Vice President of Operations - auto dealership group

Equity Opportunity

Newly created position

Have you dreamt of a sweat equity opportunity with a very successful private group? If your answer is yes, this is a life-changing opportunity.

Our client is a very well-established automotive dealership group. The group is a combination of small, medium, and large stores. This is a private group and staying private. They take pride in many long-term employees. They are committed to employee job satisfaction and career development. Do you share this value? I hope you do.

We are seeking a Vice President of Operations to lead this group and report directly to ownership. This is a newly created position. You may be interested in this opportunity if you have the proven ability to lead multiple stores, mentor a great staff, and raise the bar on sales, CSI, and profitability.

Take-charge leadership: We are not looking for a person who waits to be told what to do. This is very important; our VP of Operations will take initiative. We do not want nor need a person who is tentative, and waiting to be told what to do. We need an active, take-charge leader, a mover and shaker. Assess policies and procedures, review team and improve managers skills, find ways to improve dealership performance. Does this sound like you? I hope it does!

Bring you experience, energy, and passion for the automotive retail business, and our client will provide the stores, staff, and support you need for your career and wealth to soar ! Passion for the industry cannot be overstated. We are seeking a candidate who truly enjoys the automotive retail business. This is a very hands-on role. This is not a good opportunity for an executive who stays in their office and just crunch numbers. You will be expected to "raise the bar" in staff development, sales, profitability, and CSI.

Our Vice President of Operations will have P&L responsibility, assess all stores, their staff, and policies and procedures, evaluate them, and look for ways to improve.

Growth is part of the job description, and bringing in a culture of great customer service, accountability, and profitability are essential to success for our Vice President of Operations (link removed)

This dealership is in the Midwest. large Metro area.

This ideal candidate will also possess the following skills/experiences/abilities:

• Successful automotive multi-store leadership


• A proven record of sustainable success


• Dynamic, initiator


• Excellent work ethic


• Proven high performer (we will ask for examples of where you "raised the bar")


• Great factory references


• Ability to build and lead your team


• Team player with the ability to coordinate efforts with sales staff , service, and office


• Solid interpersonal and communication skills


• Financial statement savvy


• Must be very up to date with the online auto buyer and the social media users


• Ability to relocate to Midwestern state

Please contact the nation's leading automotive recruitment firm

Automotive Personnel, LLC

Send resume in confidence to Don Jasensky

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Key Words: automotive dealership, general manager, Operations, sales management