Senior Business Manager in Stafford

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.

Contract Type: Full time - Permanent

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? 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. 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying appropriate funding and insurance options for customers while maintaining compliance.
• Understanding financial and insurance product regulations to ensure accurate information is provided during vehicle sales.
• Monitoring finance and insurance performance against expectations while maintaining a compliant sales process.
• Coaching and developing the skills of the team to achieve business objectives.
• Assisting management in planning, forecasting trends, and revising plans for the dealership.
• Acquiring a high level of product knowledge to competently answer customer queries and logging all activity to monitor outcomes.

Core Benefits:

• Competitive salaries with structured pay scales and progression.
• Generous annual leave that increases with 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.
• Health & Wellbeing benefits including eyecare vouchers, Smart Health access, and dental insurance.
• Financial Wellbeing options such as MyView PayNow and free will writing services.
• Leisure & Lifestyle benefits including discounted gym memberships and travel insurance.

We strongly believe in nurturing and providing our people with specific manufacturer brand and management training to enhance career development opportunities. These will include verifying your recent employment, address, credit history and a standard criminal record check. For roles that require you to drive, a driving licence check will also be carried out. Please note, all offers of employment are made subject to a 6 month probation period commencing from your start date.

We take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and are committed to upholding and respecting your privacy rights. Information about how we will process your data including the types of data we collect, the purposes for which we use it, who we may share it with and how long we keep it are set out in our privacy notice.