Skills

Leadership Monitoring Sales Sales Strategy Training Coaching Recruitment Team Development

Job Specifications

The Role

Brayleys Cars Limited, a rapidly growing and ambitious business in the automotive industry, is seeking an experienced Head of Business to lead and develop our already successful team at Nissan Rochdale. You will play a key role in driving the dealership's entire operation in a dynamic, customer-centric environment.

Reporting to the Franchise Director, this role offers an opportunity to be part of Nissan's success – already one of the leading retail brands in the UK, with an enviable alternative fuel offering. The role comes with a competitive salary, company car, training opportunities and company benefits.

What does a typical day involve?

Overall responsibility for profitability and performance of the dealership
Reviewing daily sales, finance, and aftersales performance against targets
Managing and coaching Sales Managers, Service Managers, and department heads
Monitoring and controlling the dealership P&L, budgets, and overheads
Ensuring compliance with manufacturer standards and regulatory requirements
Attending meetings with manufacturer representatives and senior group management
Driving performance through sales strategy, stock management, and pipeline reviews
Resolving escalated customer complaints and high-level operational issues
Reviewing key KPIs and implementing action plans to improve performance
Leading recruitment, team development, and succession planning across departments
Ensuring strong focus on customer satisfaction and retention
Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, revenue growth, and margin

Required Skills And Experience

To be successful in this role, you will certainly need to have previous experience in the motor industry, but what other skills and experience would be good? Whilst brand experience is preferred, it isn’t essential. In addition to your experience, you will demonstrate the following:

Proven experience in a senior dealership leadership role with responsibility for overall business performance
Strong commercial awareness with experience managing P&L, budgets, and driving profitability
Ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams while maintaining strong manufacturer and compliance standards

If this sounds like you, please submit your application today to be considered for this exciting opportunity

About the Company

Brayleys is a multi-franchise dealer group with showrooms across Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Romford, Essex, Surrey, London, Birmingham, Coventry and Greater Manchester areas. We’re proud to represent, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Renault, Dacia, Mazda, Suzuki and Hyundai, supplying high-quality vehicles to our customers and providing support throughout their ownership with a wide range of aftersales services. Whilst we may be one of the UK's leading motor retail groups, our business has been built on fam... Know more