Deputy CEO – Luxury Automotive Business

? Location: Coimbatore

? Experience: 20–25 years

? Industry: Automotive – Luxury / Premium Passenger Vehicles

We are looking for an accomplished senior automotive professional to take on the role of Deputy CEO with a leading automotive group.

The role carries end-to-end business and P&L; responsibility and requires a leader with deep experience in managing the luxury/premium passenger vehicle business.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the business with complete P&L; ownership, driving revenue, profitability and sustainable growth.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across new vehicle sales, pre-owned vehicles, after-sales/service, parts and customer experience.
- Drive market share, sales productivity, margins and overall dealership performance.
- Build and strengthen relationships with HNI and premium/luxury customers, ensuring an exceptional customer experience throughout the ownership lifecycle.
- Lead relationships with OEM/principal stakeholders, including business planning, performance reviews and achievement of OEM scorecards.
- Drive after-sales performance across service revenue, workshop productivity, parts, customer retention and profitability.
- Optimise inventory, working capital, operating costs and overall financial performance.
- Identify opportunities for market expansion and business growth.
- Lead and develop senior functional teams across sales, service, customer experience, finance and other business functions.
- Establish a high-performance culture built around customer centricity, accountability,



execution excellence and integrity.
- Ensure strong operational governance, compliance and adherence to OEM and organisational standards.

Candidate Profile
- 20–25 years of professional experience, with substantial experience in the automotive industry.
- Significant leadership experience in the luxury/premium passenger vehicle segment is essential.
- Proven experience managing an automotive dealership/business with end-to-end P&L; responsibility.
- Strong exposure across sales, after-sales/service, parts, customer experience and commercial operations.
- Demonstrated experience managing senior relationships with automotive OEMs/principals.
- Strong understanding of luxury automotive customers, premium retail standards and dealership economics.
- Proven ability to lead large, multi-functional teams and develop senior leaders.
- Robust commercial orientation with experience managing revenue, margins, inventory, working capital and profitability.
- Exposure to the South India automotive market would be an advantage.

Preferred Background

Professionals currently operating as CEO / COO / Dealer Principal / Business Head / Regional Head / General Manager within a leading luxury or premium automotive dealership/group would be particularly relevant.

This is a senior business leadership position, and we are specifically looking for candidates who have managed the automotive business end-to-end rather than a single function.

Interested and relevant senior professionals may apply or connect for a confidential discussion.

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