General Manager

Penske Automotive Group • Solana Beach, CA

4h • $200,000 - $400,000

About The Position

Penske Automotive Group is looking for a General Manager at Subaru Orange Coast
to lead our team and deliver extraordinary customer experiences.

JOIN OUR TEAM
At Penske Automotive Group (PAG), we strive to create a positive and challenging
workplace that promotes excellence and achievement, and we aim to deliver the
very best experience possible to our customers. We are looking for dedicated and
motivated professionals who share that same passion to join our team.

Imagine working in a professionally and financially satisfying job where you
have the opportunity to make a positive impact on our organization and customers
every day. Our General Managers are critical to the success of the dealership;
they help their sales and service teams produce results and build lasting and
meaningful customer relationships.

Pay for this position is salary plus commission. The expected pay is $200,000 -
$400,000 per year.

Requirements

• Genuine interest in providing an exceptional customer experience.
• Friendliness, enthusiasm, reliability, with a positive "team-player" attitude.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Strong work ethic with the ability to work in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
• Proven sales management leadership, with successful experience in automotive retail management, and automotive retail sales experience.
• Computer proficiency
• Good communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate via face-to-face, phone, or by other means of communication
• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent in business; and at least two years related experience and/or training in a dealership sales environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five years in a supervisory role in prior employment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree (B.S or B.A) or equivalent; and two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior experience in retail automotive sales is highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Ensure our customers have a world-class car-buying experience at every step along their car-buying and ownership journey.
• Provide an unparalleled level of expertise and support to dealership staff enabling them to deliver exceptional customer experiences while achieving dealership performance expectations.
• Ensure dealership teams are motivated and trained, set goals based on individual skill levels, and maintain an appealing environment to draw the interest of customers.
• Strive to grow the dealership and your career by setting monthly and annual goals for the dealership and providing support to staff to achieve those goals.
• Effectively hire personnel required to meet departmental and organizational goals
• Manage, including discipline and terminate, personnel as required to meet departmental and organizational goals
• Effectively lead a team to achieve departmental and organizational goals
• Demonstrate proper sales techniques to employees with generally accepted standards and company policy
• Establish professional goals and implement a plan of action to achieve goals
• Budget and understand financial requirements
• Read and comprehend financial statements
• Understand, keep abreast of, and comply with federal, state, and local regulations that impact retail automotive sales
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Process data and organize it for management analysis
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Understand and follow work rules and procedures
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Interact well with others and be a positive influence on morale of department, dealership, and organization

Benefits

• Fortune 500 company, consistently recognized by Automotive News as among the "Best Dealerships to Work For."
• Proudly named to Glassdoor's Best Places to Work
• Competitive compensation with uncapped earning potential - our commission-based pay structure allows you to control your income.
• Comprehensive benefits program, including health care options (medical, dental, and vision) and 401k savings and retirement plan with company match.
• Training, resources, and opportunities for career growth and advancement, tailored to individual performance, experience, and interests.
• Values-driven culture built on integrity, professionalism, excellence, and teamwork.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree