Regional Head of Business

Regional Head of Business / General Manager - Used Cars

• 70-80k basic - 100k+ OTE
• Fully electric company car
• Growing Business - Great Progression Available

Our client is looking for an experienced and cultured General Manager / Head of Business to step into a regional role within a busy and growing car dealership group. It will be your responsibility to lead and inspire a large team across and initial 3 or 4 Used Car Dealerships based in the south of England, sites are based in Surrey, Kent and London so the ability to travel between sites is essential. Heavy growth is planned for the end of 2024 and into 2025 so this role may grow and develop in the future.

This company has a car for every type of person so a car can be sold to the whole of market. This is a great opportunity to join this environment working with the best colleagues and being able to offer every brand, make and model.

Alongside your customer-centric attitude, you will be commercially minded, passionate about the car industry, and motivated by setting, achieving and exceeding targets.

This role would suit an experienced head of business, general manager or dealer principal who is looking for their next step.

Role Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A proven track record in driving results within a fast-paced, volume-based business within the Automotive Industry.
• A strong used car background - ideally from a used car supermarket
• The ability to lead by example, manage and inspire the team to deliver an Incredible performance.
• Strong customer focus
• Great computer literacy
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Self-motivation
• Experience of working with Aftersales / Service departments would be an added advantage but isn't essential.

Your Responsibilities

• Leading and motivating a large but cohesive team - overall responsibility for circa 300 staff.
• To unleash the potential of each site by setting stretching objectives and providing regular feedback on performance against these objectives to the general managers on site.
• Ensure that compliance is enforced and that it meets all the obligations relating to the customer experience
• Report site performance to the Sales Director and to the board of directors on occasion.
• Pioneer new strategies and techniques to inspire the team.
• Oversee and organise the aftersales/service function on the sites in conjunction with the operations director.

Working Pattern

Your working pattern will cover a mixture of weekends and weekdays, mainly long days of 4 or 5 days per week, rota dependent. The dealership is open until 10pm so the shifts will be long but highly profitable.

An extended in-house training period will be required initially - this will mean travel to the other parts of the business to absorb the company culture and processes, accommodation, mileage etc. to be expensed by the company.

Please apply to Command Recruitment for further information.