Sales Executive

Overview

Location: Toyota Ashford

Working Hours: Full Time

Salary: £55,000 OTE

Closing Date: 31/10/2025

Industry leading basic salary of £25,000 with a guaranteed £30,000 in your first year and £55,000 OTE

We have a fantastic opportunity for the right individual to develop a career within an industry with one of the highest global marketing spends and at a company representing the world's largest automotive brand.

The Steven Eagell Group is an award-winning employer and Europe's largest Toyota and Lexus retailer, with 43 locations across the Southeast, East of England and West Midlands. Our foremost objective is to offer complete satisfaction to every one of our valued customers.

We are currently expanding our business and are now offering an exciting opportunity to join the team, as Sales Executive at our Ashford branch. We will provide excellent training and genuine career progression opportunities in return.

Please note: previous experience in an automotive sales role is required

Responsibilities

• Talks with and listens to customers to build rapport and understands their requirements.
• You will build trust, communicate effectively and surpass our customer's expectations, whilst providing a service-based experience. In essence you will ensure that our customer's buying experience is industry leading, in line with our standards.
• Demonstrates the most suitable options to the customer, understanding and adapting to their buying strategy and encouraging them to experience the product through a test drive.
• Uses in-depth product knowledge to guide the customer towards the best choice for them.
• Works with colleagues and other teams across the Centre to provide continuous improvement and seamless service to customers (e.g. attending to Aftersales customers, with the aim of obtaining new business).
• Ensures opportunities for sales by other teams are followed up by the most appropriate specialist (e.g. Fleet Sales).

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills and enjoys working with people.
• Able to take initiative and ownership of issues; is proactive, has a 'can-do' attitude.
• Able to multi-task and switch quickly between tasks.
• Willingness to learn, develop and keep up to date with complex/technical/product information.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Is a team player and offers help and support to others.

In return / Benefits

• Car Benefit Scheme after successful completion of a probation period
• 33 days off per annum
• Company pension scheme
• Access to high street discounts through Perk Box
• Access to medical cover through Simply Health

If the role is of interest and you are ready to embark on the next steps in your career here with us at Steven Eagell then please apply now!

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Financial Disclosure: Steven Eagell Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA Reference Number 671531) as a credit broker. We are not a lender or an independent financial advisor. In the first instance, we will introduce you to a Preferred lender and provide you with information regarding the finance products available to decide whether a particular finance product is right for you based on the information provided. If Preferred lender is not able to provide credit, we will refer you to another trusted credit broker. This credit broker will attempt to source credit through an alternative panel of lenders. You are not required to use Preferred lender or any other lender introduced by our trusted broker. We do not charge a fee for an introduction to Preferred lender or to our trusted broker but we will receive a commission if you use their services. The level of commission varies by product and lender. We will inform you of the amount of commission before the finance agreement is entered into and ask you to consent to its payment. You can arrange funding of your vehicle elsewhere. Steven Eagell Limited is also an appointed representative of Ingeni Services Group Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the FCA. Ingeni Services Limited's FCA Reference Number is 747381. The Ingeni Services Group Limited business acts as an agent for insurance distribution. We do not charge a fee for our services as an insurance intermediary and may earn a commission from the insurance provider. For full details of our FCA Commission Status Disclosure please here.