At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead Porsche's pre-owned sales strategy and coach dealer teams for success.
- Company: Join DEKRA, a leader in automotive innovation and sustainability.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, health insurance, and generous leave.
- Other info: Dynamic role with extensive travel and excellent career progression opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on Porsche's growth while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in automotive management and strong analytical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 70000 £ per year.
Location: Based in and around North of England
Salary: £55k (OTE £70K) + Company Car
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Do you want to boost the future towards a safe, secure and sustainable world? At DEKRA we deal with future topics in every field of work; from vehicle inspection to cyber security, from product testing to clean energies or from automated driving to artificial intelligence. We anticipate technical developments early on and drive industry transformation as thought leaders.
A Day in the Life and the Impact You'll Make:
As a Regional Pre-Owned Area Sales Development Manager, you'll work closely with Porsche Centres across your region to maximise Pre-Owned sales performance, strengthen dealer capability and drive sustainable growth. By analysing performance data, coaching retailer teams, optimising inventory strategies, and implementing targeted improvement plans, you'll play a key role in enhancing profitability, improving customer experience, and ensuring every Centre consistently delivers the high standards expected of the Porsche Approved Pre-Owned programme. Your commercial insight and ability to build trusted relationships will directly influence the success of the pre-owned programme and contribute to the continued growth of the Porsche network.
Key Responsibilities
- Regional Sales Leadership — Deliver Pre-Owned sales performance across the region. Analysing performance, trends, and implementing corrective actions to achieve volume and profit goals.
- Drive the Porsche Pre Owned Strategy - Monitor Centre performance against strategic expectations, identify opportunities and shortfalls, and partner with Centres to create and implement targeted plans that maximise performance and deliver sustainable improvement.
- Dealer Network Development — Support and coach dealers to improve appraisal accuracy, stock turn, pricing discipline, and retail readiness.
- Inventory Strategy — Oversee stock mix, ageing, sourcing channels, and allocation to ensure optimal availability and margin performance. Encourage engagement with all inventory sources, including PCGB vehicles and VWFS end of contract vehicles.
- Performance Management — Conduct regular business reviews, assess KPIs, and implement tailored improvement plans for Porsche centres within the region.
- Operational Excellence — Ensure compliance with brand standards, certification processes, reconditioning guidelines, and customer experience expectations.
- Training & Coaching — Deliver training and coaching where needed on Pre-Owned topics such as pricing strategy and stock management best practices.
- Reporting & Forecasting — Provide accurate forecasts, performance reports, and insights to senior leadership. Maintain awareness of developments within the industry, corporate and customer developments.
- Contribute fully to team culture and business strategy execution.
- Build strong relationships across the Porsche Centre network and PCGB.
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures and ensure compliance at all times.
What You'll Bring:
- Automotive management background, ideally retail or customer performance focused.
- An ability to influence through building trust and credibility, persuasion and constructive challenge.
- Strong analytical, problem solving, coaching and facilitation skills.
- Ability to analyse performance data and create actionable plans.
- High level of commercial acumen.
- Willingness to travel extensively across the network.
What You'll Receive for the Value You Bring:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Holiday buy and sell scheme.
- Private health insurance.
- Pension contribution.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
- Eye test vouchers.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Please note your employment will sit with DEKRA Automotive Ltd.
Locations
Porsche Regional Pre-Owned Development Manager in Alderley Edge, Cheshire employer: Porsche
At Porsche Aberdeen, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a competitive salary with uncapped earning potential and a comprehensive benefits package through our 'Net Better Off' scheme. Our vibrant work culture fosters collaboration and personal growth, providing world-class training opportunities that empower our Sales Executives to excel in their roles while enjoying the prestige of representing a luxury automotive brand. Join us in a dynamic environment where your passion for high-performance vehicles can thrive, and experience the satisfaction of delivering unparalleled customer service.