Sales Associate

Automotive Salesperson

If you are a motivated individual with a passion for sales and excellent organizational skills, we invite you to join our team as a Sales Associate. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with customers, identifying sales opportunities, and providing exceptional customer service. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with the sales team to develop effective strategies and stay updated on industry trends. We are looking for someone with strong technical sales experience, excellent time management skills, and effective communication abilities.

If this sounds like you, apply now to join our dynamic team!

Essential Duties

• Sells and delivers a minimum number of vehicles per month.

• Writes complete sales orders and processes paperwork in accordance with dealership policies.

• Utilizes dealership sales control and follow-up systems.

• Attends product and sales training courses as requested by the Sales Manager.

• Keeps up-to-date on new products and services within the industry.

• Maintains an owner follow-up system that encourages repeat and referral business and contributes to customer satisfaction.

• Maintains a prospect development system.

• Conducts business in an ethical and professional manner.

• Satisfies the transportation needs of vehicle purchasers.

• Approaches, greets, and offers assistance or direction to any customer who enters the dealership showroom or sales lot.

• Assists customers in selecting a vehicle by asking questions and listening carefully to their responses.

• Explains fully product performance, application and benefits to prospects.

• Describes all optional equipment available for customer purchase.

• Offers test drives to all prospects. Follows dealership procedure to obtain proper identification from customer prior to test drive.

• Exhibits a high level of commitment to customer satisfaction.

• Knows and understands the Federal, State, and Local laws which govern retail automobile sales.

• Establishes personal income goals that are consistent with dealership standards of productivity, and devises a strategy to meet those goals.

• Keeps abreast of new products, features, accessories, etc., and their benefits to customers.

• Knows and understands equity and values, and is able to explain depreciation to the customer.

• Ensures that the Sales Manager has an opportunity to meet each customer.

• Turns 100 percent of closed deals to Finance and Insurance Manager, along with properly completed paperwork (insurance information, trade title etc.).

• Prepares sold vehicles for customer delivery prior to customer arrival.

• Delivers vehicles to customers, ensuring that the customer understands the vehicle's operating features, warranty and paperwork.

• Introduces customers to service department personnel to emphasize to them the quality and efficiency of service repairs and maintenance available in the dealership's service department.

• Follow up on all post delivery items, tag/title work, “we-owes” and special requests to be sure that all customer expectations are met.

• Reviews and analyzes actions at the end of each day, week, month and year to determine how to better utilize time and plans more effectively.

• Attends sales meetings.

• Maintains professional appearance.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid Driver's License

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $750.00 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Shift:

• Day shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $750