From trade regional manager to motor vehicle shop manager
10 of the 39 essential skills of a motor vehicle shop manager are already essential for a trade regional manager — about 26% 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.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 29
- would be new
- 26%
- 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
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
29 skillsEssential for a motor vehicle shop manager and not for a trade regional 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
- apply health and safety standards
- car controls
- develop dealership forecasts
- ensure client orientation
- ensure correct goods labelling
- legal requirements for operating in the automotive retail sector
- manage staff
- manage theft prevention
- maximise sales revenues
- measure customer feedback
- negotiate with stakeholders
- new vehicles on the market
- obtain relevant licenses
- operate dealership management system
- order supplies
- order vehicles
- organise resources for the vehicle showroom
- oversee promotional sales prices
- oversee the presentation of vehicles in dealership
- perform procurement processes
- provide information on trade-in options
- recruit employees
- sales activities
- set commercial strategies in vehicle showroom
- set sales goals
- supervise merchandise displays
- types of vehicles
- use different communication channels
Other moves from trade regional manager
2 roles- music and video shop manager10 skills in common
- fish and seafood shop manager10 skills in common
← trade regional 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.