General Manager - Freightliner Western Start Dealership

Stoops Freightliner-Western Star, one of the largest Freightliner dealerships in the Midwest, has an opportunity for a General Manager. 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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee all operations and activities at our Grayling, MI and Traverse City, MI dealerships to include sales, service, parts, and financing.
• Establish and maintain practices designed to hire, lead, manage, train, develop, motivate, and recognize employees.
• Serve as new truck sales manager with the assistance of our corporate fleet and vocational sales managers, 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.
• Desire to keep up with changes within the transportation industry.
• Work effectively with customers, vendors, and other employees to attain required business outcomes and goals.
• Leverage the use of Salesforce CRM to add structure, set expectations and deliver accountability.
• Create and prepare 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be willing to relocate to the Grayling or Traverse City area.
• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.), 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 required.
• Strong leadership, organizational, strategic planning, accountability and communication skills.
• Understands the principles of marketing, customer service, and administration.
• Proficient with computer software, including Microsoft Excel and Office.

Truck Country® / Stoops Freightliner-Western Star Offers:

• Competitive Salary
• Company Vehicle
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401K Plan with Company Match

Truck Country® / Stoops Freightliner-Western Star is one of the largest Freightliner Western Star dealership groups in the U.S. today, serving customers at locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. For nearly 60 years, Truck Country/Stoops has offered new and used medium and heavy-duty trucks, expert service, an extensive parts inventory, and convenient financing options.

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.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $55,705 - $89,833