Sales Executive

Sales Executive

Location: Vertu Ford Birmingham

Are you passionate about creating exceptional customer experiences? Vertu Ford Birmingham is looking for a Sales Executive to join our thriving team.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay: Starting salary of £27,000 plus uncapped commission. Realistic on‑target earnings of £45,000 with top performers earning £60,000+
• Company car included as part of your package
• Career Progression: Clear pathways for advancement within a stable, growing company.

Work-life balance matters

• 40-hour work week (five 8-hour shifts).
• Most Saturdays are worked (our busiest day), but you’ll always get a weekday off.
• Sundays are yours — we’re closed, so you can truly recharge.

Your Role

As part of our team, you’ll represent the dealership known for quality and innovation, delivering a premium customer experience at every stage. You’ll benefit from full training and a comprehensive onboarding programme designed to set you up for success and help you maximise your earning potential.

As a Sales Executive, you’ll guide customers through a seamless and enjoyable car-buying journey. From the first point of contact to the final handover, you’ll take ownership of the end-to-end customer experience, ensuring every customer leaves confident and satisfied.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing the process from initial conversation through to handover while building trusted relationships, always acting with integrity and in the best interests of the customer
• Clearly presenting finance, insurance, and accessory options in a clear, compliant way, ensuring suitability, transparency, and aligned to customer needs while building long-term loyalty
• Generating new opportunities through prospecting and follow‑up, using methods that play to your strengths
• Working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve shared goals
• Maintaining a highly organised approach, managing your diary and ensuring all admin processes are completed accurately and on time

What We’re Looking For

• Currently working as a Sales Executive within the automotive industry (minimum 12 months)
• Motivation and drive to achieve goals
• Excellent organisation skills – able to manage a busy diary, prioritise effectively, and follow key processes
• The ability to communicate clearly and authentically
• A strong commitment to delivering exceptional customer service
• Full UK driving licence (manual and automatic).

Ready for a change?
If you’re great with customers and ready to earn what you’re worth, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and take your first step into a rewarding sales career.

Compliance & Values

As a values-driven business, how you behave matters. You’ll be expected to act in good faith at all times and consistently deliver the right outcomes for our customers.

Representing the dealership every day, you will set the standard for integrity. It’s your responsibility to ensure the products and services you offer genuinely meet customer needs, protect them from harm and encourage long-term loyalty. Building trust should be at the heart of every interaction.

To protect our customers and our reputation, you will be required to complete a DBS check, along with regular fit and proper person assessments. We will also request references from previous employers as part of our pre-employment checks.

We are proud to be the Motor Retailer who invests more in our colleague's personal development than any other, so if you are successful, you can look forward to on-going training opportunities that provide you with the right career path, career progression and a range of benefits you would expect from an employer of choice which includes:

• 25 days holiday rising to 29 with length of service - plus bank holidays
• Access to our online rewards platform giving you cash back and discounts for multiple retailers
• Preferential Service Rates
• Company Car
• Colleague Purchase Scheme
• Share Incentive Scheme
• Pension
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity

You will need to have a full UK driving license to be considered for this role. If your application is successful, we will need to complete employment checks prior to you starting with us. For this role, these can include us verifying your recent employment, address and credit history. We may also conduct a criminal record check and a driving licence check.

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