Job vacancies
GM Coachwork offer exciting career opportunities and skill development. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from everyone. To become a part of our team, please view our job vacancies and positions available below.
Our current vacancies
At GM Coachwork, our vision is to continue enhancing people’s lives by being at the forefront of innovation, offering affordable solutions, and by delivering outstanding levels of customer care.
GM Coachwork Ltd are a major convertor of high-quality wheelchair accessible vehicles, 17 seat school Minibus, and bespoke vehicle conversions, to a wide range of end users including the Motability charity, local councils, schools, and private retail customers. We are seeking to recruit a Salesperson into the Minibus department to sell our range of Bespoke Minibus and Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles, to cover the Midlands and the North.
Duties
- Generating and following up sales enquiries
- Contacting & visiting existing and potential customers
- Attending shows/exhibitions to promote the product
- Keeping all account and enquiries up to date with current information using our in-house system
- Following up on sold vehicles to ensure vehicles are performing well
- Ensure customers are contacted regarding renewal of old vehicles
- Liaising with finance companies
- Work with the admin team to ensure customers’ orders run smoothly
Essential skills & experience
- Proven extensive sales experience is highly beneficial
- Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Previous track record of constructing and concluding sales transactions including objection handling and negotiation skills
- Ability to provide product information with excellent communication skills – both written and verbal – and attention to detail
- Good organisational skills – i.e., arranging demos with drivers
- Highly motivated, ambitious, and determined
- Good self-management skills and ability to prioritise tasks effectively
Personal Circumstances
- Full UK/EU Driving Licence
- Eligible to work in the UK
What We Offer
- Basic salary of £35,000.00 + (dependent on experience)
- Commission – generous commission structure – with an initial guarantee period to be agreed
- Typical working hours: 08:30 – 5:00pm Monday to Friday and some weekends (generally for shows)
- 28 days holiday including bank holiday, plus an additional day for every year after 5 years’ service, up to a maximum of 33 days holiday – including bank holidays
- Pension 5% employee and 3% employer contribution
- RISE Health and Wellbeing Service
If you have not heard from us within 14 days of the application deadline of 28 February 2025 please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
At GM Coachwork, our vision is to continue enhancing people’s lives by being at the forefront of innovation, offering affordable solutions, and by delivering outstanding levels of customer care
GM Coachwork is one of the UK’s largest vehicle conversion specialists, striving to design, manufacture and deliver accessible transport solutions. We are a privately funded large business employing more than 200 people. We are currently experiencing an exciting period of growth, and this is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful, established business in South Devon.
With ambitious plans for the future, we are seeking an experienced Marketing Executive to support our marketing team in reaching the company’s goals. You will be able to contribute immediately and become an integral part of a small team.
Duties
- Create and deliver engaging e-shots in line with planned activity
- Responsible for email broadcast software including data management & updating
- Contribute and assist with content creation for use on social platforms
- Liaise with customers to generate authentic real-world case studies
- Manage and report on our customer engagement program
- Monitor and report on renewal performance
- Assist with gathering customer case studies
- Support our local awareness campaigns by managing our presence in retail outlets
- Collate and report on competitor’s product range and pricing
- Manage internal marketing
- Ensure You Tube videos are optimised for search
- Other ad-hoc duties such as signwriting and stock control
Essential Skills
- Email marketing experience essential
- At least 3 years marketing experience essential
- Copy writing experience an advantage
- Photo and video experience an advantage
- Experience of working in a collaborative team environment with a can-do attitude
- Excellent communication and project management skills
- Computer literate and able to work with all Microsoft programmes
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Personal Circumstances
- Full UK/EU Driving Licence
- Eligible to work in the UK
What We Offer
- Salary: £28-£30k DOE
- Typical working hours: 09:00-17:00, Monday to Friday
- Your annual holiday entitlement in any holiday year is 28 days, inclusive of all public holiday entitlement
- During the holiday year following the completion of 5 years’ continuous service, holiday entitlement will increase by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 33 days inclusive of bank holidays
- Pension 5% employee and 3% employer contribution
- RISE Health and Wellbeing Service
- Friendly and rewarding working environment
- Onsite parking
- Regular team events
If interested, please send your cv to kate.jackson@gmcoachwork.co.uk
Every member of the GM team is vital to ensure we manufacture and supply a high quality range of vehicles. Enthusiasm, helpfulness, commitment and performance, is essential in whatever position you hold, in maintaining the company’s image and professional reputation. We hope that the business will continue to grow and prosper in years to come and rely on all members of the team to play their part in achieving the company goals; of producing exceptional products that fulfil our customers desires.
If we don’t currently have any suitable vacancies yet and you feel that you have the necessary skills and attitude to succeed within GM Coachwork, then please send us your CV and a covering letter as we are always searching for the right people to join our business.
While skills and experience are important, we focus much more on the person, how that person will integrate with the GM culture and whether the job will suit them, just as much as whether they will fit the job role.
