About This Role
This sales role at a Honda authorized dealer involves guiding both corporate and individual customers through the process of purchasing Honda vehicles, car insurance, and vehicle inspections. The position is primarily focused on response-based sales, where you will engage with customers by understanding their current vehicle needs, family structure, and lifestyle to propose the most suitable car. The role is ideal for individuals who enjoy interacting with people and want to build lasting relationships in a community-focused environment, even if they are new to sales.
Responsibilities
- Guide corporate and individual customers on Honda vehicles, car insurance, and vehicle inspections
- Conduct response-based sales, listening to customer needs and proposing suitable vehicles
- Contact and visit existing customers on weekdays to check vehicle condition, arrange inspections and maintenance, and inform them about vehicle inspection times
- Handle customer proposals and consultations in the showroom on weekends
- Use a company-provided smartphone and tablet for comparisons and explanations
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Ordinary driver's license (AT limited allowed)
- No experience required
- Second new graduates welcome
Nice to have:
- Insurance agent qualification
- Used car appraiser qualification
- Car sales experience
- Sales experience
- Customer service experience
- UI/U-turn candidates welcome
Benefits
- Annual salary increase
- Semi-annual bonus (July and December, with previous year's achievements)
- Special bonus based on performance (with current year's payment record)
- Sales allowance (up to 700,000 yen)
- Perfect attendance allowance: 5,000 yen/month
- Non-smoking allowance: 3,000 yen/month
- Gross profit incentive: 5,000 yen~/month
- Qualification allowance: 3,000 yen~/month
- Incentive pay based on sales performance
- Overtime allowance (not deemed as fixed overtime pay)
- Commuting allowance: up to 21,000 yen/month
- Maternity and childcare leave system
- Company-provided mobile phone
- Company-provided tablet device
- Uniform provided
- Employee discount system for vehicle purchase and maintenance
- Qualification acquisition support system (company fully covers costs after joining)
- Full subsidy for influenza vaccination costs
- Full subsidy for breast cancer screening costs
- Half subsidy for smoking cessation outpatient costs
- Meal assistance available
- Office de YASAI (salads and fruits available in a dedicated refrigerator)
- Training system available
- New employee induction training
- Customer service etiquette training
- OJT training
- Follow-up training
- Car insurance training
- HONDA D-Campus
- Social insurance fully equipped
Important Details
- Schedule: 8:45-18:00 (day shift), 75-minute break, 8 hours actual work, average 20 hours of overtime per month
- Days off: Wednesdays + 1st and 3rd Tuesdays (1-2 Saturdays or Sundays off per month)
- Contract: Permanent, 3-month trial period
- Annual holidays: 115 days
- Leave: GW, Summer, New Year's, prenatal/postnatal, childcare, paid leave
Application Process
- Documents: Resume and CV (for written exam)
- Written exam (SPI)
- Interview 1: Store Manager interview
- Interview 2: Executive interview
- Start date is negotiable during the interview
Workplace Environment
- Passive smoking measures: Separate smoking areas
About the Company
Honda Auto Shibata engages in new and used car sales, vehicle inspections, maintenance, and repair, as well as being an agent for non-life and life insurance, and selling parts and accessories. Established on November 16, 1973, the company employs 118 people (88 men/30 women as of April 1, 2026) with capital of 50 million yen and sales of 4.53 billion yen (August 2025 fiscal year). The average employee age is 41.2 years as of November 2025.
