[Hiring] Consultant, Dealership Management @NADA

Role Description

NADA is searching for a passionate automotive professional to spearhead growth and excellence within the industry as a Dealership Management Consultant. In this role, the Dealership Management Consultant will be responsible for:

• 20 Group meeting planning and onsite management
• Managing at least seven 20 Groups
• Facilitating their respective meetings
• Conducting in-dealership consulting visits to help dealers improve their processes and profitability as requested

This is a full-time position based out of your home office with a healthy work culture, competitive salary plus variable compensation and excellent benefits. Duties require significant travel, comprising up to 75% of the role.

The key responsibilities include:

• Facilitating and managing at least seven 20 Groups or equivalent assignments
• Creating and preparing advanced meeting agendas for 20 Group sessions
• Presenting and leading discussions on the group’s composite
• Proficiently using the NADA online composite as a management tool
• Proficiently using the NADA digital analytics composite as a management tool
• Acting as the on-site meeting supervisor, ensuring alignment with contracts
• Arranging and conducting in-dealership consultations
• Developing and enhancing presentation techniques through ongoing skills improvement training
• Communicating NADA initiatives to group members
• Engaging and maintaining communications with group members in between in-person meetings
• Creating awareness of non-meeting consultant services available to dealers
• Sustaining individual group membership levels through ongoing prospecting and recruitment efforts
• Engaging and communicating across all Dealership Operations departments and respective leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (such as Business Administration, Automotive Management, Sales, or a related discipline) OR equivalent amount of relevant training or experience required
• Minimum of 8 years of retail automotive dealership experience required in a leadership role such as General Manager, Dealer Principal, Dealer Operator, Executive Manager, Operations Manager, Owner, COO, CEO or other senior leadership positions
• Minimum 5 years of facilitating, consulting, or training experience required
• Strong business and financial management background essential
• Experienced public speaker preferred
• Extensive travel and home-based office required to execute role functions
• Understanding of digital retail tools preferred

Requirements

• Submit your resume
• Submit a written chronology of your experience in the automotive industry, including:
• Job Responsibilities: Describe in detail what you did in every position you held within the automotive industry
• Accomplishments: Highlight any significant accomplishments or achievements you attained in each job
• Reasons for Leaving: Explain why you left each job or moved on to a new opportunity
• Your written chronology should be no more than 3 pages in length
• Please ensure that your chronology is clear, concise, and well-organized

Benefits

• Healthy work culture
• Competitive salary plus variable compensation
• Excellent benefits

Company Description

NADA is fundamentally committed to the diversity of our staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person’s perspective and lived experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, military status, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.