What are the responsibilities and job description for the St. Augustine, FL - Automotive Sales Associate position at Hodges Mazda?
Automotive Sales Associate
About Us
Hodges Mazda has had the privilege of serving the Jacksonville community since 2016. We are excited to soon serve the St. Augustine, FL community. As a family owned and operated business, earning the trust of our customers, employees and community is what drives us to be better. Our new state-of-the-art facility gives us the necessary tools to serve our customers and employees at a higher standard.
We're one of the few operators in the industry that's growing today, and we're succeeding because we have a great team, a strong business model, a healthy and rewarding company culture, and we are intensely focused on quality.
What We’re Looking For
Our growing Sales department is looking for ambitious, goal-oriented individuals to join our team. No automotive experience required. Experienced customer service and retail sales professionals looking for an opportunity to grow and develop your career apply here!
Our Core Values:
- Integrity
- Excellence
- Service
Benefits:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Long Term Disability
- Basic & Supplemental Life Insurance
- 401K
Responsibilities
- Enhance the customer buying process by performing high-quality, professional, and knowledgeable presentation and demonstration of vehicles.
- Prepare and present demo vehicles so latest technology is enabled and ready for display.
- Supply customer with product performance and benefits.
- Build a strong rapport with customers.
- Assist with lead generation by managing incoming email leads and set appointments for vehicle demonstrations over email and text communication.
- Prepare email collateral for clients in anticipation of scheduled appointments, making sure clients are informed before they walk into the dealership.
Qualifications
- Enthusiastic with high energy throughout the sales workday
- Outgoing and friendly, especially while handling objections.
- Tech savvy
- Quality customer service skills and sales track record
- Strong interpersonal and communications, in-person and over the phone
- Persuasive and able to overcome customer objections during the sales process.
- Focuses on the customer’s needs to enhance dealership and personal sales.
- Eager to learn dealership best practices and advance customer service skills.
- Ready to hit the ground running on learning new products in and out.
