General Manager - Management

Position: GENERAL MANAGER - MANAGEMENT
Overview
GENERAL MANAGER - MANAGEMENT  role at  Grand Touring Automobiles  — Full-Time | management | Toronto, ON | Aug 26, 2025.

Are you ready to lead in the world of opulence, elegance, and excellence? We at Grand Touring Automobiles are the pinnacle of luxury in the automotive industry, and we are seeking a General Manager. As a General Manager, you will be at the helm of an organization dedicated to delivering the extraordinary.

Responsibilities

The General Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling efficient and effective overall corporate operations, ensuring each department meets or exceeds sales objectives while maximizing profitability, remaining within predetermined budgetary guidelines. They are to ensure all staff members are dedicated to achieving maximum customer satisfaction.

Duties

Assisting Sales Management with creating and completing deals

Establishes and recommends corporate and departmental budgetary objectives

Monitors and analyses all financial and performance reports

Supervises each department

Recommends/establishes policies and programs to improve efficiencies for attaining increased customer satisfaction and growth, employee productivity and corporate objectives

Oversee the vendor selection/bid process for all related dealership partners and vendors

Partner with the Marketing Manager in coordinating events and communications

Arranges in-service and other training programs to enhance skills and capabilities of all employees

Authorizes large purchase requisitions for equipment, services, supplies, etc

Enters into contractual agreements with suppliers on large financial matters and investments after discussions and approval from Owner Principal

Supervises the performance of all contracts and or agreements, ensuring all conditions are fulfilled

Conducts performance reviews

Maintains current knowledge of all manufacturers' and competitive programs

Takes initiative and or attends meetings with government, corporate legal and financial institutions

Attends and remains a member in good standing of appropriate Manufacturer's dealership organizations, community business organizations, etc

Maintains current knowledge of Canadian legislation as it affects the auto industry or dealership directly

Required Skills

7-10 years of experience in automotive or luxury consumer product goods

Only EXPERIENCED automotive management professionals with Luxury experience will be considered. (No consideration will be given to anyone without current automotive Management experience.)

Experience in Automotive Sales is required

Hands on experience working with executive management, corporate communications and employee/dealer communications

Strong work ethic with integrity beyond reproach, impeccable credentials, good verbal and written communication skills, commitment to learn, train, lead and work as a team to achieve desired results

Process driven, have outstanding attention to detail and a high sense of urgency

Candidates MUST possess a working knowledge of One Eighty and CDK software and be able to self-manage their day to day work plan activities

Demonstrate ability to lead direct reports and vendors and manage high impact high corporate visibility programs

Ability to act as public spokesperson and subject matter expert on areas of direct responsibility

In-depth understanding of automotive industry issues

40% travel domestic and international, including occasional weekend travel and for work events, meetings and training

Experience

Automotive: 10 years (preferred)

Automotive Management: 6 years (preferred)

Luxury Automotive: 6 years (preferred)

One Eighty: 4 years (preferred)

Automotive Sales: 5 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification

OMVIC (required)

Willingness To Travel

25% (preferred)

Job Details

Work Location:

In person

Seniority level:
Director

Employment type:

Contract

Job function:
Management and Manufacturing

Industries:
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

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