Pre-Owned Performance Specialist

GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

Job Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Focus on assigned dealerships

• Monitor and track inventory levels and sales volume for area of responsibility

• Report and communicate sales and inventory trends and metrics to client management develop action plans as needed

• Perform customize consulting

• Create action plans for implementing process improvements at dealers and create training plans specific to dealer audience

• Understanding of goal planning

• Consult and train dealership management on profitability opportunities, marketing, inventory management, website and listing practices, warranty, service contracts and available aftermarket products

• Provide feedback, answer questions and assist dealers with Pre-Owned Vehicle issues in a timely manner

• Act as SME for dealership profitability opportunities

• Assist dealers with Pre-Owned marketing

• Build and maintain good working relationships with the Field Team personnel

• Coordinate with the Field Teams to develop Pre-Owned Vehicle sales strategies

• Maintain excellent rapport with dealership management

• Maintain on-line schedule and submit weekly action plans, expense reports, contact and itinerary reports

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience/Skills

• Minimum 3 years retail automotive retail management experience

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Excellent presentation, facilitation and motivational skills

• Computer literacy, experience with Windows, MS Office Suite and Microsoft Teams

• Knowledgeable of dealership variable operations, especially used vehicles

• Time management and scheduling skills

• Data and business process analysis skills

• Professional appearance and demeanor

• Ability to travel

• Must be able to satisfy requirements for motor vehicle records check.

General Physical Requirements

• Light Work—Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

• Physical Activities—Reaching, sitting, driving, standing, stooping, lifting, walking, typing, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

• Visual Acuity—Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors, and read.

• Requires visual acuity to view surroundings and identify potential hazards to safety while performing essential functions of the job. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a classroom or other client setting.

• Visual acuity to operate a motor vehicle.

• General working Conditions—Both indoor and outdoor environmental conditions.

With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.

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