Dealer Operations Lead
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Overview
Job Description
- Identify opportunities for improvement, develop and communicate action plans, and ensure successful execution through consistent follow-up and accountability.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and accountability for Regional Managers, Inventory Manager, BDC Manager, and Accounts Manager.
- Serve as the operational bridge between executive leadership and dealership management.
- Lead and develop department managers through regular meetings, one-on-one coaching, performance reviews, and professional development.
- Foster collaboration between sales, inventory, collections, BDC, and store leadership.
- Analyze dealership performance metrics, identify operational gaps, and implement solutions to improve productivity and profitability.
- Oversee collections operations.
- Ensure compliance with collections procedures, payment processing, recovery efforts, and portfolio management standards.
- Direct inventory strategy.
- Lead BDC operations.
- Improve communication and coordination between BDC, sales, inventory, and store operations.
- Develop, implement, and maintain standardized operating procedures (SOPs) across all dealership locations.
- Conduct operational audits.
- Establish consistent operational expectations while empowering managers to lead their teams effectively.
- Promote consistent, high-quality customer experience across all departments.
- Local travel required.
- Multi-location automotive dealership management experience preferred.
- Buy Here Pay Here dealership experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success leading multiple departments through department managers.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and team development skills.
- Comprehensive understanding of dealership sales operations, inventory management, collections, customer service, and lead management.
- Experience developing and implementing operational processes, standards, and best practices.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across multiple departments and leadership levels.
- Ability to lead effectively without micromanaging while maintaining consistent performance expectations.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with multiple priorities.
- Proficiency with dealership management systems, CRM platforms, and operational reporting tools is preferred.
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