Used BMW Retail Sales Manager (Preston)

Bowker Motor Group are recruiting a Retail Sales Manager to join the Team at their BMW Used Car Team at Preston docklands.

As opportunities in the prestige motor industry like this are extremely rare, all applicants must have a minimum of 5 years proven automotive retail sales experience, and be able to not only demonstrate the skills of a compliant ‘Business Manager / Retail sales Manager’, but also drive the business forward by ensuring they are fully integrated within the sales process

Working alongside the Used Car Manager, it will be essential to adapt to individual’s needs, and lead and empower the sales team to ensure the customer journey is flawless.  You need to be driven, self-motivated, energetic, ambitious, a team player, fully compliant with FCA legislation, well organised, with good interpersonal, training, coaching and negotiation skills.

The Role:

• Maximise the sale vehicles’ profitability by optimising the finance and general insurance opportunities
• Consistently review and monitor performance and trends within the F&I department to effectively highlight areas of opportunity
• Effectively manage, train, coach, motivate and develop the Sales Executives to perform at an industry leading standard
• Embrace change and constantly seek new ideas to effectively and consistently improve our KPI’s including F&I PPU and penetration
• Whilst the role’s main responsibility is mainly Used Cars, this role requires a team player who would fully support the other Retail Sales Managers within the Centre as business demands, to ensure both our external and internal customer experience is consistent, unique and professional across all brands and departments
• Oversee the current F&I customer database to identify both retention and conquest opportunities, working closely with our Retention Specialist to optimise every potential opportunity
• Maintain FCA compliance and treat our customers transparently and fairly

The Benefits:

As you will be working within a highly successful and award-winning BMW Retailer Group, the position offers many benefits:

• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Company car
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) in a complete holiday year (January to December)
• An additional day’s holiday in recognition of your birthday
• Bowker Benefits Discount retail shopping platform
• Company pension scheme
• Death in Service policy at 1x basic salary
• Work wear supplied
• Cycle to work scheme
• Training, coaching and development funded
• Incentives and rewards
• Free tickets to local and national events
• Staff social events
• On site car parking