Asbury Automotive

ATI: Asbury Technical Institute

Asbury Automotive Group is a dynamic company known for its solid growth in sales, and team-oriented work environment. We provide opportunities for career growth and advancement to employees at all levels. In order to meet the demand in growth and train our own talent, Asbury decided to start our own technical institute.

Asbury Technical Institute, a fixed operations training center, is Asbury Automotive Group’s first center located in Atlanta, Georgia!

The ATI program is a 12 week course led by experienced service trainers. The classes are designed to train on the fundamentals of the shop, from engine systems, transmissions, suspension, steering, brakes, electrical, heating and air conditioning, as well as safety. The program was designed with manufacturers to make sure we were meeting the industries demand in skill set.

If you’re looking for a company with a career path and with an extraordinary company in an exciting city, ATI is the place for you!

Why a Certificate with ATI?

• Experienced instructor led service trainers
• Team-oriented environment
• Hands-on experience with both import and domestic brands
• Courses designed around manufacturer requirements
• Duration of classes, 8 hours and in a dealership shop
• Paid salary while in training
• Career placement into a dealership and a tool kit upon graduation of the course

Participants Pre-Requisites

ATI is searching to invest in excited, dedicated individuals
who have the drive to succeed, stay with the company, and grow!
Prior to enrollment each candidate should possess the following:

• Verbal and written communications skills
• Technical aptitude
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving ability
• Previous course work in an automotive shop

This entry-level course provides automotive technicians with the
basic skill set to be able to safely perform common tasks relating
to a vehicle inspection and correction of identified issues.

Career Programs & Training Courses:

Internship Program

MIT (Manager in Training)
Sales Training 101
Service Training 101
Finance & Insurance Training
General Manager Onboarding

Asbury Automotive Summer Internship Program
Get a Jump Start on your Career

Are you a current college sophomore or junior? Do you have a passion for people and a strong interest in a retail management career path? Consider spending your summer working in a position for a Fortune 500 company in one of the world’s fastest growing and changing industries: Asbury Automotive!
This is more than a summer job. The Asbury Automotive Summer Internship is a great bridge from college to the real world. It will provide you with valuable employment experience at one of our stores. You’ll gain practical experience while interacting with some of the nicest customers and hottest new vehicles on the market. During this paid internship you will get an in-depth look at the real automotive industry with two-week rotations in: sales, service, parts and accounting. We also offer internships at the corporate level in various departments.
Real World Rewards. At the conclusion of the internship, high performers will have the opportunity to interview for a full-time position in our Management in Training Program (MIT) following graduation. 
Real World Advantages. Asbury Automotive is a great place to get started on your career path. Our proven record of promotion from within and strong training programs help to offer a unique opportunity for qualified candidates.

Manager in Training (MIT)

The management in training (MIT) program is designed to develop and train recent college graduates and military officers for future leadership opportunities. We focus on hiring a diverse pool of trainees who can be placed in leadership roles throughout our stores and that are open to relocation. The MIT program is designed to take you from a sales associate to a general sales manager role within 7-8 years. Then be evaluated for as a potential general manager candidate. The step is a general introduction and observation of all departments of the dealership. The next step is taking on each role in a dealership:

• Sales associate
• Finance manager
• New car manager
• Used car manager 
• General sales manager

You spend 12-24 months in each role within the dealership. There are monthly progress meetings with a regional mentor and their direct report. To help guide you through the MIT performance expectations outlined for each position before moving forward.

Sales Training 101

Sales Training 101 is a course designed to prepare new employees with the foundation of best practices for sales consultants.

Meeting & greeting a customer
Establishing rapport
Conducting a needs analysis
Selecting and presenting a vehicle
How to do a demo drive with a customer
How to work with the service department & finance
When and how to get a manager involved

As a new employee, you will be placed in the week long course immediately after you are hired. The course will define the “12 steps of the road to the sale”. Other components of the course include working with a customer relations management (CRM) system, basic phone skills, and internet retail. Once you complete the course you will start at the dealership. One week of training is never enough; luckily we have sales trainers who will follow up with you 30, 60 and days 90 into your job to help you along the way.

Service Training 101

In a fast-paced environment it’s crucial for you to have a head-start on basics before serving customers. Service Training 101 is designed to prepare Asbury service advisors for the first day of work in the Service Department.

