General Manager in Training (Relocation Required)

DriveTime•Fort Lauderdale, FL

55d

About The Position

What’s Under the Hood DriveTime Family of Brands is the largest privately owned used car sales finance & servicing company in the nation. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona and Dallas, Texas, we create opportunities and improve the lives of our customers and our employees by placing a focus on putting the right customer, in the right vehicle, on the right terms and on their path to ownership. You can find DriveTime’s tire tracks across the nation with dealerships where we embrace a transparent pricing approach, eliminating haggling and gimmicks and reconditioning centers where we breathe new life into pre-owned vehicles. Regardless of where you’re located, if you’ve got DRIVE and you’re looking to make an impact, we’d love for you to make a difference with us! That’s Nice, But What’s the Job? In short, Our Management Training program leverages your existing leadership skills, tunes them to our business philosophy, and gets you ready to run your own store as a General Manager in 6-12 Months. We are more than your typical traditional dealership! With our no haggle, set price approach, you get to focus on the customers’ experience and not on getting the highest price. We'll give you the right training and the right tools to help you to accelerate your career. In long, you will: Provide guidance and strategic planning for the dealership concerning sales goals. Achieve sales volume and profitability objectives utilizing all sales channels in a continually changing environment. Implement and execute all company-wide marketing initiatives to maximize their impact and to help meet or exceed sales goals. Train and develop employees to advance through a career path. Identify referral source prospects for the dealership, create a strategy to develop relationships with prospects, and monitor and maintain positive referral source relationships. Conduct sales meetings to motivate and share successful selling techniques and skills. Develop and enhance customer relationships by establishing, promoting, and maintaining excellent customer service with sales operations. So What Kind of Folks Are We Looking for? Master of managing. Be the leader who does things without waiting to be told. Take Charge and own your business! Takes a hold of the wheel. We encourage you to bring out and share your concepts and while learning new ones! Quality decision maker. Good decisions are made based on knowledge. We’ll need you to gather all the facts and take them all into consideration when making decisions. Top of the “Line” communicator. Ability to talk and write with confidence, charisma and competence for a wide variety of audiences including management. Critical thinker. We need folks that don’t simply accept all arguments and conclusions but rather have an attitude involving questioning arguments and conclusions. Listeners…Not Hearers Seek to understand, do not hear to reply. A mind for the details. Okay we know “detail-oriented” is on about every job description – but we really mean it! Level headed. You’ll need the ability to maintain personal composure when confronted with a difficult situation. Plays well with others. You will be working in a high-functioning team environment. We work together in order to win together.

Requirements

High School Diploma or Equivalent (A college degree is nice to have as well)
5+ years of management experience
The ability to relocate out of state once certified GM (after 9-12 months)

Nice To Haves

General Manager, Retail Manager or Multi Unit Manager experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide guidance and strategic planning for the dealership concerning sales goals.
Achieve sales volume and profitability objectives utilizing all sales channels in a continually changing environment.
Implement and execute all company-wide marketing initiatives to maximize their impact and to help meet or exceed sales goals.
Train and develop employees to advance through a career path.
Identify referral source prospects for the dealership, create a strategy to develop relationships with prospects, and monitor and maintain positive referral source relationships.
Conduct sales meetings to motivate and share successful selling techniques and skills.
Develop and enhance customer relationships by establishing, promoting, and maintaining excellent customer service with sales operations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision
401(K)
Company paid life insurance policy
Short and long-term disability coverage
Growth Opportunities
Tuition Reimbursement
Wellness Program
Competitive pay
Consistent Work Schedule
Monthly bonus share, sales contests, and other perks to recognize a job well done.
World Class Training and Development
Paid Time Off