Vice President - Regional Sales Operations

Holman is a family-owned, global automotive services organization anchored by our deeply rooted core values and principles that have enabled us to continue Driving What’s Right throughout the last century. Our teams deliver the Holman Experience by treating our customers and each other as we would like to be treated, and creating positive, rewarding relationships all around.

The automotive markets Holman serves include fleet management and leasing; vehicle fabrication and upfitting; component manufacturing and productivity solutions; powertrain distribution and logistics services; commercial and personal insurance and risk management; and retail automotive sales as one of the largest privately owned dealership groups in the United States.

Holman is currently accepting applications for the position of Vice President- Regional Sales Operations.

Primary Tasks:

• Execute a strategic plan for the automotive business within the assigned region aligning with the overall company objectives.  Provide vision to General Managers to achieve business goals and objectives.
• Monitor, evaluate and develop the performance of the General Management staff and their subsequent leadership teams by ensuring they meet or exceed key performance indicators and customer satisfaction targets.
• Provide training, support and guidance to General Managers as well as local leadership by promoting and inspiring a culture of mentorship, guidance and support.
• Confers with General Managers to review activity, operating, and sales reports to determine changes in programs or operations required.
• Ensure steadfast compliance with organizational policies and goals throughout the region by staying current with local, regional and national requirements that impact business operations.
• Collaborate cross functionally with central services in order to identify and implement strategic continuous improvement and company initiatives.
• Ensure achievement of manufacturer benchmarks by managing and further understanding the specific requirements set forth by each OEM regionally. 
• Act as a cross functional liaison with all manufacturers in the region; work with factory representatives to achieve factory objectives.
• Communicate with central services regularly to ensure strong partnership, support, and alignment with companywide initiatives.
• Directs and coordinates promotion of services performed to develop new markets, increase share of market, and obtain competitive position in industry.
• Monitor and analyze sales performance data to identify opportunities and challenges, implementing corrective action when needed.
• Analyzes department budgets to identify areas in which profit opportunities can be maximized or cost can be minimized, and operating budget can be achieved.
• Manage and oversee the needs of each facility in the region in partnership with the facilities team.
• Act as the regional executive leader by successfully mitigating customer escalation though effective communication and follow through.
• Ensure operational excellence by overseeing day to day business operations within the region, ensuring efficiency, cost effectiveness, and high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Provide performance updates to the senior leadership team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align regional activities with company-wide objectives.
• Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned.

Education and/or Training:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field strongly preferred but not required.
• Proficient in various desktop tools including MS Office Programs (i.e. Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, SharePoint etc.)

Relevant Work Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience at a management level within a retail dealership or automotive industry; multiple levels of reporting relationships strongly preferred
• Has extensive knowledge and experience within own function and general knowledge of areas, departments and/or function(s) within and across other disciplines

At Holman, we exist to provide rewarding careers and better lives for employees and their families. We hire, train, empower, and reward exceptional people. Our journey is guided by our desire to get it right every time and the acknowledgement that we have an opportunity to be better. To be better, we have to do better, and to do better we must know better. That’s why we are listening, open to learning new things – about ourselves and each other. We will never stop striving for improved diversity, equity, and inclusion because we are successful together when we feel trusted and supported. It’s The Holman Way.

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