{"id":2126776,"url":"https://alion.io/job/snows-sales-manager-kia","title":"Sales Manager - Kia","company":{"id":4372600,"name":"Snows Motor Group","domain":"snows.co.uk","url":"https://alion.io/company/snows","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ciphr","truth_index":null},"role":"Sales","role_family":"Sales","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Basingstoke, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":65000,"max":null,"currency":"GBP","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":85904},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"GDPR","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-09T00:34:15Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-15T01:53:10Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"Vacancy Type: Permanent/Full Time\nSalary: £65,000 OTE Competitive Salary (Uncapped)\nThe Driving Spirit\nBased in the South and South-West of England, Snows Motor Group is an AM Top 50 automotive retailer covering 20 brands across 54 franchises. We differentiate ourselves from our competitors by delivering an exceptional level of service to both our customers and manufacturing partners. We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Sales Manager to join our established Kia dealership based in Basingstoke. This role is focused on ensuring the established Sales Team drive sales forward.\nYour day\nThe Sales Manager is a member of the Sales Team and will report to the Franchise Manager. The Sales Manager’s role is to achieve sales and financial targets by the effective development of the Sales Department Plans and Budgets in accordance with the criteria set out by the Brand.\nKey Responsibilities\nManage and coach the Assistant Sales Manager and Sales Executives to ensure they meet their set goals and objectives in order to achieve high sales performance.\nOversee the transfer of product knowledge to the Sales Team to ensure Team are up to date on the product/brand and have received the relevant training.\nDevelop and achieve a Department Profit Plan ensuring it involves all financial aspects of the department, including annual business plans, marketing and advertising budgets, operating expenses, capital budgets and the assessments of sales forecasts and potential.\nResponsible for overseeing the department’s administrative control system to ensure it is being followed correctly (i.e., appraisal, mileage check and HPI of all vehicles taken in part exchange or purchased for cash).\nEnsure all enquires are handled effectively following the Snows sales process and that all leads are processed and followed up consistently.\nEnsure ‘Treating Customer Fairly’ process is followed to assist the Group in meeting its obligations under the Financial Conduct Authority’s guidelines.\nManage stock (new and used vehicles) daily, considering residual values and ageing policies.\nEnsure accurate customer records in both computer and paper formats are kept. (GDPR)\nControl the security of all vehicle stocks, keys, and vehicle documents to ensure they are kept safely.\nAll used vehicles offered for sale are to be presented as to how the Brand specifies to their Used Car standards, complete with photographs and mailer material.\nAuthorise all repair and preparatory work on sales vehicles to ensure they meet the standards.\nOversee the showroom and outside display areas ensuring they are kept to a high standard for any potential customers.\nManage the presentation of the dealership off-site, through marketing activities such as advertising, sponsorship, or promotions, to ensure conformity with the Brand specifications.\nHave you got what it takes?\nTechnical knowledge gained in retail motor industry.\nNumerate and articulate.\nA full driving licence.\nInspiring leadership and teamwork.\nDelivers Excellent Customer Service - experience in a similar sales environment.\nDevelops self and others - has experience managing a team.\nDelivers result and makes things happen - has experience of a target driven sales environment.\nWhat is in it for you?\nHighly competitive salary and bonus scheme.\nFull training and support to help you immerse yourself in the role and Snows values.\n30 days holiday, inc. Bank Holidays, plus additional holiday entitlement as recognition of length of service with Snows at 5, 10, 15, 20 years anniversary.\nBirthday day off\nDiscounted MOTs, Service & Parts.\nRecommend a Friend Bonus/ Introducing a Customer Bonus.\nLife Assurance Benefit.\nSnows Contributory Pension Scheme.\nBEN - Employee Assistance Programme.\nExcellent development opportunities to learn & grow with Snows.\nRole dependant - tool box insurance\nHours of work:\nMonday to Friday 08:30 - 18:00 (standard regular day off in week, 60 minutes for lunch)\n(Weekends - 1 in 2 rota)\nSaturday 08:30 - 17:00 (30 mins for lunch)\nSunday 10:00 - 16:00\nPlease be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.\nDue to the volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. If you do not hear back from us within 2 weeks of applying, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.\n** Important Consent Note ** By clicking the “Submit Application” button, you are expressly giving your consent for us to retain and share your CV within the Snows Group. This is for the purpose of highlighting your details to other roles within the Group which may be suitable for you. As a result, you are giving your consent to receive verbal and email contact from Snows for the purposes of discussing our available roles with you. Snows will not use your details for any other purpose or share your details with any third parties outside of the Group. If you do not give your explicit consent for the reasons stated above, please do not click the “Submit Application” button.\nThank you for applying to Snows.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5153,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-09T00:34:15Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Skilled Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-14T06:20:30+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":83,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.834,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":19,"reasons":["conf:4","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":85904,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/snows-sales-manager-kia","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/snows-sales-manager-kia.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-15T04:15:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6174,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4372600},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4372600"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsnows-sales-manager-kia"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsnows-sales-manager-kia"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsnows-sales-manager-kia"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/snows-sales-manager-kia\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsnows-sales-manager-kia"}]}