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Marcus Robinson

Marcus Robinson

AUTO SALES
VALDESE,NC

Summary

Hardworking employee enthusiastic about learning leadership and automotive sales inside and out. Pursues opportunities to learn new skills and contribute to group success. Offers strong administrative, relationship-building and problem-solving abilities. Enthusiastic Sales and Customer Service professional with expertise in communication and negotiating. Driven to provide superior quality customer service. Innovative in leveraging extensive knowledge of products and services as well as creating solutions for customers to drive loyalty, retention and revenue. Highly adept at training, managing, coaching and mentoring sales and customer service associates with talent for interacting with staff at all levels of organization and public.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Representative

Paramount Hyundai Of Hickory
Hickory, NC
03.2023 - 03.2024
  • Follow up with previous customer's to retain customer relations and repeat business.
  • Wait on incoming lot traffic to assist then in finding the right vehicle for them.
  • Talk to service customers to generate new business.
  • Respond to internet leads to answer the customers questions, set the appointment and make the sale.
  • Take incoming calls to answer the customers questions, set the appointment and make the sale.
  • Whether it's a lot up, phone up, internet up or a service up, the goal is to uncover an unidentified problem and make a sale.
  • Retain an excellent customer satisfaction score to gain repeat business and referral's.

Sales Manager

Paramount Ford Hyundai And Paramount Hyundai
09.2021 - 03.2023
  • Handled customer relations issues, enabling quick resolution, and customer satisfaction.
  • Talk with customer's when needed to close deals and get the sale. Insist on 100% TO before a customer leaves.
  • Worked Deals at the Sales Desk.
  • Trade appraisals.
  • Participate in team meetings to reinforce goals and objectives and set clear expectations about policies and procedures.
  • Coach and counsel sales personnel, assisting with individual selling efforts and helping sales representatives reach goals.
  • Make sure the sales team was keeping up with their sales and product training.
  • Managed new car inventory and reported sold units.
  • Ensured that all after sale procedures were completed and the customer received a proper delivery.
  • Worked with Dealertrak DMS and F&I, CUDL, Reynolds Ignite, Vinsolutions and Provision Vauto
  • Maintain good relationships with the banks buyers and representatives.
  • Try to close every deal that makes sense to increase more sales and gross.
  • Worked out dealer trades. Built and retained good trading relationships with other dealers.

Finance Manager

Paramount Ford Hyundai
04.2016 - 09.2021
  • Submit loan applications and monitored from start to finish.
  • Find the best approval to maximize profit.
  • Conducted customer interviews to assess the customers needs and identify products they want, need and benefit from.
  • Create a menu of options that can work with the customer and bank.
  • Negotiate the term, rate, products and payment to maximize the deal.
  • Sign customers out with contacts and necessary documents.
  • Experience with Docupad and E-signing.
  • Ensure all required documents are received by the banks and deals get funded and closed.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with the lenders.

Floor Manager

Paramount Ford Hyundai
07.2015 - 04.2016
  • Worked with the Sales Team to maintain the process's and daily activity.
  • Oversaw the BDC and Internet activity.
  • Coached Sales Consultant's and trained on handling various aspects of sales, how to handle issues, and difficult customers.
  • Monitored performance, find solutions to problems, and helped the Sales Consultants to increase and reach their goals.
  • Listen in on what the Sales Consultant and customer's were saying to ensure we were going in the right direction.
  • Talk to the customers when the Sales Consultant is having a hard time closing the deal or before we give up to much profit without trying to save us much as we can and then close the deal.

Sales Representative

Paramount Ford Hyundai
11.2010 - 07.2015
  • Follow up with previous customer's to retain customer relations and repeat business.
  • Wait on incoming lot traffic to assist then in finding the right vehicle for them.
  • Talk to service customers to generate new business.
  • Respond to internet leads to answer the customers questions, set the appointment and make the sale.
  • Take incoming calls to answer the customers questions, set the appointment and make the sale.
  • Whether it is a lot up, phone up, internet up or a service up, the goal is to uncover and unidentified problem and make a sale.
  • Retain an excellent customer satisfaction score to gain repeat business and referral's.

Sales Representative

Charlotte Auto Collection
04.2008 - 03.2010
  • Follow up with previous customer's to retain customer relations and repeat business.
  • Wait on incoming lot traffic to assist then in finding the right vehicle for them.
  • Talk to service customers to generate new business.
  • Respond to internet leads to answer the customers questions, set the appointment and make the sale.
  • Take incoming calls to answer the customers questions, set the appointment and make the sale.
  • Whether it is a lot up, phone up, internet up or a service up, the goal is to uncover and unidentified problem and make a sale.
  • Provide an excellent customer service to gain repeat business and referral's.

Team Manager, Internet Manager and Sales

Town And Country Ford
01.2001 - 11.2007

I started in the automotive industry at Town and Country Ford. My first roll was as a Sales Representative for 3 years and then as a Team Manager. We had four teams with 10-12 Sales Representatives on each team. I did that for one year and then they did away with teams and put myself and another Team Manager in the roll of Floor Managers. I did that for a year and a half and then took on the roll of the Internet and BDC Manager.

Pastor and Administrator

Dominion Praise And Worship Center
06.1994 - 11.2001
  • Provided spiritual and administrative leadership to church and managed daily operations.
  • Provided spiritual care through visitation, counseling, and prayer.
  • Helped to create welcoming environment for visitors and encouraged congregation to offer support.
  • Planned and conducted worship services, wrote sermons, and worked with key church leaders to carry out church mission.
  • Over saw and served as Administrator for the Daycare and Christian School.

Owner and Operator

Hickory Stucco And Wall Systems
05.1988 - 09.1997
  • Managed day-to-day business operations.
  • Establish and maintained business relationships
  • Estimated and submitted Job Proposal's
  • Contracted Jobs
  • Managed jobs
  • Managed up 38 employees
  • Managed inventory and materials
  • Managed Accounts Payable, Receivable and Payroll.

Education

High School Diploma -

Mountain Heritage High School
Burnsville, NC
06.1983

Skills

  • Inside and Outside Sales
  • Onsite Product Demonstrations
  • Sales Expertise
  • Problem-Solving Strengths
  • Persuasive Negotiations
  • Upselling Techniques
  • Automotive Knowledge
  • Negotiation Tactics
  • Training and Development
  • Product Management and Pricing
  • Product Promotion
  • Customer Retention Abilities

Timeline

Sales Representative

Paramount Hyundai Of Hickory
03.2023 - 03.2024

Sales Manager

Paramount Ford Hyundai And Paramount Hyundai
09.2021 - 03.2023

Finance Manager

Paramount Ford Hyundai
04.2016 - 09.2021

Floor Manager

Paramount Ford Hyundai
07.2015 - 04.2016

Sales Representative

Paramount Ford Hyundai
11.2010 - 07.2015

Sales Representative

Charlotte Auto Collection
04.2008 - 03.2010

Team Manager, Internet Manager and Sales

Town And Country Ford
01.2001 - 11.2007

Pastor and Administrator

Dominion Praise And Worship Center
06.1994 - 11.2001

Owner and Operator

Hickory Stucco And Wall Systems
05.1988 - 09.1997

High School Diploma -

Mountain Heritage High School
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