General Sales Manager

General Sales Manager – Audi Southend

Fun, exciting, rewarding work. Join us for the ride.

Working with world-class brands as a General Sales Manager you’ll have the drive to deliver outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers.

As part of a successful, global automotive group, you’ll broaden your experience across both sites and brands. And with the right support from us, you’ll be able to progress as high as you can aim.

What we can offer you

• Enjoy 33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) to rest and recharge
• Save money every day with our exclusive retail discounts
• Drive a great deal with discounts on new and used cars, plus servicing offers
• Plan for the years ahead with our company pension scheme
• Balance home and work with our industry-leading family-friendly policies designed to help you spend more time with the people that matter
• Commute for less with our cycle-to-work scheme
• Prioritise your wellbeing with dedicated support for you and your family
• 24/7 access to healthcare professionals, ensuring you get the expert advice you need quickly and easily
• Make a difference with a paid day to volunteer in your community
• Invest in your future with our company share purchase plan
• Earn financial rewards when you refer a friend to join the team
• Keep learning and growing with our training and development opportunities for everyone.
• Life assurance with the option to increase cover
• We’re open to flexible working options – just ask

What you’ll do day to day

• Lead, coach, train, and develop the Sales Executive team through regular performance reviews and ongoing support to achieve and exceed sales targets.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective customers, acting as a key link between the business, customers, and the market.
• Support Sales Executives throughout the sales process, including understanding customer requirements, negotiating terms, and securing successful sales closures.
• Gather and analyse market and customer information, provide feedback on product developments, and promote special offers and sales initiatives.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to negotiate pricing, delivery schedules, and product specifications, ensuring customer requirements are met.
• Monitor stock levels, vehicles in production, and order progress, acting as a key point of contact between sales and operations while driving overall sales performance.

Helpful skills and qualifications

Don’t worry about ticking off every single skill here − if you care about delivering great experiences as much as we do, we want to hear from you.

• You will be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the key success drivers essential to deliver consistently strong results in terms of business growth, net profit and cost control, together with high levels of employee and customer satisfaction.
• Whilst previous automotive experience will be a benefit, attitude and character are more important to us.
• We will want to see that you have strong leadership abilities and deeply care about customer satisfaction and customer loyalty.
• A hands on leader and financially aware
• Ability to negotiate at all levels with strong leadership skills
• Motor Industry experience is preferable
• Ability to work to timescales effectively
• Keen eye for detail, good communication and a passion for delivering great customer service
• Strong industry knowledge
• Ability to work under pressure

We value diversity and believe it strengthens our team. If you don’t meet every requirement listed but are enthusiastic about this role and eager to learn, we encourage you to apply.

Be part of something big

Group 1 Automotive is on an exciting growth journey. We are home to over 7000 colleagues dedicated to providing exceptional customer service, with 114 dealerships in the UK, representing 21 brands at the forefront of automotive retail.

But you don’t need to love cars to work with us - just need to share our mission to create outstanding and trusted experiences for our customers, our partners, and our people.

Our Values

At Group 1 Automotive we pride ourselves on our five core values that are incorporated in all we that do.

Respect - Integrity - Transparency - Teamwork – Professionalism

These are the principles that every member of our team lives by, whether that be business functions, customer interactions, how we interact with the local community and even how we view each other in the team.