Experienced Sales Advisor

City Limits Subaru Automotive Sales Advisor

City Limits Subaru is looking for experienced automotive sales advisors to join their team. This position involves a range of duties, including organizing and maintaining appointment systems, guiding customers through the entire sales process, data capture, and contacting new and existing customers, showing new &/or used cars to customers who visit the dealership and explaining the characteristic of various models, being informed of all cars to be sold and answer questions about all aspects of the product.

Duties and responsibilities include actively prospecting for potential buyers through referrals and outreach, approaching and assisting new customers that enter the dealership lot, determining the needs of the customer by listening and asking questions, performing walk-around/test drives with customers and demonstrating features of suitable automobiles that meet the customers' needs, effectively closing automotive sales, ensuring the customer understands the vehicle's operating features and paperwork, following through on all sales commitments to customers, maintaining an owner follow-up system that encourages repeat business and referrals, maintaining sales certification, maintaining sales quota as established by the dealership, reporting to the sales manager regarding objectives, reviews, analyses, and planned activities, attending training and sales meetings offered by the sales managers, dealership, and manufacturers, reviewing sales statistics and actions to determine how to better utilize time, plan more effectively, and improve sales, and maintaining professional appearance and uniform.

Qualifications include experience selling automobiles, a high level of dependability and confidentiality, a high school diploma or GED, a 4-year clear driving record with no previous DUI history or moving violations, no prior criminal history, a valid driver's license, and access to reliable transportation.

Competencies include successful selling skills, self-confidence, an enthusiastic and energetic personality, ethical conduct, a professional personal appearance, excellent communications skills, the ability to discuss technical details, punctuality, and the ability to work well in a metrics-based environment.

This position is non-exempt and has no supervisory responsibility.

Salespersons will usually work 50-60 hours per week on a rotation between 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. including weekends and holidays. Most time is spent in the dealership but also includes working outside on the lot in all weather conditions. Test drives are common in all varieties of car models with diverse customers and could be required in low light or adverse weather conditions. Job can include loud noises, odors, and high activity work. Competition against peers and other dealerships is a common practice as well as the expectation to meet aggressive sales goals assigned by the dealer.

Safely drive a variety of vehicles in inclement weather or road conditions. May sit, walk, or stand for long periods of time in all weather and temperature conditions. Repetitive use of arms and legs and moving the whole body such as standing, climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, reaching, grasping, hearing, seeing, and talking.

This position requires occasional extended travel beyond test drive areas. Valid driver's license is required, and all applicants must be willing to submit to a drug screen and background check prior to employment. We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.