General Sales Manager

General Sales Manager – SKODA Southend

Fun, exciting, rewarding work. Join us for the ride

Working with world-class brands as a General Sales Manager you’ll have the drive to deliver outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers. 

As part of a successful, global automotive group, you’ll broaden your experience across both sites and brands. And with the right support from us, you’ll be able to progress as high as you can aim. 

What we can offer you

• 24/7 online access to healthcare professionals
• Car purchasing and lease schemes
• Servicing, parts & accessory colleague discounts.
• Enhanced holiday allowance with length of service
• Paid day off for your birthday
• Company share purchase plan
• Loan plans for colleagues, including toolbox and travel tickets
• Colleague referral payments
• Industry leading family friendly policies
• Numerous training, learning and development options to suit everyone
• Plus lot’s more

What you’ll do day to day

• The development of the Sales Executives within the team to achieve and exceed targets.
• Acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets.
• Support the sales executives in negotiating the terms of an agreement and support the closure of sales.
• Gathering market and customer information.
• Negotiating variations in price, delivery and specifications with other managers.
• Advising on forthcoming product developments and discussing special promotions.
• Checking quantities of goods on display and in stock and advising Sales Executives.
• Checking vehicles in build with production and being a key point of contact.
• Reviewing own sales performance, aiming to meet or exceed targets.
• Gaining a clear understanding of customers' businesses and requirements.
• The training and development of Sales Executives within the Team.
• Conducting regular performance reviews with employees.

Helpful skills and qualifications

Don’t worry about ticking off every single skill here − if you care about delivering great experiences as much as we do, we want to hear from you.

• You will be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the key success drivers essential to deliver consistently strong results in terms of business growth, net profit and cost control, together with high levels of employee and customer satisfaction.
• Whilst previous automotive experience will be a benefit, attitude and character are more important to us.
• We will want to see that you have strong leadership abilities and deeply care about customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.
• A hands on leader and financially aware
• Ability to negotiate at all levels with strong leadership skills
• Motor Industry experience is preferable
• Ability to work to timescales effectively
• Keen eye for detail, good communication and a passion for delivering great customer service
• Strong industry knowledge
• Ability to work under pressure

We value diversity and believe it strengthens our team. If you don’t meet every requirement listed but are enthusiastic about this role and eager to learn, we encourage you to apply. 

Be part of something big 

Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We are home to over 7000 colleagues dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, with 114 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail. 

But you don’t need to love cars to work with us - just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people. 

Our Values

At Group 1 Automotive we pride ourselves on our five core values that are incorporated in all we that do.

Respect - Integrity - Transparency - Teamwork – Professionalism

These are the principles that every member of our team lives by, whether that be business functions, customer interactions, how we interact with the local community and even how we view each other in the team.