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Job Title: Local Business Development Manager - Preston Volkswagen
Hours: 42.5 hours per week. 08:30am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday
Salary: OTE up to £45,000 (basic salary of £25,000) + Company Car
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
We are looking for a driven and commercially focused Local Business Development Manager to represent Lookers Volkswagen Preston. This role is responsible for developing and managing relationships with local businesses, promoting VWG vehicles and mobility solutions, and delivering new and repeat business sales.
The Role:
As Local Business Development Manager, you will act as the key point of contact for business customers, identifying opportunities, building long-term partnerships and providing a premium customer experience. You will work closely with internal sales and aftersales teams to maximise business growth.
Key Responsibilities:
Proactively identify, develop and manage local business and fleet opportunities
Build strong relationships with new and existing business customers
Promote business vehicles, finance solutions and mobility products
Manage the full sales process from prospecting through to delivery
Prepare and present tailored proposals and quotations
Maintain accurate records of activity and pipeline using CRM systems
Achieve agreed sales targets and key performance indicators
About You:
Proven experience in business-to-business sales or business development
Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills
Confident, professional communicator with a customer-focused approach
Highly motivated, self-driven and organised
Full UK driving licence
Core Benefits:
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We strongly believe in nurturing and providing our people with specific manufacturer brand and management training to enhance career development opportunities. We have a great bunch of people, and we like to celebrate and encourage success at all levels.
Lookers and Charles Hurst are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.
If your application is successful, we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us. 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.
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The Lookers Group are proud to represent more than 30 leading car manufacturers in over 150 dealerships, employing 6500 people. We offer our customers a wide variety of new, nearly new, and used cars, vans, supplying over 200,000 vehicles annually throughout the UK and Ireland.
We believe that by investing in and developing our people, they will be empowered to deliver the best possible experience to our customers, truly putting our customers at the heart of everything that we do.
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