Sales Development Specialist - 12 Months FTC (Hybrid Working)

at  TrustFord

• Department:Sales
• Location:Colchester, Essex
• Salary Range:Competitive Salary, plus Company Car, 33 days holiday, Life Assurance and other great Company benefits
• Contract Type:Fixed Contract

WE LOVE WHAT WE DO, WE’RE PROUD OF OUR BRAND AND EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE.

TrustFord is the largest Ford dealership in Europe and part of the Ford Motor Company. One of the most famous brands in the world, we have a long history to be proud of and a secure and exciting future to look forward to. We love what we do – whether that’s working with incredible cars and vehicles, driving the standard in customer care, or helping our business invest and innovate in new areas.
This is a combined national & regional role reporting to the Group F&I Director via the National Sales Development Manager. Support for Regional Directors will be directed as considered appropriate. You’ll manage F&I performance KPIS and develop & implement new F&I products and services. You’ll work closely with the GM’s to ensure sites complete monthly reviews based on sales process KPIS and support adhoc projects, group BPR reviews and compliance status reporting. You’ll be responsible for the Group F&I budget and set compliance standards for F&I products and services.

The Sales Development team take collective responsibility for national F&I performance, enquiry & renewals management, ensuring operational adherence to the approved TrustFord sales process and policy. They collaborate with General Managers to ensure delivery of agreed sales and F&I actions, additionally contributing to profit, volume and customer experience. They provide the board and leadership with the confidence that the sales process is compliant to regulatory and group standards.

• Are you customer focused?
• Do you have good presentation skills?
• Do you have previous managerial experience?

Together with our generous rewards and structured approach to training and development, we offer real job security and every opportunity to progress. So if you are committed and are looking for a career, please apply online.
This is a Hybrid role working on site and also from home (the first 3 months during probation will be worked from the office full time, you will then move on to hybrid working from month 4). Although this role is hybrid, it involves travel around the southern region including Channel Islands.

Our PPA is what makes TrustFord. Our Network Groups support us in allowing for every colleague to respect and care for one another no matter what… be it your race, ability, gender, or who you love. This helps us to develop inclusive and diverse teams, truly representative of the communities that we operate in. We welcome applications from everyone. We work with our colleague network Groups - including our Race, LGBTQ+, Disability and Gender Networks to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.
To request any adjustments, please ask this during the application stage or contact the Recruitment Team.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - To help us be more inclusive, requests for flexible working will be considered at any point in your application or employment. Although we may deem this may not be suitable for every role, we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to contact our recruitment team to discuss any requirements you may have.
TrustFord is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on any grounds other than ability to carry out the job role.
All offers of employment are subject to a background check.
We advertise our vacancies to attract candidates and not agency suppliers. If we need agency assistance then we will contact agencies from our Preferred Supplier List. Any speculative CVs we receive will not be accepted as an introduction