From sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager to motor vehicle shop manager
24 of the 39 essential skills of a motor vehicle shop manager are already essential for a sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager — about 62% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 24
- skills carry over
- 15
- would be new
- 62%
- of the target job covered
- 39
- essential skills of a motor vehicle shop manager
What a motor vehicle shop manager does
Motor vehicle shop managers assume responsibility for activities and staff in a vehicle showroom. They manage employees, monitor the sales of the store, manage budgets and order supplies when a product is out of supply and perform administrative duties if required.
What carries over
24 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply health and safety standards
- employment law
- ensure client orientation
- ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations
- ensure correct goods labelling
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- manage theft prevention
- maximise sales revenues
- measure customer feedback
- monitor customer service
- negotiate buying conditions
- negotiate sales contracts
- obtain relevant licenses
- order supplies
- oversee promotional sales prices
- perform procurement processes
- recruit employees
- sales activities
- set sales goals
- set up pricing strategies
- supervise merchandise displays
What would be new
15 skillsEssential for a motor vehicle shop manager and not for a sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- car controls
- develop dealership forecasts
- legal requirements for operating in the automotive retail sector
- negotiate with stakeholders
- new vehicles on the market
- operate dealership management system
- order vehicles
- organise resources for the vehicle showroom
- oversee the presentation of vehicles in dealership
- provide information on trade-in options
- set commercial strategies in vehicle showroom
- study sales levels of products
- types of vehicles
- use different communication channels
Other moves from sporting and outdoor accessories shop manager
2 roles- music and video shop manager24 skills in common
- fish and seafood shop manager24 skills in common
← sporting and outdoor accessories shop managermotor vehicle shop manager →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a motor vehicle shop manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.