About the Role
As a Sales Executive, you will understand customer needs, provide tailored solutions, and guide them to choose the correct Porsche vehicle. You will offer professional advice, high-quality customer service, and build lasting relationships throughout the sales process, aiming for total customer satisfaction and achieving sales targets.
Responsibilities
- Provide information to customers about vehicles, features, and financing options.
- Conduct product demonstrations and test drives.
- Guide customers through the sales process from initial contact to handover.
- Negotiate prices and terms of sale to ensure Centre targets are met.
- Identify and pursue new sales leads through networking, referrals, and database mining.
- Ensure the Centre database is kept up to date and accurate for existing and potential customers.
- Maintain contact with customers post-sale to ensure satisfaction and encourage life long ownership.
- Stay updated on the latest automotive trends, models, and technologies.
- Participate in training sessions to improve sales techniques and product knowledge.
Requirements
- Be over 21 and held a full Drivers Licence for a minimum of two years.
- Prior experience in automotive or retail sales.
- Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with CRM systems and dealership tools.
- Good IT skills, including the ability to use Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel to a good standard.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Negotiation skills
- Interpersonal skills
- CRM systems
- Dealership tools
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Financing options
- Leasing options
Location
- Porsche Centre West London
- Reading
- London
- South-East England
Work Type
- Fixed hours each week
- No Sunday working
- Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.00pm
- Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm
Experience Level
- Minimum two years driving experience
- Prior experience in automotive or retail sales
- Experience of working in a large franchised automotive dealership
- Luxury sales experience
Salary/Compensations
- OTE of £70,000 in the first year
- Basic salary of up to £29,400
- Guaranteed Bonus payments for the first 3 months
Benefits
- VW Group tax efficient company vehicle
- 33 days holiday per year
- Extra holiday for long service
- Dedicated mental health champions
- Preferential rates on several products and services
- Life Assurance
- DC Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
About the Company
- Porsche Retail Group (PRG) are owned wholly by Porsche Germany.
- Operate several Porsche Centres, Service Centres and a Trade Parts Distribution Centre in and around London and the South-East.
- Our journey embodies the Porsche DNA, a love of sports cars and a passion for excellence and challenging the status quo.
- Our centres feature state-of-the-art facilities and highly trained staff to ensure that the purchasing, servicing, and ownership experience of Porsche customers are of the highest quality.
- Porsche Centre West London is our largest Centre in the south of England and soon to be the largest aftersales facility for Porsche globally.
- Our Centre is divided over 2 locations.
- Main Centre conveniently located on the A4 and just a short walk from the vibrant Chiswick High Road, with free staff parking just a short walk away or Gunnersbury Tube or Chiswick Park Station are within a 15-minute walk.
- Dedicated satellite after-sales service near Kew, easily accessible from the A4 with onsite parking.
Equal Opportunity
- Porsche Retail Group are committed to promoting a culture that champions diversity and equal opportunities.
- PRG believe diverse teams are catalysts of innovation and create multiple new ideas.
- One of our priorities is to celebrate diversity in all its dimensions while shaping an aspirational and inclusive company culture.
