AUTOMOTIVE PLATFORM GENERAL MANAGER
Georgia | Confidential Executive Search
Lead the Platform. Develop the People. Drive the Performance.
A growing automotive organization is conducting a search for an accomplished Automotive Platform General Manager to provide executive leadership and operational oversight across multiple dealership operations in Georgia.
This is not a traditional single-store General Manager position.
We are seeking a proven automotive executive with the experience, leadership presence, and business acumen to oversee multiple dealerships, develop strong leaders and department leaders, and drive performance across an entire platform.
The right individual will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the organization while helping shape its continued growth.
The Opportunity
The Platform General Manager will serve as a key operational leader, working closely with executive leadership while providing direction, accountability, and support to dealership General Managers.
The focus is clear:
Build great leaders. Create exceptional operations. Deliver consistent results.
You will have broad responsibility for platform performance, including profitability, sales effectiveness, fixed operations, inventory, customer experience, talent development, manufacturer relationships, and execution of organizational initiatives.
This position requires someone who can see the business at both levels — understanding the details that drive dealership performance while maintaining the strategic perspective necessary to lead multiple operations successfully.
Your Impact
As Platform General Manager, you will:
- Provide leadership, direction, and accountability across multiple dealership operations.
- Coach and develop General Managers into stronger business leaders.
- Establish clear performance expectations and ensure consistent execution across the platform.
- Drive revenue, profitability, market share, and operational performance.
- Evaluate dealership financial statements, forecasts, expenses, inventory, and key performance indicators.
- Identify underperforming areas and develop actionable strategies for improvement.
- Strengthen both variable and fixed operations.
- Ensure effective inventory management, pricing strategies, aging standards, and overall asset utilization.
- Build a strong leadership pipeline by identifying, recruiting, developing, and retaining top automotive talent.
- Partner with dealership leadership to elevate customer experience and retention.
- Maintain productive manufacturer relationships and ensure performance expectations are achieved.
- Create greater consistency, accountability, and best-practice sharing across dealerships.
- Work closely with executive leadership on strategic initiatives and future growth opportunities.
The Executive We Want to Meet
We are looking for someone with a proven record of producing results in automotive retail leadership.
The ideal candidate will bring:
- Significant automotive retail executive experience.
- Successful experience as a Platform GM, Market President, Regional/Area Leader, Multi-Store Operator, or highly accomplished General Manager with multi-store capabilities.
- Import franchise experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success leading and developing dealership General Managers and senior leaders.
- Exceptional understanding of dealership financial statements and operational KPIs.
- Strong expertise across both variable and fixed operations.
- A history of improving profitability, market performance, customer satisfaction, and organizational effectiveness.
- Strong manufacturer/OEM relationship experience.
- Proven ability to recruit, develop, and retain high-performing leadership teams.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational leadership.
- High integrity, strong judgment, and an ownership mentality.
This Opportunity Is Different
We are not searching for someone to simply oversee several dealerships.
We are looking for an executive who can elevate them.
Someone who knows when to challenge a General Manager and when to support one.
Someone who can walk into an operation, understand the numbers, identify the opportunity, develop a plan, and inspire the team to execute it.
Someone who recognizes that long-term dealership performance comes from developing exceptional leaders — not simply managing results.
For the right automotive executive, this is an opportunity to have significant influence, operate with meaningful responsibility, and play an important role in the continued growth of an established automotive organization.
Executive Compensation & Growth
The position offers a highly competitive executive compensation package with significant performance-based earning potential, commensurate with experience and demonstrated results.
For an exceptional performer, this opportunity also offers meaningful potential for continued advancement as the organization grows.
A Confidential Conversation
We recognize that the strongest candidates for this position are likely successful and currently employed.
For that reason, all inquiries, applications, and conversations will be handled with strict confidentiality.
If you have successfully led dealership operations, developed high-performing General Managers, and are ready for an opportunity where your leadership can impact an entire automotive platform, we would welcome a confidential conversation.
This isn’t about managing more stores.
It’s about building stronger ones.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $200,000.00 - $250,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
