Job description
Are you looking for a challenging Used Car Manager career with a company with excellent benefits and competitive pay? Candidates must possess superior people skills and excellent communication skills as this will involve active, hands-on working with customers and appraisals, negotiations on pricing, grounding of lease returns, lease retention, and service customer appraisals. Responsibilities include pre-owned inventory management, working with the wholesale disposition of vehicles, and wholesale purchase of vehicles. Applicants must be familiar with appraising tools.
Job Responsibilities:
- Train, manage, and direct sales team.
- Assist individual sales reps in setting aggressive, yet realistic monthly sales goals.
- Explain the policies and procedures of the dealership to sales employees and follow up with employees to verify their understanding and compliance.
- Promote an enthusiastic attitude to build positive employee attitudes and morale.
- Set an example of professionalism through daily actions and appearance.
- Create cost-effective advertising programs and merchandising strategies for the dealership.
- Oversee monthly financial statements to ensure they are complete, accurate, and submitted on time to upper management / dealership owners.
- Approve all paperwork from auctions and provide proper documentation to the office for purchases.
- Ensure that cosmetic and mechanical reconditioning is performed within the dealership's cost and time limitations.
- Conduct daily and weekly sales and sales training meetings.
- Understand, keep abreast of, and comply with federal, state, and local regulations that affect used-vehicle sales.
- Maintain vehicle inventory.
- Monitor customers' likes and dislikes, lost sales, and dealership sales history, and conduct local market analyses to determine which vehicles to stock.
Job Requirements:
- Ideal candidates must possess a strong management background and excellent customer service skills.
- Five years of previous experience as an Automotive Pre-Owned Sales Manager in a dealership is required.
- Be proficient with dealership DMS, CRM, and inventory management/appraisal tools.
- Experience with pricing and marketing used vehicles via online sites.
- Experience with the use of online auctions: buying and selling.
- Experience with factory-certified programs.
- Strong leadership and organizational skills.
- Ability to understand profit and loss statements.
- Basic MS Office knowledge; computer software and Internet proficiency.
- Excellent verbal/written communication.
- Strong negotiation and presentation skills.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus opportunities
- Commission pay
Ability to Commute:
- Los Angeles, CA (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Los Angeles, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person