About you

You are fluent in both Italian and English. You are a personable,  outgoing vehicle consignor with a passion for classic cars and a proven track record in an automotive sales environment.

You excel in business development nurturing relationships with potential clients, spotting opportunities to enter their vehicles at auction, or simply gathering feedback on our services.

You are detail-oriented in your work and able to follow administrative processes and record interactions within our CRM HubSpot.

Applicants with experience consigning vehicles from trade customers will be prioritised.

About the role

You will start by reaching out to your existing contacts prospecting new leads from customers who have classified ads on our site and upselling vehicles to our prestigious auction product.

You will manage your vehicles through all stages of the pipeline and ensure customers receive a world-class Car & Classic service throughout. Whilst previous classic car auction experience is highly desirable, full training will be given to the successful candidate.

We want to hear from all candidates who have proven strong sales skills and business development achievements in their career path.

About us www.carandclassic.com

Car & Classic, we are Europe’s largest classic vehicle marketplace, we have thousands of monthly user-generated listings showcasing iconic cars such as James Bond's Aston DB5, Elvis Presley's Cadillac & John Dodd’s infamous 1972 The Beast. Under new VC-backed ownership since 2018, the company is on a remarkable growth journey that you want to get on board with.

At Car & Classic, we value our culture, which is built on diversity, inclusion, and high performance. Our team, established from the ground up, has forged strong connections despite being fully remote.

We prioritise having fun while striving for excellence. You don't have to be a car enthusiast to join us, but for those who are, this is an exciting opportunity to combine their passion with their profession

The skills, attributes and experience you must have:

• Fluency in both Italian and English.

• Excellent verbal and written high-level communication ability.

• Sales experience

• Business Development

• Best-in-class service delivery

• Prioritising your workload

• Time managed

• Administrative capacity

• Working in a target-driven environment

• Hands-on on & pro-active approach to your work

Skills, attributes and experience it would be nice for you to have:

• Interest in classic cars

• Car auction experience and a black book of contacts (this would be amazing!)

What do you get (remuneration & and benefits)?

• Salary from €27,000 + Commission 💰

• Stock options 📈

• All the equipment you need to get the job done 💻

• Flexible working - work where and when you want in order to get the job done 🌍

• Access to free counselling, therapy and mental health support via Spill 🤗

• Professional development allowance 🚄

• 33 days holiday to use as you see fit

• Ability to make your mark on a fast-growing start-up 🚀

Our application process

We want to make sure we hire the best available talent! We had a fantastic 2022 with all of our hires hitting the ground running. We are excited to do the same in 2023 & beyond.

Every role is crucial to us at this stage of our growth. We are improving and evolving our recruitment and application process constantly. We aim to remove any bias from our recruitment process, this is an ongoing issue in the recruitment function for companies of all sizes.

To help achieve this we have refined our application form that you will find when you click 'Apply for this job'.

The answers to the questions are the difference between your application being progressed or not so please do give them your time and effort when answering. The first thing our Talent Partner will review is these questions (we may not even need to review your CV depending on your answers).

Good luck with your application and thank you in advance for your interest in joining us at Car & Classic.

Car & Classic Limited is an equal opportunity employer

Equality, diversity and inclusion are integral parts of our culture. We recognise and celebrate the value and impact diversity brings to our company and are committed to ensuring this is a consistent focus, for which we hold ourselves responsible. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this role.