This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join Cambridge Audi in a newly created senior position, due to an expanding sales department, within an innovative and well-established organisation.
- Celebrate You – Take your birthday off with Paid Birthday Leave - On us!
- Drive Our Brand – Enjoy our Employee Car Scheme after a qualifying period, with no deposit required. Experience the joy of driving our brand products at remarkable prices.
- Family First – Benefit from our Family Friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity and Paternity packages.
- Stay Healthy – Our enhanced Sick Pay ensures you’re taken care of when you need it most (based on length of Service).
- Wellbeing At Your Fingertips - Access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, for quick and easy Online GP services, exclusive retail discounts, legal and financial support, and comprehensive 360 wellbeing services.
- Peace Of Mind – Enjoy a life Assurance policy at no cost, bringing peace to you and your loved ones.
- Exclusive Discounts – Take advantage of employee discounts on parts, vehicle MOT’s/Servicing, and vehicle purchases; as well as access to lifestyle and retail discounts through our Salary Extras platform.
- Grow our Team - Earn a financial reward if you successfully refer a friend.
- Develop with Vindis - Access to vast training resources, including: access to the Volkswagen Group UK National Learning Centre and Brand Accreditation Pathways.
- Performance Recognition - We provide a competitive bonus scheme associated with this role.
- Work-Life Balance - Industry-leading working pattern including a 5-day working w
About the Role
As a Head of Sales, you will be an integral member of the Management Team. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Managing and supporting a team of Sales Executives to ensure they have clear objectives that are intrinsically linked to those of the wider department and business; and consistently achieve their individual targets, whilst maintaining full compliance with the sales process.
- Effectively managing the resources at your disposal to achieve the required business objectives, including: sales volumes, profitability, employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction, loyalty levels and others, and to reconsider and redirect strategy in light of any of these objectives not being achieved.
- Analysing the vast array of data available, to make swift, decisive and effective decisions to change the direction of, or an operation within, your department, for the benefit of delivering an outstanding result.
- Being integral in championing and maintaining a culture of customer service excellence; ensuring that every sales enquiry is dealt with appropriately by your team, and in a manner that focusses on the Vindis Sales Experience.
- Being an advocate of the Audi brand and championing the products to generate interest and ensure sustained customer commitment.
Essential Criteria:
- Previous experience as a sales leader with a stable and consistent track record of improving sales teams and departments (within the automotive industry).
- Excellent working knowledge of stock control.
- A natural leader, coach, and strong influencer of sales process.
- An ability to maintain high standards in a prestige dealership.
- Full UK driving licence
Desirable Criteria:
- Previous experience working within a franchised automotive dealership or with a VAG Brand.
We look forward to receiving your application and hope to be able to welcome you as a team member within the Vindis Group in the near future.