to drive the world forward. Built on Lucid’s proprietary technology and software-defined vehicle architecture, our award-winning vehicles bring our “Compromise Nothing” approach to the global automotive market. That means refusing to choose between performance and sustainability, design and engineering, ambition and integrity. In Lucid Air and Lucid Gravity, we have designed and built vehicles that have redefined their segments, combining exceptional range, performance, design, and expansive space in a single experience.

We achieve this through deep vertical integration, with design, engineering, and productionhappening in-houseacross our global offices andmanufacturingfacilities.Ourteamscomefromindustriesaround the world, united by a shared commitment to excellence.By refusing to settle, youcanhelpredefinewhat’spossible andshape the future of mobility.

As a Studio Manager within a Lucid Sales Studio, your primary responsibility will be to directly manage, coach, develop and support a sales team with the successful articulation and delivery of the Lucid brand and ownership experience. This role will report directly to the Market Leader to lead the studio team and processes that enable the studio to achieve their sales targets.

Business Health

• Coach and motivate the sales team to meet sales, test drives, delivery, and productivity goals
• Demonstrate sales leadership by role-playing and having an active presence in customer-facing locations
• Train and develop team on sales, financing and delivery processes
• Analyze data to determine optimal business strategies
• Set individual goals for your team, ensuring processes and routines are conducive to building pipeline and creating owners in order to reach studio goals
• Ensure the team is fluent in all aspects of Lucid product knowledge and relevant automotive industry offerings, and competitive landscape
• Drive for excellence in all areas of business focused on reaching expectations for the respective location

Employee Engagement

• Provide targeted coaching, skill development for Sales Specialists and Brand Ambassadors to excel in performance metrics with weekly one-on one meetings
• Recruitment, training and development of a high performing and customer focused team, ensuring all positions are filled in a timely manner
• Provide leadership, direction and coach all members of the Sales Team to ensure a seamless experience for customers and all members of the Lucid community.
• Develop inclusive, diverse, and high performing teams through defining efficient processes and developing the sales team through teaching moments.
• Sets sales goals, timelines, and target lists for Sales Specialists and tracks results to ensure timely execution on lead generation and/or market Initiatives.
• Demonstrates a confidence in operations and planning all aspects of the business including developing monthly sales attainment plans and communication of results to team.
• Manages leads, appointments, reservations and motivates a team to deliver results by communicating company initiatives and engaging team through effective coaching, performance management and training.

Customer Experience

• Responsible for ensuring all employees provide best-in-class experience in every interaction on the studio floor, in test drives, and through actively following up on leads
• Empower and guide employees through challenging customer concerns, to make decisions in the customers’ best interest while also supporting Lucid’s mission
• Also acts as a Senior Sales Advisor, handling high-potential customers
• Clientele management for VIP customers
• Your hands-on leadership will assist in coaching and training your sales team to deliver an exceptional experience that touches both the heart and mind of the customer.

Studio Operations

• Own the operations within the studio to ensure the customer journey is frictionless and seamless from reservation through to delivery.
• Supervise merchandising product inventory and display
• Manage and coordinate Studio team scheduling.
• Partner with Retail Operations and coordinate with vendors and service providers as needed
• Ensure facility maintenance and showroom presentation adhere