General Manager

Staines, Surrey

The Opportunity

Pybus Recruitment is delighted to be partnering with a highly successful automotive retail group in the search for an experienced General Manager for its operation in Staines, Surrey.

This is a high-profile leadership opportunity for a commercially focused automotive professional who can inspire teams, drive operational excellence, and deliver exceptional financial and customer outcomes.

The successful candidate will take overall responsibility for business performance, customer satisfaction, profitability, and team development. You will work closely with senior leadership to execute business strategy, improve operational efficiencies, and create a culture of high performance.

This role offers an attractive remuneration package, excellent career development prospects, and the opportunity to join a progressive and growing automotive business.

Key Responsibilities

As General Manager, you will:

• Lead and develop dealership operations to achieve performance targets.
• Drive profitability, revenue growth, and operational excellence across the business.
• Inspire, coach and support departmental managers and leadership teams.
• Ensure exceptional customer satisfaction and retention standards are maintained.
• Monitor and improve key performance indicators across all departments.
• Deliver strategic business objectives and future growth plans.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Build a positive, high-performing culture focused on engagement and accountability.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Maintain strong relationships with manufacturers, suppliers and key stakeholders.

About the Employer

Our client is a well-established automotive retail business with a strong reputation for customer service, operational excellence and employee development. Representing leading automotive brands, the business continues to invest in its people, technology and future growth.

They are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where employees are supported, challenged and given every opportunity to build a successful long-term career.

Apply Today

If you are currently a General Manager, Head of Business, Dealer Principal, Franchise Director or Regional Operations Manager looking for your next leadership challenge in Staines, we would love to hear from you.

Pybus Recruitment
Specialists in Automotive Recruitment across the UK.

Requirements

About You

We are interested in speaking with candidates who can demonstrate:

• A minimum of three years’ experience in a senior automotive leadership role.
• Proven experience managing large-scale dealership operations.
• A strong track record of growing sales, profitability and business performance.
• Exceptional leadership and people development skills.
• The ability to drive high standards of customer care and employee engagement.
• Commercial acumen with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Experience delivering measurable operational improvements.
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Benefits

What’s on Offer?

The successful candidate can expect:

• Competitive basic salary and executive bonus package.
• Company car or car allowance.
• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays.
• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Ongoing leadership and management development programmes.
• Employee wellbeing initiatives.
• Staff purchase and aftersales discount schemes.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Charity and community engagement opportunities.
• Clear opportunities for future career progression within a growing automotive group.