Business Manager

About us:

We are one of the top three automotive retailers in the UK, proudly representing 32 manufacturer brands, selling a huge range of new and used vehicles from over 150 dealerships across the UK and Ireland.  We believe our people are our greatest asset, and we’re committed to recognising the valuable contribution each person makes. That’s why we continue to invest in a leading rewards and benefits package designed to support your career, wellbeing, and life outside of work.

Hamilton Audi Contract Type:
Permanent, Full Time

Hours:

44 hours on a rota basis (between Monday to Friday 09:00 - 18:00, Saturday 09:00 - 17:00 and Sunday 11:00 - 15:00)
Salary: 55,000 OTE (including 35,000 basic plus bonus and Company Car)
Are you a career driven and motivational manager? Do you have a history of getting the best out of your team? Or are you an experienced or Senior Sales Executive ready to take a step up the ladder? Business and Transaction Managers are essential to the success of our dealerships.

Your role will be to coach and develop your team, build long-lasting and meaningful relationships, and maintain excellent levels of compliance and commitment to treating customers fairly. Simple, right? Well, if Compliance, Finance & Insurance performance and Forecasting / Planning sound like a breeze then this is the perfect opportunity for you. Please note as your role will involve driving some impressive cars, you must have a full UK driving licence.

Previous automotive experience is essential for this role.

Responsibilities You'll be responsible for supporting our Sales Executives, and your role will involve:

Identifying based on requirement and individual suitability, appropriate funding and insurance options for customers, whilst maintaining excellent levels of compliance and commitment to treating customers fairly.

Understand all aspects of financial and insurance product regulations to ensure accurate information is given when negotiating a vehicle sale

You will also monitor finance and insurance performance against expectation, whilst maintaining a compliant sales process

As you will work with management to coach and develop the skills of the team to achieve business objectives.

Assisting management in planning, forecasting trends, and revising plans for the dealership on an ongoing basis

Acquire a high level of product knowledge to competently answer all customer queries and logging all activity to monitor and measure outcomes and provide regular feedback to the Management teams

Core Benefits:

Competitive salaries with structured pay scales and progression as you grow within the business

Generous annual leave that increases with your length of service

Enhanced family leave, including 6 months’ full pay for maternity and adoption leave, and 2 weeks’ full pay for paternity leave

Access to Techscheme for discounted technology purchases with flexible payments

Health & Wellbeing:

Eyecare vouchers to help cover vision care needs

Smart Health – 24/7 access to GP services to support your mental and physical wellbeing

Dental insurance for everyday dental care and unexpected treatments

Optional critical illness cover for peace of mind during life's most challenging moments

Financial Wellbeing:

MyView Pay Now – access a portion of your pay as you earn, with features to stream, save, and track your money through a user-friendly appFree will writing services to help plan for the future

Flexible life assurance options and partner life assurance for added protection

Leisure & Lifestyle:

Discounted gym memberships to support an active lifestyle

Travel insurance to help you explore with confidence

Access to home and technology vouchersb

Yond card and a wide range of exclusive retail and lifestyle discounts

We strongly believe in nurturing and providing our people with specific manufacturer brand and management training to enhance career development opportunities. We have a great bunch of people, and we like to celebrate and encourage success at all levels.

Lookers and Charles Hurst are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring…