Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NADA is an automotive industry association seeking a seasoned automotive professional to serve as a Dealership Management Consultant. The role manages and facilitates at least seven 20 Groups, plans and leads meetings, conducts in-dealership consultations, and supports dealers in improving processes and profitability through significant travel.
Responsibilities
- Facilitating and managing at least seven 20 Groups or equivalent assignments
- Creating and preparing advanced meeting agendas for 20 Group sessions
- Presenting and leading discussions on the group’s composite
- Proficiently using the NADA online composite as a management tool
- Proficiently using the NADA digital analytics composite as a management tool
- Acting as the on-site meeting supervisor, ensuring alignment with contracts
- Arranging and conducting in-dealership consultations
- Developing and enhancing presentation techniques through ongoing skills improvement training
- Communicating NADA initiatives to group members
- Engaging and maintaining communications with group members in between in-person meetings
- Creating awareness of non-meeting consultant services available to dealers
- Sustaining individual group membership levels through ongoing prospecting and recruitment efforts
- Engaging and communicating across all Dealership Operations departments and respective leadership
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (such as Business Administration, Automotive Management, Sales, or a related discipline) OR equivalent amount of relevant training or experience required
- • Minimum of 8 years of retail automotive dealership experience required in a leadership role such as General Manager, Dealer Principal, Dealer Operator, Executive Manager, Operations Manager, Owner, COO, CEO or other senior leadership positions
- • Minimum 5 years of facilitating, consulting, or training experience required
- • Strong business and financial management background essential
- • Extensive travel and home-based office required to execute role functions
- • Experienced public speaker preferred
- • Understanding of digital retail tools preferred
Benefits
- Full-time position based out of your home office
- Variable compensation
- Excellent benefits
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