This course begins with an introduction to the company before moving to the expectations of the business, traits of top advisors:

Setting appointments and building value
Utilizing ADP and customer relation management systems (CRMs)
How to handle inbound calls
Following up with customers
Building rapport
Multi-point inspections
Vehicle walk-around
Maintenance/repair review
Active delivery

Finance & Insurance Training

The Finance & Insurance Training course is designed to prepare you with an understanding of the duties of an automotive financial service manager. Asbury offers its customers a variety of products that they can purchase to help further protect their vehicle. Asbury is proud to offer its customers a variety of products that they can purchase to help further protect their vehicle. As a finance manager, it’s important that our customers are educated on all of the available products:

Extended service contracts
GAP
Maintenance warranties
Tire and wheel protection
Dent protection
Protector products for the exterior
Key replacement warranties

The course will introduce you to company and state regulated polices, state regulated products, discussing paperwork with a customer, discussing APR rates, understanding bank fees, the delivery process, dealing with manufacturer and third party lenders, and giving a menu presentation. We will also teach you how to read a credit application, pull a bureau, and how to prevent fraud.

General Manager On-Boarding

(Preparing You and Your Teams for Success)

The most important role of a dealership is the General Manager, and we want to make sure our general
managers are prepared and ready to be the captain of their ship. The General Manager on-boarding program is designed to go over all of the major facets of our business. Each of our corporate director’s will discuss their specific department and give an overview.

Company history (including where we are today financially as a company)
Defining the role of a controller
Human resources
Public relations
Internal reporting
Compliance
IT help desk
Financial services
Tax & risk management
Service department
CSI/sales effectiveness
Fixed operations
Parts drilldown
Legal considerations
ADP & Elead
Marketing

Interested in running one of our dealerships? Apply now on our career’s page.

At Asbury Automotive we value your military service. As one of the nation’s largest auto retailers, Asbury has successful employees who have served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard. In fact, our President and Chief Executive Officer at Asbury served in the Army and rose to the rank of Captain before returning to school to earn his M.B.A.

We invite you to take a closer look at our retail management training program. If you’re looking for a career, not just a job, with great earning potential and professional growth, choose Asbury Automotive for your next career. Our structured management program puts you in the driver’s seat where you’ll gain hands-on experience learning every aspect of the auto industry: sales associate, finance, new & used car sales manager, general sales manager, and general manager.

If you would like to connect with us for an interview for the program you can apply online or see us at one of the following bases when at the job fairs.

Fort Benning, GA
Fort Stewart, GA
Fort Bragg, NC
Fort Hood, TX
Fort Lee, VA
Fort Myer, VA

Full time employees are eligible for the benefits shown below effective the 1st of the month on or following 60 days of employment. Online enrollment must be completed and dependent verification must be received prior to the effective date of benefits.

Medical

Asbury offers a base model medical plan (United Healthcare) that’s available to you as a new hire – and you are able to add additional coverage options to that base plan at additional cost for each.

Dental

Asbury offers two dental plan options to you through Cigna – Basic and Plus PPO Plans.

Vision

Asbury offers 1 vision plan through United Healthcare.

Short & Long Term Disability
Short-term disability (STD) will provide you a weekly payment if you are disabled and unable to work beyond a certain number of days. Long-term disability (LTD) will provide you a payment if your disability extends over 26 weeks. Both plans are administered by Aetna.

Life Insurance

At no cost to you, Asbury provides basic life insurance coverage, plus benefits for Accidental Death and Personal Loss. If you wish to have additional life insurance, you can elect to purchase supplemental life insurance coverage for yourself, your spouse and children through our supplier Aetna.

Flexible Spending Accounts

Asbury offers the following FSA plans so that you can have convenient payroll deductions on a pre-tax basis, and set the money aside to pay for certain eligible expenses, as shown below. These accounts are provided through Medcom.

HealthCare Spending Account: you may use the pretax dollars deducted from your paycheck to pay for out-of-pocket medical, dental, or vision expenses such co-pays, deductibles, co-insurances, etc.
Dependent-Care Spending Account: you can use the pretax dollars to pay child or elderly care.

Health Savings Account

Asbury offers a Health Savings Account (HSA) administered by Bank of America. Enrollment for the HSA is only eligible for the Base Model Medical Plan or Base + Out-of-Network coverage. Maximum annual contribution is $3300 single or $6550 family. If over the age of 55, an additional $1000 annual contribution is permitted.

401 (k) Plans

The 401(k) Plan is an excellent way to save for your retirement. Fidelity offers many choices of investment funds, and you can defer up to 75% of your pay on a pre-tax basis. After one year of employment, Asbury provides a per paycheck company match to non-highly compensated employees.

Employee Assistance Program

All Asbury employees are automatically enrolled into the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) on the day you are hired. This coverage provides you and all members of your household confidential access to unlimited phone consultations, limited private consultations for issues with drug or alcohol abuse, marital and relationship counseling, parenting issues, stress, as well as bereavement counseling, crisis intervention, financial counseling, legal counseling, discounts and referrals.

Time Off

Asbury understands the importance of a work/life balance. With that in mind, we provide paid time off (PTO) and holidays under the paid time off policy for full-time employees. In addition, the following types of leave of absence are available:

Family Medical Leave Act
Personal leave
Bereavement leave

Jury Duty

Military Leave