About The Role
At GSF Car Parts, our Sales Managers' passion to support the branch team and assist the General Manager with day-to-day duties is paramount. As the Sales Manager, you will help lead and work alongside the Sales Advisor team, boosting branch sales, customer relationships and hitting monthly sales targets.
Main duties include
* Daily sales, margin and profit performance to ensure the team/branch is staffed to deliver budget daily
* Measure and manage Sales Advisors against their KPIs
* Daily communication with the team including team briefs, updates on performance and constructive feedback where customer standards aren’t being met
* Recognise excellence with constructive feedback and use positive communication to engage the team
* Engage the team to believe in achieving branch goals and challenge any disruptive behaviour
* Ensure the team deliver excellent customer service and keep the Branch Manager up to date
* Ensure our team delivers a solution where we have not met customer service requirements
* Instil a solution-based customer service mentality
Working Hours
45 hours on average, Monday to Friday, including alternate Saturdays
About You
The ideal Sales Manager will have experience in a strong, sales- and target-driven environment, providing excellent customer service.
What You'll Need To Succeed
* Ability to manage and motivate a diverse team
* Driven to achieve
* Able to set high standards of work and appearance
* Focused on delivering excellent customer service
* Confident and capable of leading by example
* Good interpersonal and leadership skills
* Experience in P&L management or commercial management exposure
* Previous use of MAM or Allicat is desirable
* Automotive knowledge is helpful but not essential
What We'll Offer
Benefits at GSF Car Parts are designed to support all aspects of our team members' life throughout their career. Benefits include:
* Opportunity to earn a performance-based bonus
* 20 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with potential to earn up to 5 more with time served
* Free flu vaccine
* Health & wellbeing tools
* Free support from pension experts
* Life assurance
* Discounts from hundreds of brands including Asda, Nike & John Lewis
* Financial wellbeing products including advances and savings schemes
* Paid time off to volunteer
* Training qualifications and career progression opportunities
About Us
GSF Car Parts is one of the UK’s leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages across the UK and Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment and specialist training. The group has over 175 branches nationwide and turnover over £475 million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities, we have traded as one brand since November 2021. Our branch network is supported by centralised procurement, supply chain, marketing and national accounts. We benefit from integrated IT systems, including our industry-leading catalogue system, Allicat, and access to the Group's national garage programme, Servicesure.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Sales and Business Development
Industries
* Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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