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Automotive Car Salesperson - Summary

Sells used vehicles while achieving and maintaining appropriate levels of gross profit, volume and customer satisfaction.

Automotive Car Salesperson - Essential Duties

• Satisfies the transportation needs of used-vehicle purchasers.
• Approaches, greets and helps or direction to any customer who enters the dealership showroom or sales lot.
• Assists customers in selecting a vehicle by asking questions and listening carefully to their responses. Suggests alternative vehicles if necessary.
• Understands the terminology of the automobile business and keeps abreast of changes in product technology, incoming inventory, features, accessories etc.
• Provides thorough product information and demonstration to all prospects.
• Offers test drives to all prospects. Follows dealership procedure to obtain proper identification from customer before test drive begins.
• Exhibits a high level of commitment to customer satisfaction.
• Utilizes dealership sales control and follow-up system.
• Knows and understands the federal, state and local laws which govern retail auto sales.
• Establishes personal income goals that are consistent with dealership standards of productivity and devises a strategy to meet those goals.
• Knows and understands equity and values and can explain depreciation to the customer.
• Ensures that the sales manager has an opportunity to meet each customer.
• Turns 100 percent of closed deals to finance and insurance manager and presents properly completed paperwork (i.e., insurance information, trade title etc.).
• Prepares sold vehicles for customer delivery (i.e., cleans vehicles, fills gas tank and ensures all features are operational) prior to customer arrival.
• Delivers vehicles to customers, ensuring that the customer understands the vehicle's operating features, warranty and paperwork.
• Introduces customers to service department personnel to emphasize to them the quality and efficiency of service repairs and maintenance available in the dealership's service department.
• Schedules first service appointment.
• Follows up on all post-delivery items, tag/title work, “we-owes,” and special requests to be sure that all customer expectations are met.
• Maintains an owner follow-up system that encourages repeat and referral business and contributes to customer satisfaction.
• Maintains a prospect development and follow-up system.
• Works with the service department and body shop to ensure that vehicles are properly reconditioned on schedule.
• Attends sales meetings.
• Helps with the used-vehicle inspection process.
• Helps to keep the used-vehicle department neat and clean.
• Maintains a professional business appearance.
• Writes complete sales orders and processes paperwork in accordance with established dealership policies.
• Reviews and analyzes actions at the end of each day, week, month, and year to determine how to better utilize time and plans more effectively.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Marginal Duties
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Supervisory Responsibilities
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Automotive Car Salesperson - Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Automotive Car Salesperson - Education and/or Experience

• Less than high school education; or up to one-month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One-year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Automotive Car Salesperson - Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Automotive Car Salesperson - Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Automotive Car Salesperson - Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Automotive Car Salesperson - Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• State Sales License
• Valid Driver's License

Automotive Car Salesperson - Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Automotive Car Salesperson - Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.