General Manager
- Oversaw a team of 75-85 employees between all departments.
- Reviewed employee performance and instituted changes in techniques or procedures to improve services and simplify workflow.
- Coached Sales managers and team leaders and trained on methods for handling various aspects of sales & service complicated issues and difficult customers.
- Conducted weekly department meetings with every Department manager to go over each department performance and schedules(cit, A/R schedule V/R schedule, open RO's, Work in progress, warranty schedules and unpaid claims, rebate schedule) etc...
- Conducted end-of-month expenses & profit reporting for all departments.
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
- Good understanding of (Fixed,semi Fixed and variable expenses)
- Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions to maintain relationships and increase return customer base.
- Worked diligently to resolve unique and recurring complaints, promoting loyalty and enhancing operations.
- Handled vehicle appraisals occasionally when pre-owned manager was not there or when it is super busy to simplify workflow and cut down customer wait time.
- Handled new car allocation twice a month.
- Relied on the strong relation with other dealerships in the region to assist new car manager with dealer trades and filling sold orders.
- Maintained vehicle inventory and ensured that sales people were informed of all new inventory and current advertising efforts, including special sales, incentives, etc....
- Coached sales team to drive traffic through phone and online appointments and referrals to meet or exceed sales targets.
- Built relationships with customers and community to establish long-term business growth.
- Conducted monthly meetings with factory representatives to go over brand and dealer performance for variables and fixed ops.
- conducted monthly meetings with website provider and digital marketing vendors to go over dealer performance and monthly advertising plans.
- Marketed successfully monthly advertising plans.
- Utilized reports, analyzed information and monitored trends to identify opportunities.
- Organized promotional events and interacted with community to increase sales volume.
- Assist with deal writing and submission to banks as needed.
- ·Developed relationships financial institutions & key banks to foster profitable business initiatives.
- Established, implemented and upheld company policies and implemented standards fairly.
- Monitored customer buying trends, likes and dislikes, lost sales, market conditions and competitor actions to determine stock, adjust strategies, and achieve sales goals.
- Forecast goals and objectives for sales,Service and parts.
- Developed strategic relationships with key suppliers to maximize dealer profit and cut down expense.
- Signed all store expense checks.
- Worked with accounting department on weekly basis to go through invoices and identify any errors.