Job Description
This position provides a unique opportunity to get in at the ground floor of a team that works in a startup-like environment while enjoying the full resources and backing of General Motors.
The Experience Center Leader is tasked with the various operational aspects of the Experience Center including managing an on ground sales team to hit and exceed sales targets, product and service displays, IT and digital tools, merchandise and all customer touch points.
The successful candidate will act as a brand and sales ambassador and role modelling GM behaviours, embedding this into the work environment and team. They will have a constant focus on the Brand to continually drive engagement, knowledge and passion across the team to deliver strong sales results.
What will you do?
- Develop and maintain a customer obsessed yet commercial mindset for the entire team and actively develop opportunities to drive footfall, generate leads, raise brand awareness, sell products and services, and increase overall sales performance.
- Build, lead, train, and coach a team to deliver the highest quality customer experience and hit sales targets.
- Setup, streamline, and manage store operation processes including those related to interactions with GME and third-party vendors.
- Build communities by identifying local collaboration opportunities with clubs / artist / businesses etc. in the community and develop these leads into traffic driving events at the Experience Center.
- Be the main point of contact between the Excellence Center and the European HQ, translating pan-European initiatives into the local market. As GM’s eyes and ears on the ground you will be providing customer and market insights to the head office CX and product teams to ensure the sales model continually evolves in line with customer expectations to deliver results in line with strategic plans and key performance indicators (KPIs) year on year.
Who are you?
- A go-getter with proven experience in making things happen either as an entrepreneur or as a practitioner in a customer centric environment (UX/CX know how a distinct advantage).
- A people leader with experience in building, leading, and developing sales teams.
- Have business savviness incl. track record of achieving financial and performance targets and experience in evangelizing for brands.
- Experienced community builder and/or maker/shaker.
- Experience in streamlining and managing operations and processes for setting up and running physical locations.
- Passionate about sustainability, particularly for sustainable mobility.
Additional Job Description
Essential:
- Strong passion for sustainable mobility
- Experience in managing customer orientated environment
- A strong background in the operational and sales management of a large luxury retail, hospitality, or similar environment
- Fluent in German and English languages
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.