Used Vehicle Manager

Used Car Manager – Gwinnett Place Nissan

Gwinnett Place Nissan, the fastest-growing Nissan dealership in the Atlanta metro area, is seeking an experienced and highly driven Used Car Manager to lead and expand our pre-owned operation.

This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who understands that used-car success is built through disciplined acquisition, accurate appraisals, aggressive inventory management, strong merchandising, and consistent execution. We need a proven operator who can grow volume, increase gross profit, and maintain a healthy inventory—not someone who manages from behind a desk.

Key Responsibilities

- Take full ownership of used-car sales volume, gross profit, inventory turn, and overall departmental performance

- Appraise trades accurately and competitively while protecting dealership profitability

- Acquire inventory through trades, auctions, service-lane opportunities, direct purchases, and other sourcing channels

- Maintain the right inventory mix based on market demand, price points, and sales history

- Manage aging aggressively with a firm 45-day turn strategy

- Price and reprice inventory consistently using current market data

- Minimize wholesale losses, aged-inventory exposure, and unnecessary write-downs

- Ensure vehicles move quickly through inspection, reconditioning, photography, and online merchandising

- Increase Nissan Certified Pre-Owned volume and maintain all CPO requirements

- Desk and close deals while balancing volume, gross profit, customer experience, and compliance

- Coach the sales team on used-car product knowledge, value presentation, trade acquisition, and closing

- Monitor daily performance, inventory aging, appraisal effectiveness, wholesale results, and departmental expenses

- Partner with sales, service, F&I, and internet leadership to improve efficiency and profitability

- Maintain high standards for customer satisfaction, vehicle quality, and regulatory compliance

- Provide clear reporting and actionable plans to the General Manager

Qualifications

- Proven experience successfully managing a high-volume used-car department

- Strong appraisal, purchasing, pricing, merchandising, and inventory-management skills

- Demonstrated ability to grow volume while maintaining front-end and total gross profit

- Experience with auctions, online acquisition platforms, and market-based pricing tools

- Strong desking, closing, coaching, and leadership abilities

- Nissan and Certified Pre-Owned experience preferred

- Strong financial understanding of inventory investment, turn, aging, wholesale performance, and departmental profitability

- Excellent communication, organization, and accountability

- Valid drivers license with an acceptable driving record

- Availability to work dealership hours, including evenings and weekends

What We Offer

- Competitive, performance-based compensation

- Established dealership with strong growth and market opportunity

- Large customer base and consistent trade-in opportunities

- Supportive senior leadership with a clear commitment to growing the used-car operation

- Medical, dental, vision, and other available benefits

- Career advancement opportunities

If you are a competitive, accountable used-car professional who knows how to find inventory, turn it quickly, develop a team, and produce consistent results, we want to speak with you.

Apply today with your rsum and a brief summary of your recent used-car volume, gross-profit, and inventory-turn results.