What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Manager position at Stoops Freightliner-Western Star?
About the Company - Stoops Freightliner-Western Star, one of the largest Freightliner dealerships in the Midwest, has an opportunity for a General Manager located at our Fort Wayne/Fremont, Indiana dealerships.
Stoops provides quality trucks, service and parts in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. We are a family-owned company and are proud of the high level of service we provide for our customers that keeps them coming back.
Responsibilities -
- Establish and maintain practices designed to hire, lead, manage, train, develop, motivate, and recognize employees.
- Oversee all operations and activities at our Fort Wayne/Fremont, Indiana dealerships of 75-90 employees to include sales, service, parts, and financing.
- Serve as new truck sales manager while also meeting used truck sales goals with the assistance of our corporate used truck manager.
- Ability to conduct meaningful employee performance reviews and develop specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, and tangible objectives/goals for all dealership sales and management personnel.
- Work effectively with customers, vendors, and other employees to attain required business outcomes and goals.
- Create budgets, maintain, and exceed financial goals for the dealership.
- Assess and analyze the competition, market conditions, trends, and profit opportunities within the Dealership's assigned area of responsibility.
Qualifications -
- Must be willing to relocate to the Fort Wayne/Fremont, Indiana area.
- Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) in business, preferred, but not required.
- Thorough knowledge of heavy and medium duty truck industry and products.
- Minimum 5 years of truck dealership or sales management experience preferred.
- Strong leadership, organizational, strategic planning, and communication skills.
- Maintain and exceed financial goals for the dealership.
- Ability to work effectively with customers, vendors, and other employees.
- Understands the principles of marketing, customer service, and administration.
- Proficient with computer software, including Microsoft Office.
Truck Country® / Stoops Freightliner-Western Star is part of McCoy group, Inc., which was founded in 1958 by Robert McCoy in Shullsburg, WI. Today the company is still family-owned and is operated in the leadership of the McCoy family. Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer – Qualified women, minorities and people with disabilities encouraged to apply.
