Jaguar Land Rover is the UK's largest automotive manufacturer, built around two iconic British car brands: Land Rover, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel- drive vehicles; and Jaguar, one of the world’s premier luxury sports saloon and sports car marques. The company employs almost 38,000 people globally and supports around 275,000 more through our retailers, suppliers and local businesses.

We are looking for people who share our passion to join our highly successful Retailer Apprenticeship Programme. We recognise the importance in identifying talented people to become the next generation of professional retailer employees and help us achieve our ambitious growth plans.

 

The Jaguar Land Rover Vehicle Sales Assistant Apprenticeship

The Apprenticeship Programme is geared toward training the right candidate to become a qualified Vehicle Sales Assistant. But what does a Vehicle Sales Assistant actually do?

Vehicle Sales Assistants, executives or vehicle salespeople are responsible for selling new and used vehicles.

Duties commonly include:

• Greeting customers, discussing their needs and advising them on the most suitable vehicle
• Arranging test drives
• Negotiating sale and trade-in prices
• Working out finance arrangements and packages, which may include organising registration plates, road tax and delivery of vehicles
• Highlighting any additional products relevant to the customer
• Processing orders and completing relevant paperwork, which may include carrying out stock checks using manufacturers’ databases
• Updating customers on the progress of orders and contacting potential customers to update them about new vehicles and deals
• Updating stock lists
• Managing advertising and updating the website
• Keeping the forecourt and cars clean and tidy
• Providing potential customers with relevant literature and information
• Inspecting vehicles pre- and post- sale
• Attending auctions

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking individual to join our team and embark on a long-term career, with excellent earning and progression opportunities once you complete your apprenticeship.

In larger organisations you may work as part of a team, specialising in one aspect of selling. In smaller organisations you may be responsible for all aspects of vehicle sales.

 

Training Provided

As well as employment in our retailer, you will be given the training and support you need to develop both personally and professionally.

Using a combination of classroom-based training, e-learning, practical training and application of learning, you will be guided by your trainers and personal mentor along to the road to success.

This apprenticeship combines off-the-job training with on-the-job learning, and you will be supported every step of the way.

 

(England:Standard)

On successful completion of the one-year programme you will receive the following:

• Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner Standard
• Jaguar Land Rover specific certifications

 

(Scotland/ Wales/ N.Ireland: Framework)

On successful completion of the 15-month programme you will receive the following:

• Level 2 / Level 5 Customer Service Apprenticeship
• Jaguar Land Rover specific certifications

Scottish and Welsh training groups are subject to minimum numbers signed up on a course. Please speak to your recruitment advisor for further information.

 

Desired skills 

This is an exciting, varied, customer facing role. While the training provided will give you the skills you need to be successful in your role you will need to be a confident individual with the ambition to succeed. Our ideal candidate will be a people person with excellent communication skills and a flair for sales.

Application numbers for the Jaguar Land Rover Retailer Apprenticeship Programme are high so we're looking for you to demonstrate why you stand out from the crowd. We're not looking for the finished article; rather we want to identify those people that are ambitious and demonstrate a willingness to learn, who are excited by the prospect of working with our fantastic, technologically advanced vehicles and really engage in the recruitment process. Key personal skills to demonstrate include:

• A willingness to learn
• Teamwork
• Engineering interest
• Quality focus
• Personal responsibility and resilience

 

Minimum entry requirements

GCSE grades 9 – 4 (A – C) or equivalent in English, Maths and two other subjects are required.

In Scotland, applicants must have or be predicted to achieve Scottish National 5 Grades A - C or above in English, Maths and either a Science or Technical subject.  

'Equivalent' grades include:

• BTEC first diplomas and certificates
• OCR Nationals
• Key Skills Level 2
• NVQs
• Essential Skills (Wales)
• Functional Skills Level 2
• Core Skills (Scotland)

We accept predicted grades and conditional offers can be made based on predicted grades.

Future Prospects 

There are lots of opportunities to develop your career within our expanding Retailer Network. Once qualified, the earning potential for a Sales Assistant is commission based, so it is well worth considering the future opportunities that lay beyond the apprenticeship.

Your early development is carefully mapped through your Apprenticeship journey with your learning focused toward achieving an industry recognised qualification. Embedded within your training are the Jaguar Land Rover global training materials. This is the grounding for your future development within the network and our Learner Management System, Excellence will guide you through your short, medium and long term career path.

Further notes

We understand the importance of diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, especially underrepresented groups such as female applicants or applicants from ethnic minorities.

If you can’t apply online, please contact us on 020 3897 3889.

Please do not contact the retailer. Inspiro Training are the main point of contact for this vacancy and carry out the full recruitment service for the Jaguar Land Rover network. Approaching the retailer directly will not always help your application.

Deadline: one month

Salary: £192 per week

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