Automotive Sales Manager - Domestic Experience

Melloy Ford

$90K — $160K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of automotive sales management experience
  • Preferably experience with domestic franchises
  • Strong deal-structuring and desking skills
  • Ability to drive both sales volume and profit
  • In-depth understanding of CRM systems and sales processes
  • Experience with new and used vehicle inventory management
  • Proven customer satisfaction and CSI performance record

Responsibilities

  • Drive sales volume and gross profit for new and pre-owned vehicles
  • Set and communicate daily, weekly, and monthly performance expectations
  • Coach and develop sales consultants through regular training
  • Oversee inventory management, ensuring vehicles are frontline-ready
  • Lead consistent, effective customer experience from assessment to delivery

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Employee vehicle purchase opportunities
Full Job Description
Automotive Sales Manager - Domestic Dealership

Compensation: $90,000-$160,000+ annually

An established, high-volume domestic automotive dealership in the Albuquerque area is looking for an experienced Automotive Sales Manager to join our leadership team.

We are looking for a manager who understands that strong results come from strong processes.

This position is for someone who can lead a sales team, manage the desk, develop people, control inventory, protect gross, drive customer satisfaction, and create consistent results month after month.
What You'll Own

Sales Performance
  • Drive new and pre-owned sales volume and gross profit
  • Set clear daily, weekly, and monthly expectations
  • Work deals effectively while protecting gross
  • Track performance and respond quickly when results fall behind
  • Help salespeople create opportunities instead of simply waiting for showroom traffic

Sales Process
  • Maintain a consistent sales process from initial contact through delivery
  • Ensure proper needs assessment, vehicle presentation, demonstration drives, write-ups, and manager involvement
  • Drive strong CRM usage and disciplined customer follow-up
  • Improve appointment setting, show rates, closing percentages, and unsold follow-up
  • Maintain urgency throughout the sales process

People & Leadership
  • Coach, train, and develop sales consultants
  • Hold productive daily sales meetings
  • Establish clear expectations and accountability
  • Recruit and help develop new salespeople
  • Build a competitive, professional, customer-focused culture

Inventory Management
  • Understand inventory aging, pricing, turn, and merchandising
  • Maintain proper new and used vehicle inventory controls
  • Identify aging and problem inventory before it becomes a larger problem
  • Work closely with dealership leadership on inventory strategy
  • Ensure vehicles are frontline-ready and properly represented online

Customer Experience & CSI
  • Take ownership of the customer experience
  • Maintain strong manufacturer CSI performance
  • Resolve customer concerns quickly and professionally
  • Ensure deliveries and follow-up support long-term customer retention
What We're Looking For
  • Proven automotive sales management experience
  • Domestic franchise experience strongly preferred
  • Strong desking and deal-structuring skills
  • Demonstrated ability to produce both volume and gross
  • Strong understanding of CRM and dealership sales processes
  • Experience managing new and used vehicle inventory
  • Strong CSI/customer satisfaction track record
  • Ability to coach and hold a sales team accountable
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced, performance-driven dealership

We are not looking for someone to simply cover the desk.

We are looking for a sales leader who understands the business, develops people, follows process, manages the details, and produces results.
Compensation

Expected annual compensation: $90,000-$160,000+

Compensation is performance-based and will depend on experience, responsibilities, and dealership results.

Benefits available to eligible employees include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), and employee vehicle purchase opportunities.

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