LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - KENT

Benefits: 

• Basic Salary: £26/32k plus OTE up to £50/55k plus company car
• 45-hour working week, Monday to Friday from 8 am to 6 pm
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Ben – Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted Car Purchase Scheme & Colleague Car Benefit Offers,
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme

Our client, a major Multi-franchise Dealer Group is looking to recruit an experienced Local Business Development Manager for their market area in Kent. 

The Role 
Working as part of a sales team, you’ll be responsible for reaching out to local business customers to assess their business vehicle needs and converting these to vehicle, finance and insurance sales. You will manage the end-to-end business customer experience, ensuring options are tailored to business customer needs. Day to day, you will:

• Identify local businesses with a requirement to purchase new and used vehicle sales
• Guide business customers through their purchase, providing outstanding customer service as the face of both the company and the vehicle brand
• Meet individual sales targets by maximising upsell and cross-sell opportunities on finance and insurance products and optional extras
• Assist in ensuring a steady flow of enquiries from multiple channels through prospecting and marketing
• Maintain a specialist knowledge of manufacturer vehicles and options, participating in regular knowledge updates
• Manage the vehicle handover process, ensuring compliance with process
• Adhere to Company and industry regulations relating to the sale of vehicles, finance and insurance

The Candidate
To be successful as a Local Business Development Manager, you will have previous experience in a vehicle sales capacity, ideally including B2B sales experience. In addition to your previous experience, the key attributes we look for are:

• Influencing skills with the ability and confidence to convert enquiries to sales
• Excellent customer management skills to build long lasting relationships
• Professionalism, with a commitment to adhering to process and procedure
• Individuals who demonstrate the Marshall Values of People, Customers, Integrity and Innovation

In return the successful candidate will receive a guaranteed basic salary commensurate with experience.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

If you feel that you have the credentials to be considered for this role, then send your CV to Chris Highfield at ch@arc-uk.net or call for a confidential discussion on 07730 433491