Branch Sales Manager - Automotive Parts

Salary: 38,000 (plus sales bonus)

Location: Halesowen, West Midlands

Duration: Perm

Hours: Monday Friday 9am to 5pm (with half hour unpaid lunch break), 37 hours per week.

Benefits: Maximum 560 per month sales bonus subject to meeting targets.

Training and development. 32 days annual holiday allowance inc bank holidays, and long-term career prospects with a large national business.

Our client is a market leader in the design, manufacture and sale of trailers, trailer parts and all associated towing accessories/services. This nationwide automotive Trailer and Towbar company are currently recruiting for an experienced and professional Branch Sales Manager for their Halesowen Branch. This is an excellent opportunity to progress your career with an established company who have 23 stores and hundreds of stockists across the UK & Ireland.

Purpose of Role:

You will have overall responsibility for the daily operation/motivation of the Branch and team, ensuring an excellent level of customer service is achieved by all members of staff.

To be responsible for maximizing branch/external sales and margin ensuring targets are achieved ensuring policies/procedures are followed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively visit businesses to ensure retention of existing and to acquire new Customers.
• To actively sell (face to face and over the telephone) and promote trailers/parts/associated equipment/services. To gain market penetration of the company brand gaining new customers and retaining existing customers.
• To control the stock of parts and finished trailers, within the agreed stocking/budgetary guidelines. To ensure systems are in place and followed regarding maintaining stock inventory on the computer.
• To ensure the Branch is kept clean, tidy and well-presented and stocked including parts, trailers, leaflets.
• To become familiar with all the products supplied by the company and to gain area penetration of these products by personal contact, telephone calls and promotions utilizing other members of staff where necessary.
• To maintain a customer record system detailing sales, enquiries, follow-ups and general prospects.
• To be present at and accurately control stocktaking as determined by the Company ensuring all staff participate as required.
• To be the primary key holder for the Branch and respond to alarm call outs where necessary.
• To perform any other duties deemed reasonable on request.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in the trailer / motor trade / parts trade / hire industry whose skills will be transferrable into this business.
• Ability to go out and find sales not just wait for customers to come into the store, so target local plant companies who have trailers or might need trailers and build relationships with them
• Experience working at a supervisory/managerial level essential.
• Experience in a similar Automotive role would be highly advantageous.
• Strong retail sales/customer service experience essential
• Full, current driving.

To Apply:

This is a fantastic opportunity offering long term career prospects with a large national business. To apply please send your up-to-date CV to Totec today, alternatively give our team a call for more details.

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