Sales Progressor

Sales Progressor - Group 1 Assured Volkswagen Peterborough

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

Working with world-class brands as a Sales Progressor 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

• Control the movement and security of all retail vehicles on site
• Maintain accurate and true records at all times when releasing or receiving vehicles
• Ensure cars are fully prepared to the correct standards and customer requirements for delivery
• Accept delivery of all New and Used Vehicles, carry out necessary checks (damage, paperwork etc.)
• Report any damage or paperwork discrepancies immediately to management
• Conduct accurate and timely appraisals of all retail vehicles taken into stock and the arrangement of required work
• Give direction and prioritise work for Workshop Controller
• Give direction and prioritise workload for Car Valeters
• Carry out regular checks on all used car stock to maintain Approved Used Car standards.
• Maintain all Used Cars on display to required standards, this includes a weekly log to be maintained for tyre pressures
• Maintain the photographic ratio of all cars advertised to be above 90%
• All approved Used cars to be prepared within 5 working days
• Maintain demonstrators to the highest standards
• Maintain all showroom cars to the required standards, including, including maintaining a battery check log
• Make sure all auction cars are available for collection with the required paperwork

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.

• Customer awareness
• Negotiation and communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Full driving licence

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.