SALES PROFESSIONAL
Job Type
Full-time
Description

 

Essential Duties

  • Sells and delivers a minimum number of vehicles per month.
     
  • Writes complete sales orders and processes paperwork in accordance with dealership policies.
     
  • Utilizes dealership sales control and follow-up systems.
     
  • Attends product and sales training courses as requested by sales manager.
     
  • Keeps up-to-date on new products and services within the industry.
     
  • Maintains an owner follow-up system that encourages repeat and referral business and contributes to customer satisfaction.
     
  • Maintains a prospect development system.
     
  • Conducts business in an ethical and professional manner.
     
  • Satisfies the transportation needs of vehicle purchasers.
     
  • Approaches, greets, and offers assistance or direction to any customer who enters the dealership showroom or sales lot.
     
  • Assists customers in selecting a vehicle by asking questions and listening carefully to their responses.
     
  • Explains fully product performance, application and benefits to prospects.
     
  • Describes all optional equipment available for customer purchase.
     
  • Offers test drives to all prospects. Follows dealership procedure to obtain proper identification from customer prior to test drive.
     
  • Exhibits high level of commitment to customer satisfaction.
     
  • Knows and understands the federal, state, and local laws which govern retail automobile sales.
     
  • Establishes personal income goals that are consistent with dealership standards of productivity, and devises a strategy to meet those goals.
     
  • Keeps abreast of new products, features, accessories, etc., and their benefits to customers.
     
  • Knows and understands equity and values, and is able to explain depreciation to the customer.
     
  • Ensures that the sales manager has an opportunity to meet each customer.
     
  • Turns 100 percent of closed deals to finance and insurance manager, along with properly completed paperwork (insurance information, trade title etc.).
     
  • Prepares sold vehicles for customer delivery prior to customer arrival.
     
  • Delivers vehicles to customers, ensuring that the customer understands the vehicle's operating features, warranty and paperwork.
     
  • Introduces customers to service department personnel to emphasize to them the quality and efficiency of service repairs and maintenance available in the dealership's service department.
     
  • Schedules first service appointment.
     
  • Follows up on all post delivery items, tag/title work, “we-owes” and special requests to be sure that all customer expectations are met.
     
  • Reviews and analyzes actions at the end of each day, week, month and year to determine how to better utilize time and plans more effectively.
     
  • Attends sales meetings.
     
  • Maintains professional appearance.
     
  • Other tasks as assigned.