BestDrive Managing Director

Company Description

BestDrive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental, is quickly becoming the top choice among commercial trucking fleets for our high-quality products and exceptional service. BestDrive Commercial Tire Centers specializes in providing fleet customers with innovative tire solutions including award-winning Continental and General Tire brand products, innovative commercial solution products such as ContiPressureCheck, and a wide array of multi-brand truck tires to address all market segments. Since our founding in 2012, we presently have 25 locations throughout the United States and continue to rapidly expand our footprint throughout the country.

Job Description

Lead a National Business Transformation with a Global Industry Leader

Continental is seeking an accomplished, results-driven executive to serve as Managing Director of BestDrive USA. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a proven business transformation leader with a proven history of optimizing operations and financial results and building high-performance organizations on a scale.

BestDrive USA represents a critical growth and service platform within Continental’s Truck Tires Americas organization, generating approximately 135M in annual revenue and employing 250+ team members across a national network. The Managing Director will drive sustainable, profitable growth while executing strategic transformation initiatives aligned with Continental’s global vision.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior executive who thrives in complex, multi-site operational environments and has a proven ability to:

• Turn around underperforming or plateaued business units
• Deliver measurable P&L improvements and operational efficiency
• Lead cultural transformation and talent development at scale
• Execute strategic growth initiatives while ensuring disciplined cost management
• Navigate matrix organizations and align regional operations with global strategy

Key Leadership Responsibilities

Strategic & Financial Leadership

• Own full P&L responsibility for BestDrive USA
• Lead enterprise planning, forecasting, and execution of growth strategies
• Drive long-term value creation aligned with Continental’s corporate objectives
• Identify and execute operational and commercial turnaround opportunities

Organizational & Cultural Transformation

• Build, mentor, and inspire a high-performing leadership team
• Strengthening organizational capabilities, succession planning, and workforce development
• Champion a safety-first culture targeting zero-incident performance
• Align talent strategy with long-term business growth and digital transformation initiatives

Commercial & Market Growth

• Develop and execute national sales and brand strategies
• Strengthening customer segmentation, pricing strategies, and go-to-market execution
• Expand digital and data-driven Sales and Marketing capabilities to enhance customer engagement and profitability
• Strengthen relationships across fleet, commercial vehicle, and service network customers

Operational Excellence

• Optimize nationwide service and retreading operations for efficiency, quality, and scalability based on tangible and clear KPI’s
• Enhance real estate strategy, site performance, and network optimization
• Improve supply chain, procurement efficiency, and vendor partnerships
• Strengthening internal systems, compliance, cybersecurity, and performance tracking

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are seeking a transformational leader who brings:

• Demonstrated success leading business turnarounds or major performance transformations
• Experience leading large, multi-location operational or retail service organizations
• Strong commercial acumen with proven revenue growth and margin improvement results
• Deep operational leadership experience in service, manufacturing, or fleet/commercial vehicle sectors
• Ability to lead within global, matrixed organizations
• Strong financial and strategic planning expertise

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Qualifications

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE - 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or related discipline
• MBA or advanced business degree preferred
• Progressive senior leadership experience in retail, service networks, or multi-site operations
• Experience manag