Sales Manager Trainee

7136 - Duarte - 1131 Central Ave, Duarte, California, 91010

CarMax, the way your career should be! 

Inspire exceptional performance

At CarMax, we attribute our success to putting people first. As a Sales Manager at CarMax, you will provide store associates with the support and motivation they need to focus on their customers. Your leadership will encourage your team to do their best and drive sales for your location. It is our associates like you that have helped make us one of the nation’s largest retailer of used cars. If you know how to achieve results by coaching and developing other people, we’ll give you all the opportunities you need to build an outstanding and rewarding career in our fast-growing business.

Job Title
Sales Manager Trainee

Position Overview
At CarMax, we attribute our success to putting people first. As a Sales Manager at CarMax, you will provide store associates with the support and motivation they need to focus on their customers. Your leadership will encourage your team to do their best and drive sales for your location. It is our associates like you that have helped make us one of the nation’s largest retailer of used cars. If you know how to achieve results by coaching and developing other people, we’ll give you all the opportunities you need to build an outstanding and rewarding career in our fast-growing business.

Why CarMax?
At CarMax, we are the nation’s largest retailer of used cars with stores from coast to coast, and we are still growing. We’re rethinking the way people buy cars – and our associates help us do just that. We believe work should feel meaningful and rewarding, with opportunities to make an impact every day. Whether you’re advancing your career or growing your skillset, we are here to drive you forward.

Team Overview
Sales Managers at CarMax come from many different backgrounds but they all share our commitment to achieving results through our people-first mentality. We’ll build on your experience with six to nine months of sales manager training. You will learn in store and through business rotations, working alongside sales consultants and more experienced managers before taking on your own team. We’re looking for outstanding communicators with leadership and interpersonal skills, who have proven their ability to manage sales metrics and sales people and who want to share in the success of a ground-breaking retail business.

Role Responsibilities

· Lead a commissioned team and work alongside other sales managers to achieve strong sales results for your location

· Recognize the skills and goals of each of your team members and work with them to build a development plan

· Analyze and track sales performance to meet targets

· Solve problems and look for new opportunities to ensure our customers receive the best possible experience

Required Qualifications

· At least three years of management experience

· Experience in a sales environment

· Execute long- and short-term sales strategies

· Experience in establishing action plans to drive performance of sales

· Communicate clearly and effectively

· Motivate, inspire and get buy-in from others

· Flexibility to provide cover for store opening hours, including evenings and weekends

About CarMax
At CarMax, we revolutionized the used car buying experience over 30 years ago by introducing transparency and integrity into the process. Our commitment to customer experience, innovation, and community has made us the nation’s largest used car retailer. With over 250 store locations and over 30,000 associates, we are proud to have been recognized as one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® and are committed to helping our communities thrive.

As an associate, you are part of an innovative movement to empower the modern customer and drive progress. Your work fuels change—sparking ideas, overcoming challenges, and shaping what’s next. Join us in creating a better future– for our company, our customers, and the communities we call home.

CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The annual salary for this position is:

$65,500.00 - $114,600.00

Benefits:

Except as otherwise required by state law, CarMax Associates are entitled to the following paid sick, vacation, and holiday time.

Associates that are considered full-time hourly or commission/incentive eligible:

• To earn up to 48 hours of sick time per year accrued on a per pay period basis and between 80 hours and 200 hours per year of vacation time after a 90 day waiting period depending on years of continuous service with the Company. 
• For 8 hours of pay for each of a total of 6 paid scheduled holidays per year plus 1 floating holiday.  If such an Associate does work on a scheduled holiday due to business need, they are eligible for Holiday Premium Pay. 

Associates considered full-time salaried are entitled to paid time away with no specified limit as needed for sick, vacation, bereavement, jury duty, holidays, floating holiday, etc. subject to manager approval. 

For more details about benefits, please visit our CarMax Benefits website.

Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application.