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  • Posted: Jun 13, 2026
    Deadline: Jun 20, 2026
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  • Motus is South Africa’s leading automotive group, employing over 16 700 people globally.
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    Dealer Principal | Motus Sinotruck Midrand

    Job Description

    • Motus Sinotruck Midrand currently holds a vacancy for a Dealer Principal reporting to the Motus Commercial Division Franchise Executive. This role requires a decisive and commercially astute leader with strong operational understanding of the heavy-duty truck market, aftersales performance drivers, and fleet customer expectations.
    • The ideal candidate is passionate about building people, delivering growth, and driving excellence across all dealership functions.

    Main purpose:

    • To develop and execute tactical strategies that ensure sustainable profitability, operational excellence, and market share growth within a commercial trucks dealership environment, while maintaining alignment with Motus and OEM brand standards.

    Generic outputs

    • To develop strategies to drive dealership revenue, profitability and market share in the relevant area.
    • Develop and implement people capacity plans in line with delivery, performance objectives and budget, in partnership with specialized areas across the value-chain.
    • To achieve and exceed financial targets as per agreed budget.
    • Optimally manage and control the cross-functional areas in the dealer.
    • To formulate and implement dealerships practices in compliance with legal requirements, Motus and OEM guidelines.
    • To manage the assets of the dealership optimally (cash control/flow, liquidity, stock, debtors, creditors, etc).
    • To provide effective leadership and people management to attract, develop and retain high quality and success orientated dealer staff (DP's key focus is to act as an effective 'manager of managers').
    • To ensure customer acquisition and retention via customer focused interventions in the dealership.
    • To generate enthusiasm and set an appropriate brand example in line with the franchise standards.
    • To be informed and up to date regarding competitor intelligence and awareness via proper market analysis.
    • Track the performance to measure and improve operational efficiency for the dealership.
    • Create a positive work climate and culture to energize employees, give meaning to work, minimize work disruption and maximize employee productivity.

    Position Knowledge

    • Working knowledge of Labour and Regulatory legislation.
    • Financial knowledge.
    • Motor industry knowledge.
    • Brand Management knowledge.
    • Business, Sales and Service Process and Parts knowledge.

    Position Related Skills

    • Customer service/orientation skills.
    • People Management skills.
    • Computer skills.
    • Financial Management skills

    Position Experience

    • Exposure to various motor industry business disciplines within a customer focused environment.
    • Motor industry experience > 7 years.
    • Extensive used vehicle sales experience and knowledge > 5 years.
    • Dealer operation Management experience > 3 years.
    • Retail, Sales and Service experience.
    • Marketing related experience.

    Education, Essential Competency Requirement

    • B Com / other relevant tertiary business/commercial qualifications (preferable)
    • Deciding and Initiating Action.
    • Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations.
    • Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives.
    • Leading and Supervising.
    • Persuading and Influence
    • Adhering to Principles and Values.
    • Formulating Strategies and Concepts.
    • Planning and organizing.
    • Coping with Pressures and Setbacks.
    • Analyzing.
    • Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking.

    Closing Date 14 June 2026

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Motus Holdings Limited on motus.simplify.hr to apply

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