Steven Huntbach

Over 37 years of work experience in all aspects of the automotive industry. Starting with RRG Heywood in the parts dept, and in the latter excelling in vehicle sales and the f & I department.

General Sales Manager - Crowther Lodge Motor Company

(2022-01 - 2025-01)

Sales Executive - Vertu Honda

(2018-01 - 2022-01)

Business Manager - Motorpoint

(2016-01 - 2018-01)

Business manager - Evans Halshaw Vauxhall

(2013-01 - 2016-01)

• Development and training of team members
• Maximize car sales (prospect events/closing/building value)
• Maximizing profit (products and vehicle)
• Closing deals for team members
• Checking and signing off of paperwork ready for administration team
• Spreadsheets charting profit/sales
• Showroom standards
• Analyzing and proposing customers to lenders maximizing dealer profit
• Any activity needed to maximize sales and increase dealership profit

Used car sales - Carcraft

(2012-01 - 2013-01)

• Self development of leads/appointments
• Locate and delivery of vehicles (same day)
• Customer finance proposal

Sales Manager - Ge Auto Sales - Kentucky, USA

(2009-01 - 2012-01)

• Studied databases given by customer development representatives and analyzed customer profiles to spot prospective clients.
• Developed new contacts and possible future business of varying potentials.
• Met prospective clients and explained to them about different loan products and attempted to alleviate their concerns.
• Gained financing from various banks or through our on lot financing
• Collected payments from clients whom paid via our on lot financing program
• Filed liens, vehicle transfer paperwork, and any necessary paperwork need for the sale or repossession of vehicles
• Asset recovery via various means
• Travel across several states attending auctions to acquire stock and specially requested vehicles

F & I Manager/Business Manager - Ricart Mega Mall - USA

(2004-01 - 2009-01)

• Collection of loan proposals and ensuring they are processed accordingly.
• Verifying the accuracy and thoroughness of the loan application along with other related documents.
• Estimate and assess the financial status of the applicant and cross check this person with the help of the survey agents.
• Schedule an appointment with the applicants and interview them for clarification of the data submitted on the application, look for any discrepancies.
• Explain and affirm the different loan repayment modes and help them to select the best strategy coinciding with their financial status.
• Redress the grievances of the customers regarding the loan processing and repayment schedule.
• Increasing rear end profit via the sale of various products and/or services

F & I Manager - Graham Ford - USA

(2003-01 - 2004-01)

• To build secondary finance diversity and awareness
• Build relationships with various secondary finance companies
• Implement backend sales strategy's on lax products
• acquire required documentation for the registration of new vehicles, products and rebates
• Maintain excellent relationships with lenders in order to improve customer acceptance ratios
• Train sales members in pre f & I procedures and sales techniques
• Vastly improve backend profit with the sale of various products and packages (warranties, gap insurance, etc)

F & I Manager - Bob Boyd Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Dodge - USA

(2001-01 - 2003-01)

• Collection of loan proposals and ensuring they are processed accordingly.
• Verifying the accuracy and thoroughness of the loan application along with other related documents.
• Estimate and assess the financial status of the applicant and cross check this person with the help of the survey agents.
• Schedule an appointment with the applicants and interview them for clarification of the data submitted on the application, look for any discrepancies.
• Explain and affirm the different loan repayment modes and help them to select the best strategy coinciding with their financial status.
• Redress the grievances of the customers regarding the loan processing and repayment schedule.

Automotive & Commercial Vehicle sales - Bob Boyd Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Dodge - USA

(2000-01 - 2001-01)

• Gaining new leads to excel unit sales
• Order specialist commercial vehicles per customer requests
• Present sales strategy/ideas via twice weekly sales meetings
• Follow-up internet sales leads and revive cold leads from lease terminations etc
• The sale of new and used vehicles, commercial and passenger via lease or contract
• Dealer trade vehicles throughout various dealerships to attain differing or requested stock