Senior Manager Dealer Profitability & Systems (all genders welcome)

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Senior Manager Dealer Profitability & Systems (all genders welcome)

Location: Kia Europe Headquarters, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Job Mission

Channel, Kia Europe’s Retail network department, manages strategic and operational activities with a strong cross‑functional approach. The Senior Manager defines Kia Europe’s strategic direction on dealer profitability and systems, ensuring their localization and implementation across countries. Focus on maximizing dealer profitability, sustainability, brand representation, customer satisfaction, and retail efficiency.

Your Responsibilities

• Dealer profitability:
  • Ensure all KEU countries have dealer profitability tools and processes, driving effective implementation through local analysis, gap assessment, planning, and training.
  • Lead the development and deployment of the Dealer Profitability Strategy in collaboration with Channel Network, Sales Academy and other KEU stakeholders.
  • Monitor and analyze dealer profitability (income & expense) and report insights to Kia Europe top management and global headquarters.
  • Drive pan‑European improvement strategies and initiatives with countries.
  • Define a medium‑ to long‑term Dealer Profitability Strategy for KEU, aligned with competitive environment and local dealer network structures, cascading mid‑term planning tools for country adaptation.
• Dealer Systems:
  • Define Dealer Sales tools strategy to streamline in‑dealer operations, integrating regulatory, customer, operational, business and software modules.
  • Incorporate country‑specific requests, adhering to localized dealer system upgrades.
  • Maintain strict timelines for pan‑European and country‑specific developments.
  • Define dealer training material for fast ramp‑up.
• Internal KEU Dealer Related Systems:
  • Ensure Channel’s dealer systems remain the exclusive European source for dealer information.
  • Maintain seamless integration of KEU internal dealer systems with upstream and downstream databases.
  • Explore automation opportunities through holistic interfacing.

Your Talents

• Education: University degree (Business/Marketing preferred).

Experience

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in dealer profitability related fields:
  • Dealer financial controller
  • Network financial controller
  • Network financial reporting
  • Financial risk
  • Dealer margin
  • Profitability forecastBusiness management
  • Dealer Network Financial performance

Skills

• International headquarters implementation experience is a strong plus.
• Strong project management skills and strategic mindset.
• Highly organized team player, negotiator, resilient, able to prioritize, customer‑oriented and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in English; additional European language(s) a plus.

Benefits

• A pulsating international environment – workforce from more than 40 nations.
• Playing an active role in the development of Kia in Europe.
• Developing new frameworks and solutions.
• Demanding challenges to which you can creatively contribute.
• A competitive compensation package; private leasing offer; systematic off‑on‑the‑job training, free staff restaurant, health management support and more.