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Automotive Sales Manager

Birmingham, ALOnsiteFull TimeManager / Head$80,000–$102,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Automotive sales
  • finance experience
  • dealership management position
  • sales performance
  • guest experience
  • teammate training
  • morale
  • forecasts
  • unit sales
  • gross profit

Nice to have

  • energy
  • mentor
  • spark plug
  • passionate
  • transparent
  • take the high road

Role summary

A dealership in Birmingham, AL is seeking an energetic and passionate Automotive Sales Manager to lead their sales team. This role involves setting monthly and yearly forecasts for unit sales, gross profit, and departmental profits. You will mentor and train salespeople, ensuring they follow a playbook for success and provide an excellent guest experience. Responsibilities include daily check-ins with sales staff, reviewing performance reports, and managing sales objectives. The ideal candidate has strong automotive sales and finance experience, with a background in dealership management.

We are looking to hire an Automotive Sales Manager at our dealership in Birmingham, AL.

The Sales Coach ensures that the dealership meets its goals surrounding sales performance, guest experience, and teammate training and morale. The ideal candidate brings a tremendous amount of energy and can sustain that each day. The right person for this job is a mentor, a spark plug, and passionate.

What You'll Do:

  • Determine monthly and yearly forecasts in terms of unit sales, gross profit objectives, and departmental profits.
  • Forecast monthly with each salesperson to establish objectives in terms of the number and type of customers coming into the dealership, closing percentages in each category, time utilization, prospecting efforts, unit sales, and projected income.
  • Meet with each salesperson as early as possible every day to review yesterday’s results and today’s plan of action.
  • Provide on-the-job training for salespeople.
  • Ensure that salespeople are following an established playbook for success.
  • Review monthly commission sheets, productivity reports, salespersons’ monthly forecasts, and profit performance with the Dealer by salesperson and as a department.
  • Ensure that every guest receives the best possible experience.

What We're Looking For:

  • Strong automotive sales and finance experience
  • Experience in a dealership management position
  • Be transparent
  • Take the high road
  • Willingness to learn
  • Take ownership
  • Celebrate small successes

What You'll Get: 

  • Average annual income potential of $80k- 102k
  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • 401k with 4% company match
  • Paid vacation
  • Access to leadership and personal development programs
  • Casual dress code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EchoPark Automotive is one of the fastest growing brands within the automotive industry. We are building a business based on doing things the right way. From the way we treat our guests, take pride in our work and share opportunities for our employees to grow as we grow. We are proud of what we're doing here and would love to tell you about our opportunities!

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