Sales Manager
The Opportunity
We are currently recruiting for a Sales Manager to join the Swansway Family.
You will be responsible for ensuring the dealership achieves its targets. You will do this by working closely with a team of Sales Executives to get deals over the line. You'll play an active role in finance, insurance, part exchange valuations, buying and stock display. As Sales Manager your responsibility is to ensure our customer’s sales needs are met by ensuring customer service standards remain market leading and that your team is promoting correct services and products to our customers.
Hands on, when required you may need to sell to customers or second face customers to close sale deals.
More about the role
- Motivation of the sales team
- Ensuring customer satisfaction metrics are hit
- Pitch display standards
- Target management
- Stacking finance proposals
- Part exchange valuations
- Site management
- Vehicle stock buying
More about you
- You will have been a proven Senior Sales Executive or Sales Controller used to selling cars.
- Cars should be your main passion, you will be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the current market. Hands on, this role will require selling of vehicles and buying of stock.
- This role is an excellent opportunity for someone to step up into their first management role.
A bit more about the Family
Founded in 2003 by Michael Smyth and his three sons, David, Peter and John, Swansway has grown from five motor dealerships in Cheshire and the West Midlands to the 20 dealerships we have today. From Birmingham in the South to Carlisle in the North we partner with eleven brands including; Audi, Volkswagen, Land Rover, Honda and many more.
We’re expanding our own-brand, Motor Match our used sites, and we don’t stop at dealerships; we operate four Volkswagen Group Trade Part Centres, an Accident Repair Centre, a Group Fleet Sales Centre and an eBay shop re-cycling obsolete parts. All this is supported by our Head Office in Crewe.
But, it’s not what we do that makes us the company we are, it’s how we do it; it’s our family heritage that sets us apart, with the Smyth family playing a hands-on role in the day-to-day running of the business; we genuinely care about our customers and our Swansway family and that makes us a great place to work. We live by our caring, honest and proud values which is why our long service boards are brimming with names who’ve been with us five, ten and fifteen years!
Benefits of working for Swansway Group
- Free on-site parking
- Holidays that increase with length of service
- Your Birthday off
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance- Death in Service Benefit
- Long service recognition
- Annual flu jab
- Discounts on products and services that extend to your family and friends
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee recruitment referral payments
- Employee assistance programme and counselling service
- Occupational health services
- Flexible working patterns
- Car Benefit Scheme for employee or family
When you join Swansway, you’re joining a family; so, if you enjoy, and thrive, in an inclusive family atmosphere, apply to join us now!