Sales Manager Cover Letter

Todd J. Van Dreel **** S. Broadway St. De Pere, Wi 54115 920-***-**** abmpg2@r.postjobfree.com

Work History

Howard Motors Owner/Partner 12/05 to Present

Smitty’s Automotive Used Car Sales Manager 05/03 to 10/05

California Sales Manager 09/01 to 04/03

Smitty’s Automotive Used Car Sales Manager 01/99 to 08/01

Broadway Automotive Dept. Head,Used Car Sales Manager,Sales 06/89 to 11/98

Van Boxtel Ford /Jeep Sales 08/88 to 06/89

Achievements

1998 Sales Manager of the Year 1995 Salesman of the Year 226 Delivered

1997 Sales Manager of the Year 1994 Salesman of the Year 293 Delivered

1996 Sales Manager of the Year 1993 Salesman of the Year 251 Delivered

1992 Salesman of the Year 187 Delivered

As a Sales Manager/Dept. Head my department broke every volume record,gross profit record and wholesale loss record. As a

Salesman I also broke the store record for total volume and total gross profit, including 4 months over $10,000 and 1 month at

$12,100.

As a Sales Manager my first year alone I increased my department volume by 28.8% (1801units).My second year I increased our

average gross profit by $200. Per car and decreased our wholesale losses from $590. Per car down to $90. Per car. Decreased our

back to front lot ratio(the time to get a fresh trade or recent buy set up for sale)from 2 weeks to 3.4 days.

Winner – First Place – Chevrolet’s National Walkaround Competition – Awarded a car

Winner – First Place – National Public Speaking Competition(in college) – Awarded a Two Year College Scholorship

Winner – Chevrolet’s Legion of Leaders Status numerous times as a Sales Manager and as a Salesman

Winner – Oldsmobile’s Vanguard Master Certification Status numerous times

Duties Performed

Desk deals,close deals,appraise cars,conduct meetings,train salespeople and managers,hire and terminate employee’s,write and

administer employee evaluations,conduct one on one’s with salespeople each morning to evaluate working customers,work very

closely with finance to get weak deals bought, I also acted as the Finance Manager at Smitty’s and Howard Motors,initiate and

maintain a 75 day turn,instructed the buyer on what to buy,worked the auctions buying and selling inventory,handle all customer

complaints,work with internal team to set up cars for the lot including sublet,very good with problem solving(ask me about this,

it’s the reason for my overachieving),in charge of all my departmet numbers including creating and evaluating them,price

cars,reprice cars,merchandise the lot,manager lot people and title clerks,attend Dept. Head Meeting to present and explain last

months numbers,annually create a sales forecast and a game plan to achieve those numbers,at Howard Motors I also Write

Service for the community,involved in my community(Christmas,High Schools)…

High School Graduate,Marketing Degree(3.5 G.P.A.)Northeast Wisconsin Technical College – References upon request

Cover Letter

My name is Todd Van Dreel and it’s been my priveledge to work in the car business for 22 years. I’ve

done new car sales, used car sales, new car sales manager, used car sales manager, and department

head(used car dept.).I am currently a co-owner of a successful used car lot in my home town. I have

achieved extraordinary success in all of these positions(please see resume).

I am moving south to escape the brutal winters of Wisconsin. I have been waiting and planning this move

for years waiting for my kids to graduate from school and get in college or until they get settled with their

own jobs and lives. My time is now! I am liquidating my remaining inventory and am half packed. I can

be in my new state down south within a week.

I am a very good Sales Manager and an even better Used C ar Sales Manager, able to control inventory

with minimum wholesale losses while maintaining a 60 day turn and fresh trades and recent buys set up

and on the lot within 3 days while juggling 3.2 million in inventory and selling 150 cars per month. I

work very well with salespeople (and other sales managers)with the ability to train and close their deals if

they can’t. My administrative work(paper work)is always on time and accurate and I have a unique

ability to study dept. numbers and find the solution to what ever we need (increase sales,gross

profit,increase sales talent,decrease wholesale losses…) I can do a number of different jobs in a

dealership and do an above average job at all of them

Please don’t disregard this application because of distance without first talking with me in an initial phone

interview. I can fly down for a face to face interview at your leisure. Thank You.

Todd Van Dreel 920-***-**** abmpg2@r.postjobfree.com 2112 S. Broadway St De Pere, WI 54115

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