Business Manager

About Us:

We are part of Lookers Motor Group Limited, which includes Charles Hurst Limited who are one of the leading automotive retail groups in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Across the group, we represent 30+ manufacturer brands, offering a wide selection of new and used vehicles. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset. We value the commitment they make to the business which is why we are continually working to provide a market-leading rewards and benefits package.

Business Manager - Audi Centre, Dublin

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, No sundays)

Salary: €75,000 OTE  (including €40,000 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

Benefits Include:

• Competitive salaries with clear pay scales as you develop.

• Generous annual leave allowance that increases with length of service.

• Enhanced maternity leave, adoption leave (6 months full pay), and paternity leave (2 weeks full pay).

• Life assurance.

Health & Wellbeing:

• Aviva Care – Digital GP, Second Medical Opinion, Bereavement Support

• Private Medical Insurance.

• Eye care vouchers

• Cyclescheme

Leisure & Lifestyle:

• Discounted gym memberships.

• Exclusive shopping 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 team and we celebrate and encourage success at all levels.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole selves to work and reach their full potential.

If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history, and a standard criminal record check. For roles that require driving, a driving licence check will also be carried out. All offers of employment are subject to a 6-month probation period from your start date.

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