Sales Executive

Salary: Dependent on experience

Company: Van Mossel Esplanade

Role: Sales Executive

Salary & OTE: £20,000 to £40,000 per annum

Location: Van Mossel Esplanade, Cowes, Isle of Wight

Job type: Permanent, full time

If you are a highly motivated go-getter looking to thrive in a high-energy, fast-paced environment, this is your chance to represent some of the world’s most premium car brands.

We are looking for a results-driven individual to join our Multi-franchise dealership in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. While sales experience is a plus, what we value most is your desire to close deals, hit targets, and maximise your earnings. This role offers some of the highest earning potential available on the Island for someone with the motivation and determination to succeed. Crucially, you'll achieve this by upholding the outstanding levels of customer service that we pride ourselves on, ensuring every customer enjoys a first-class experience.

In this role, you’ll represent six exceptional brands: Volvo, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Skoda, SEAT, CUPRA, and Smart.

This diverse position offers incredible variety and growth. We will provide you with recognised, industry-leading brand training to sharpen your product knowledge and sales skills. All you need to bring is your passion, competitive spirit, and the drive to smash your goals—we’ll provide the platform to supercharge your career and your lifestyle.

Why Join Van Mossel Esplanade?

We are proud to be part of Van Mossel Automotive Group; an award winning, people oriented, family-owned business that has gained global recognition over a 78-year tenure in the automotive industry.

Van Mossel now operates in over 7 countries and have been named as one of the leading automotive companies in Europe.

At Van Mossel Esplanade, we believe it’s our people who set us apart and drive our company forward as we continue to grow. If you’d like to be part of our journey, you will receive an excellent benefits package that includes:

  • A competitive remuneration package

  • A vibrant and professional working environment

  • Comprehensive and continuous brand training

  • Contributed Company pension scheme

  • 24/7 Health & Wellbeing support

  • Discount scheme offering online discounts at various stores, restaurants and gyms

  • 30 days annual leave, including bank holidays

Package:

  • Hours: Monday to Friday: 8.30 am - 6.00 pm, Saturdays: 8.30 am - 5.00 pm (set day off in the week) NO SUNDAYS

  • Pay: Basic £20,000 / OTE £40,000+ per annum

We’re Looking For:

  • Experience within automotive sales, main dealer experience would be an advantage

  • Highly driven and self-motivated individual, with a passion for achieving results

  • Friendly, professional, and courteous demeanour

  • Outstanding organisational skills with attention to detail

  • Computer skills are essential

  • Ability to use own initiative and multi-task

  • Full UK driving licence

Job Description:

  • Achieve agreed sales targets for new and used vehicles, accessories, finance products, and extended warranties

  • Proactively prospect for new and used vehicle sales opportunities

  • Prepare and deliver high-quality sales presentations, including greeting, qualification, objection handling, demonstrations, closing, and handover

  • Refer qualified prospects to the Business Manager for financial products

  • Use structured daily, weekly, and monthly follow-up programmes to generate repeat and new business

  • Support high levels of customer retention through excellent communication and professional vehicle handovers

  • Maintain full product knowledge of all vehicles, accessories, prices, and key competitor features

  • Handle customer queries and complaints promptly and professionally, escalating to the Sales Manager when necessary

  • Ensure new and used vehicles are attractively displayed, correctly specified, and supported with up-to-date brochures, price lists, and finance information

  • Maintain the used car display to the highest standard and update the valet programme daily

  • Produce accurate reports on sales activity, prospecting, presentations, new clients, and forecasts

  • Maintain accurate records of all sales activities and complete all sales and financial paperwork promptly

  • Carry out accurate part-exchange appraisals using a structured appraisal method, agreeing valuations with the Sales Manager and negotiating effectively

Joining Van Mossel Esplanade will provide a challenging and rewarding role with plenty of room for self-development, in line with the Van Mossel motto ‘Driven. By you. For you.’

Does this sound like the company for you?

Apply now – we look forward to meeting you!

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Van Mossel IOW Limited Trading as Van Mossel Esplanade, Esplanade Volkswagen, Esplanade Mercedes-Benz, Esplanade CUPRA Isle of Wight, Esplanade SEAT Isle of Wight, Esplanade Skoda, Esplanade Volvo and Esplanade Buzz Centre is an Appointed Representative of Automotive Compliance Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA No. 497010). Automotive Compliance Ltd’s permissions as a Principal Firm Van Mossel IOW Limited Trading as Van Mossel Esplanade to act as a credit broker, not a lender, for the introduction to a limited number of lenders, and to act as an agent on behalf of the insurer for insurance distribution activities only. We are a credit broker and not a lender. We can introduce you to a carefully selected panel of lenders, which includes manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent. We act on behalf of the lender for this introduction and not as your agent. We are not impartial, and we are not an independent financial advisor. Our approach is to introduce you first to the manufacturer lender linked directly to the particular franchise you are purchasing your vehicle from, who are usually able to offer the best available package for you, taking into account both interest rates and other contributions. If they are unable to make you an offer of finance, we then seek to introduce you to whichever of the other lenders on our panel is able to make the next most suitable offer of finance for you. Our aim is to secure a suitable finance agreement for you that enables you to achieve your financial objectives. If you purchase a vehicle, in the majority of cases, we will receive a commission from your lender for introducing you to them which is either a fixed fee, or a fixed percentage of the amount that you borrow. This may be linked to the vehicle model you purchase. Different lenders pay different commissions for such introductions, and manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent may also provide preferential rates to us for the funding of our vehicle stock and also provide financial support for our training and marketing. But any such amounts they and other lenders pay us will not affect the amounts you pay under your finance agreement; however, you will be contributing towards the commission paid to us with the interest collected on your repayments. Before we propose you to a potential lender, we will inform you of the likely amount of commission we will receive and seek your consent to receive this commission. The exact amount of commission that we will receive will be confirmed prior to you signing your finance agreement. All finance applications are subject to status, terms and conditions apply, UK residents only, 18s or over. Guarantees may be required.

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