Dy. CEO - Luxury Automobile

KatalAiser; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 12,000,000 - 18,000,000; Full time

Job summary

KatalAiser in Coimbatore invites a senior automotive leader for the Deputy CEO role focused on the luxury/premium passenger vehicle business. The role carries end-to-end P&L responsibility and requires deep experience across sales, after-sales, and customer experience.

You will lead OEM relationships, drive growth, improve margins, and develop multi-functional teams while upholding high standards in luxury retail and dealership operations.

Qualifications

• 20-25 years of professional experience in automotive, with luxury/premium exposure.
• Proven end-to-end P&L ownership in a dealership or automotive business.
• Strong leadership across multiple functions and senior stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the business with complete P&L ownership, driving revenue and growth.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership across sales, after-sales, and customer experience.
• Drive market share, margins, and dealership performance.
• Build relationships with premium customers, ensuring exceptional ownership experience.
• Lead OEM/principal relationships, including performance reviews and scorecards.
• Oversee after-sales performance, service revenue, and parts profitability.
• Optimize inventory, working capital, and overall financial performance.
• Identify opportunities for market expansion and business growth.
• Develop senior teams across sales, service, finance and other functions.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on customer centricity and execution.

Skills

Leadership

P&L management

Strategic planning

Luxury automotive

Relationship management

Job description

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.
• Strong 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.

Skills: leadership, automotive, sales, customer experience, luxury auto