General Manager

Dahl Automotive • Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States • $55.91k - $91.62k / year • 2w ago

At Dahl Automotive, we value our team above all else. We are proud of our culture and career path opportunities we provide! It's our Mission to Keep People Moving and as a member of our team, we look forward to supporting and challenging you to success in this critical role and through your career path. Join our team and become part of a legacy that is more than 100 years in the making!

Join Team Dahl at Dahl Automotive in La Crosse, WI as a General Manager at our high-performing campus featuring three outstanding brands: Hyundai, Mazda, and Subaru!

Due to an internal promotion, this exciting opportunity is now available to lead a well-established, successful, tenured team. We’re looking for a candidate with prior automotive general manager experience, experience working with import brands, a commitment to humility-based servant leadership, and a willingness to learn and work in our EOS structured organization. If you’re ready to make an impact and help us continue building on our mission to Keep People Moving, apply today

Responsibilities

Oversee all of the dealership’s components including both variable and fixed operations, and the business office to ensure profitability.
Motivate and coordinate the dealership’s management through leadership and solid business practices.
Set realistic, attainable monthly and annual sales and gross profit objectives for the dealership.
Establish and maintain record keeping to accurately track dealership operations and performance, and hold the leaders accountable to these performance metrics.
Conduct weekly leadership meetings. Continually coach, mentor, train and provide feedback to the leaders to allow them to achieve optimal success in their roles.
Establish and hold the teams accountable to department policies and procedures for optimal efficiency, productivity, and team member safety.
Cascade all appropriate communication to leaders and/or team in a timely manner.
Achieve sales and service CSI goals with the team.
Align with ONE Dahl with regards to culture development and accountability.
Identify and source candidates to fill critical roles within the dealership.
Focus on and resolve guest complaints that department leaders are not able to rectify.
Conduct performance evaluations for dealership leaders in a timely manner, and hold the leaders accountable to doing the same for their team members.
Work with the Support Team and BDC to effectively and efficiently operate the sales business.
Partnering with the dealership controller, monitor and handle items such as receivables, CITs, inventory, etc. in a timely manner.

Qualifications

5 years minimum of previous successful experience as a general manager
Experience in imports
Used car knowledge with a Velocity approach to selling used cars
Ability to motivate and train a team
Strong customer service and communication skills
Ability to effectively utilize software systems
Our culture is a humility-based servant leadership environment, so you must hold values and ethics that align with this culture
Valid driver's license and clean driving record

As part of the Dahl Auto team, you will be eligible for all company benefits, including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401k with automatic 3% company contribution, life insurance, disability insurance, accident insurance, discounts on vehicles and services, and much more!

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.