Automotive Dealer Principal

7 days ago

Sydney, Australia Automotive Talent Full time

Luxury brands and solid volumes
- Award-winning dealership
- Strong employer backed by resources

**Top Selling Points**
- **Luxury brands and solid volumes**:

- **Award-winning dealership**:

- **Strong employer backed by resources**

**About the company**

Situated in Sydney, our client's business is a luxury-orientated automotive organisation with a reputation for being one of the leading operators in their space. They represent several luxury car brands and dealership operations on the east coast of Australia. They operate a reasonably flat leadership structure which gives their team a direct connection to the key stakeholders and the ability to be flexible.

**About the role**

Our client is looking for an inspirational leader with a proven track record of getting the best from their people. We are looking for a high-energy leader focused on driving performance through coaching and mentoring. The role requires someone who can challenge, motivate, coach, and mentor the Department Managers to help them and their teams achieve the best results. The right person needs to be happy to be hands-on when required - but understands their role is to run and build the business.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Hands-on coaching and mentoring of Management and team members
- Full HR accountability (Recruitment, Performance Management)
- The full responsibility of all department areas
- Confident and approachable to Manufacturers
- MUST put their staff first to build long-standing employees

**Skills and Experience**
- Previous experience in automotive dealerships operations essential
- Experience as an Automotive General Manager or Dealer Principal essential
- Strong leadership skills
- Experience and a strong focus on customer metrics
- Exceptional KPI awareness and strong business acumen
- Knowledge of Pentana systems is an advantage

**Culture and Benefits**

Our client operates a dynamic business with a strong core of senior leaders being stable in the organisation for over ten years. With the backing of a significant corporation, future professional development, international travel, and career development are also potentially available. Remuneration for the role is commensurate with the position and would situate potential earnings to be within the expected band of on-target earnings.

Please note, at this stage, due to time constraints; the role is available only to Australian or New Zealand residents, or current Australian visa holders.

**About Automotive Talent**

Our specialty is talent acquisition in the only industry we know, automotive. We are passionate about the automotive industry and have the ability and experience to place ALL roles across multiple markets, including Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the United States, and Canada. We provide our partners with people solutions assisting with their recruitment and employment needs and finding the perfect fit.

**We would be honoured to be your career partner covering all aspects of the automotive industry.

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