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New and Used Car Sales Executive

Job details
Posting date: 02 February 2026
Salary: £20,000 to £55,000 per year
Additional salary information: 20k basic, 55k OTE + Car + Benefits
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 04 March 2026
Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Flame Recruitment
Job type: Permanent
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Summary

ROLE: New and Used Car Sales Executive
LOCATION: Basingstoke
SALARY: 20k basic, 55k OTE + Car + Benefits
HOURS: 5-day working week, Monday to Saturday, with a day off during the week. 1 in 3 Sundays.

We are seeking a New and Used Car Sales Executive, to join our clients team in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

As the New and Used Car Sales Executive / New and Used Motor Sales Executive / New and Used Sales Executive you will be working as part of an experienced team and reporting to the Sales Manager, you will put your sales expertise to use in a busy customer-facing environment. Customer satisfaction, retention and loyalty is the key to your success and we will encourage you to build relationships with our existing customers.

You will meet with customers that make their enquiries face to face, over the phone, or via the internet. You will manage these enquiries with courtesy and professionalism, resulting in vehicle, finance and insurance product sales. You will then guarantee outstanding communication and an excellent customer experience before, during and after the vehicle collection, ensuring that all options are tailored to the customer needs and lifestyle.

DUTIES:
• Make regular contact with new and existing customers to maintain a supporting relationship.
• Offer advice and guidance to our existing finance customers as they reach the end of their current contracts
• Appointing as many as possible to the showroom so that they may discuss in great detail the options available to them.
• Respond to incoming queries quickly, efficiently and professionally.
• Remain pro-active. Seeking out opportunities, when incoming enquiries become quiet.
• Guide customers through both New and Used car purchases, providing outstanding customer service
• Achieve both individual and Team sales targets by maximising the upsell opportunities from finance insurance products and accessories.
• Maintain an outstanding knowledge of the range of vehicles and options, by completing regular training sessions online and at training centres.
• Offer a fully compliant process, adhering to all industry regulations relating to the sale of vehicles, finance and insurance.

YOU:
• Experience in a Franchised Main Dealership is an advantage, but is not essential as full training will be provided.
• At least Two years of experience in a retail sales environment.
• You will be enthusiastic, self-motivated and capable of maintaining a positive attitude.
• You should be both articulate and numerate.
• You should take pride in the way that you present yourself to customers.
• Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills, plus an ability and confidence to convert enquiries in to sales.
• You will be capable of embracing new / cutting edge technologies and be able to demonstrating them enthusiastically and in great detail.

BENEFITS:
• State-of-the-art showroom is based on the same site as our workshops, approved body-shop, Accounts and Parts departments, Valeting bays and fuel pumps.
• With enough storage and customer parking spaces for over 500 cars. We have access to on site facilities that are the envy of most other dealers.
• Company Car and a Fuel allowance included for private use.
• You will be also given access to health insurance and pension schemes.
• Welcomed in to a team that will appreciate your skills and encourage you to succeed.
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme

If this SALES role is of interest to you of if you would like to find out more about others like it then please contact Katy @ Flame Recruitment.

PLEASE ONLY APPLY:
• Vehicle Sales Executive / Motor Sales Executive Advisor background within the UK automotive industry
• Full UK driving licence
• The right to work in the UK (sponsorship is not available)

You can also visit our website to see all live sales roles over the UK.

At Flame Recruitment, we specialise in automotive industry roles, supporting career growth across the motor trade. We have thousands of vacancies throughout the UK — from admin to senior management.

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