Do I need experience to sell cars at Bud Clary?

No. Plenty of our sales consultants start as a lot attendant, porter, or detailer and move to the showroom floor from there. Others come from retail, hospitality or the trades. What we cannot teach is showing up and caring about the customer.

What is the Bud Clary TORQ program?

TORQ stands for Training, Opportunity, Readiness & Qualifications. It is how we move people up: training we pay for, openings posted inside first, and pay that moves the day you earn a qualification. There are two TORQ ladders — Sales and Service — and they share the same first rung on the lot.

What is the career path for a car salesman?

Sales consultant, then internet sales consultant or the Buy Center, then a management seat: F&I manager, sales or desk manager, internet sales manager, general sales manager. Above that is general manager, who runs the entire store.

How does a sales consultant become an F&I manager?

F&I is the finance desk: you structure the loan, present protection products, and own the compliance. Most F&I managers come off the sales floor, because you have to read a deal before you can structure one. It is a career of its own, and it is also the fastest way to learn a desk.

Can a car salesperson become a general manager?

Yes. General manager runs the whole store — sales, service, parts and F&I. It is reachable from either TORQ ladder: plenty of general managers came up through the showroom, and plenty came up through the shop.

Where are Bud Clary dealerships hiring sales?

We sell across 5 Washington communities: Longview, Auburn, Moses Lake, Union Gap, Washougal. Consultants move between stores and brands as they grow.

The Bud Clary TORQ Program · Sales

Start on the lot.
Run the store.

Nobody is born knowing how to sell a car. Every rung below is a real job at a real Bud Clary store, and the people at the top of this ladder were standing on the bottom of it not that long ago.

See all 19 sales & F&I roles →Service TORQ instead

Sales TORQ, rung by rung

Rungs with a count are hiring right now — those links go straight to the live posting. Management seats are usually filled from inside the showroom, but when one is posted it shows up here too.

01 · Start here
Lot Attendant, Porter & Detailer
Lot Attendant · Lot Porter · Service Lot Attendant · Automotive Detailer
8 open now
Where most people start, and you do not need experience to get here. You move and stage vehicles, keep the drive running, and learn how a dealership actually works. From this rung you can go two ways.
Next rung · Tell your manager which way you want to go. The service drive and the showroom both open from the inside.
02 · Core role
Sales Consultant
Automotive Sales Consultant
8 open now
The showroom floor. You meet people at the front of the biggest purchase most of them make outside a house, and you carry it all the way to the keys.
Next rung · Learn the product, the process and the follow-up. Volume and gross open the next door, whichever one you pick.
03 · Specialty
Buy Center Agent
Specialty · vehicle acquisition
3 open now
A specialty off the showroom floor. You appraise and acquire the used inventory the whole group retails — a different muscle from selling, and one the store cannot run without.
Next rung · Acquisition experience makes you dangerous on a desk. Both manager tracks are open from here.
04 · Core role
Internet Sales Consultant
Automotive Internet Sales Consultant
3 open now
Most customers meet us online first. You work the leads, the phones and the appointments, and you own the impression the store makes before anybody walks in.
Next rung · Own the funnel. From here the ladder splits toward F&I or toward a desk.
05 · Management
F&I Manager
Finance & Insurance Manager
3 open now
The finance desk. You structure the loan, present the protection products, and make the paperwork survive an audit. The most compliance-heavy seat in the store, and it pays like it.
Next rung · F&I is a career of its own, or the fastest read on a deal you will ever get before running a desk.
06 · Management
Sales or Desk Manager
Automotive Sales Manager · Desk Manager
2 open now
You run the desk: structure deals, coach consultants through them, and decide what a car is worth on the day. The first seat where the store’s number is partly yours.
Next rung · Take the internet side, or take the whole sales floor.
- Automotive Sales Manager · Auburn
- Sales Manager · Longview
07 · Management
Internet Sales Manager
Usually promoted from within
You own everything upstream of the showroom: the leads, the BDC, the response times, and how the store shows up before a customer ever arrives.
Next rung · Run the whole sales operation, showroom and internet together.
08 · Management
General Sales Manager
Usually promoted from within
The entire sales operation of a store — new, used, internet, the desk and the people on it. One step below running the building.
Next rung · Take the store.
09 · Top of the ladder
General Manager
Usually promoted from within
The whole store: sales, service, parts, F&I and everyone in it. Reachable from either ladder — plenty of general managers came up through the shop, plenty came up through the showroom.

How pay actually moves

You control the ceiling

Sales pay is built on what you sell and how well you take care of people. The floor is a draw; the ceiling is up to you.

Opportunity posted inside first

Desks, F&I seats and manager roles go to people we already know. That is not a slogan — it is why most of these rungs say "usually promoted from within".

Training we pay for

Product, process, compliance and manufacturer certification. On our clock, because a consultant who knows the car outsells one who does not.

Every live posting on this site lists its own pay range — open any role above and it is in the description. We keep the numbers on the postings rather than on this page, because a range that fits an internet consultant in Auburn does not fit a desk manager in Moses Lake.

Questions people actually ask

Do I need experience to sell cars at Bud Clary?: No. Plenty of our sales consultants start as a lot attendant, porter, or detailer and move to the showroom floor from there. Others come from retail, hospitality or the trades. What we cannot teach is showing up and caring about the customer.
What is the Bud Clary TORQ program?: TORQ stands for Training, Opportunity, Readiness & Qualifications. It is how we move people up: training we pay for, openings posted inside first, and pay that moves the day you earn a qualification. There are two TORQ ladders — Sales and Service — and they share the same first rung on the lot.
What is the career path for a car salesman?: Sales consultant, then internet sales consultant or the Buy Center, then a management seat: F&I manager, sales or desk manager, internet sales manager, general sales manager. Above that is general manager, who runs the entire store.
How does a sales consultant become an F&I manager?: F&I is the finance desk: you structure the loan, present protection products, and own the compliance. Most F&I managers come off the sales floor, because you have to read a deal before you can structure one. It is a career of its own, and it is also the fastest way to learn a desk.
Can a car salesperson become a general manager?: Yes. General manager runs the whole store — sales, service, parts and F&I. It is reachable from either TORQ ladder: plenty of general managers came up through the showroom, and plenty came up through the shop.
Where are Bud Clary dealerships hiring sales?: We sell across 5 Washington communities: Longview, Auburn, Moses Lake, Union Gap, Washougal. Consultants move between stores and brands as they grow.

The lot is where it starts.
Not where it ends.

19 sales and F&I roles are open across the Pacific Northwest right now — from the showroom floor to the finance desk.

Browse sales roles

Start on the lot.Run the store.

Sales TORQ, rung by rung

Lot Attendant, Porter & Detailer

Sales Consultant

Buy Center Agent

Internet Sales Consultant

F&I Manager

Sales or Desk Manager

Internet Sales Manager

General Sales Manager

General Manager