What are the responsibilities and job description for the DART Analyst position at Lithia & Driveway?
Dealership
L0751 Subaru of Troy
Data Analyst (Ops) – DART Program
The DART Ops Program is designed to fast-track high-potential individuals into leadership roles within a dealership. Combining hands-on experience and structured learning, participants will rotate through key dealership areas gaining the skills needed to drive improvement and become well-rounded leaders.
The rotations will provide hands-on experience in key dealership functions, including Variable, Service, and Back Office, allowing you to gain valuable insights and develop expertise across these essential areas of operations.
Responsibilities
Sales & Inventory:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.*
L0751 Subaru of Troy
Data Analyst (Ops) – DART Program
The DART Ops Program is designed to fast-track high-potential individuals into leadership roles within a dealership. Combining hands-on experience and structured learning, participants will rotate through key dealership areas gaining the skills needed to drive improvement and become well-rounded leaders.
The rotations will provide hands-on experience in key dealership functions, including Variable, Service, and Back Office, allowing you to gain valuable insights and develop expertise across these essential areas of operations.
Responsibilities
Sales & Inventory:
- Assist with inventory management and ensure optimal stock levels.
- Support sales team with customer interactions and showroom organization.
- Monitor service performance, customer satisfaction, and repair efficiency.
- Support technicians with parts inventory and service completion.
- Support financial reporting and budgeting
- Ensure compliance with dealership policies and procedures.
- Providing exception customer service
- Assist in strategies to build long-term customer loyalty and retention.
- Work with teams across sales, service, and finance to improve operations.
- Training: 3-4 months
- Rotational Experience: Rotating through different departments within a dealership (Variable, Service, and Back Office)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive Management, Finance, Economics, Business, Statistics, Accounting, Marketing, Information Technology, or related field
- 0-2 years of previous experience in a related role
- Microsoft Office – Proficient with products such as Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
- Organization – creating and keeping easy to read files, allowing easy transition of projects and review backside data/calculations
- Complex problem solving – identifying problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate potential solutions
- Detail oriented – strong desire for accuracy is critical
- Critical thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify conclusions or approaches to problems
- Communication – Excellent written and verbal communication
- Collaboration – Avoiding and resolving conflicts that may arise when working with new team members
- Active listening – Giving full attention to what other people are saying and taking time to understand the points being made
- Time management – ability to prioritize workload and manage time spent on projects
- Does the right thing, takes action and adapts to change
- Self-motivates, believes in accountability, focuses on results, makes plans and follows through
- Believes in humility, shares best practices, desires to keep learning, measures performance and adapts to improve results
- Thrives on a team, stays positive, lives our values
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.*
- Up to 1/3 of time: standing, walking, lifting up to 25 pounds
- Up to 2/3 of time: sitting, kneeling, reaching, talking, hearing
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.