General Manager in Training (Relocation Required) - DriveTime

In short, Our Management Training program leverages your existing leadership skills, tunes them to our business philosophy, and gets you ready to run your own store as a General Manager in 6-12 Months. We are more than your typical traditional dealership! With our no haggle, set price approach, you get to focus on the customers experience and not on getting the highest price. We'll give you the right training and the right tools to help you to accelerate your career.

In long, you will:

• Provide guidance and strategic planning for the dealership concerning sales goals.
• Achieve sales volume and profitability objectives utilizing all sales channels in a continually changing environment.
• Implement and execute all company-wide marketing initiatives to maximize their impact and to help meet or exceed sales goals.
• Train and developemployees to advance through a career path.
• Identify referral source prospects for the dealership, create a strategy to develop relationships with prospects, and monitor and maintain positive referral source relationships.
• Conduct sales meetings to motivate and share successful selling techniques and skills.
• Develop and enhance customer relationships by establishing, promoting, and maintaining excellent customer service with sales operations.

So What About the Perks? Perks matter.

• Stability. With 20 New Stores Opening there is a lot of stability to add to the growth potential
• Culture. Interconnected and collaborative environment that promotes growth from within. Over 80% of our current leadership has developed internally.
• Training: Structured and Intensive training Program to prepare you for all aspects of the dealership
• Medical, Dental and Vision. DriveTime pays a nice chunk of your premiums to keep the cost as low as possible for our employees.
• 16 days of PTO and 6 paid Holidays. Because who doesnt love time off? This also increases with tenure.
• Benefits like 401(k), Tuition Reimbursement, company paid life insurance, short and long-term disability.
• Company Car, Bonus Potential and Cell Phone Reimbursement
• Wellness Program. We want our employees to be the best versions of themselves. Thats why we offer a Wellness Program that includes B12 shots, teeth cleanings, biometric screenings and much more!
• During Training: $65,000 annual base pay plus bonus .Company Car and Cell Phone Reimbursement will be in effect shortly after training begins.(Bonus will be eligible once you complete the CEG curriculum. Typically 3-4 months after training begins)
• After relocation and training are completed : $77,000 annual base pay plus bonus. Company Car and Cell Phone Reimbursementwill stay in effect once you relocate to your new location.

So What Kind of Folks Are We Looking for?

• Master of managing. Be the leader who does things without waiting to be told. Take Charge and own your business!
• Takes a hold of the wheel. We encourage you to bring out and share your concepts and while learning new ones!
• Quality decision maker. Good decisions are made based on knowledge. Well need you to gather all the facts and take them all into consideration when making decisions.
• Top of the "Line" communicator. Ability to talk and write with confidence, charisma and competence for a wide variety of audiences including management.
• Critical thinker. We need folks that dont simply accept all arguments and conclusions but rather have an attitude involving questioning arguments and conclusions.
• ListenersNot Hearers Seek to understand, do not hear to reply.
• A mind for the details. Okay we know "detail-oriented" is on about every job description - but we really mean it!
• Level headed. Youll need the ability to maintain personal composure when confronted with a difficult situation.
• Plays well with others. You will be working in a high-functioning team environment.We work together in order to win together.

The Specifics.

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (A college degree is nice to have as well)
• 5+ years of management experience
• General Manager, Retail Manager or Multi UnitManager experience preferred.
• Salary: $65,000 to start, (eligible for monthly bonuses after phase 3 of training at 50% payout, approx. 3-4 mos.) pay increases to $77,000 with 100% eligibility for monthly bonuses once you're running your own store.
• The ability to relocate out of state once certified GM (after 9-12 months)
• Relocation assistance will be provided.