Andre Gach
Automotive specialists
Trumbull, CT *6611
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Experienced, passionate, and self-motivated General Sales Manager with twenty years of dealership experience. Strong organizational skills and achievements in sales and profitability. Areas of expertise include Sales Training, Finance & Insurance, New and Used Car Sales, Parts and Service Sales, Customer Satisfaction and Retention and commitment for excellence Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
GSM
Harte Infiniti - Hartford, CT
February 2023 to Present
Run all aspects of the sales department. Desking and closing deals, appraisals,training, hiring, advertising, follow up. Order vehicles and any and everything that has to do with the automotive business. Excellent people skills with great csi and customer service. Very dependable and trustworthy, General Sales Manager
Newburgh Nissan - Newburgh, NY
October 2021 to February 2023
Ran all aspects of the sales department including desking,appraisals,advertising,locates,training,hiring and firing,inventory selections. Oversaw the finance department and help with service as well. General Sales Manager and General Manager
D’Addario Nissan - Shelton, CT
August 2010 to October 2021
Ensure dealership profitability with management responsibility for Variable Operations (sales & financing), Fixed Operations (service & parts), and Business Office (accounting & administration). Duties as General Manager include, planning, motivating, coordinating dealership management with solid and proven business practices.
Development of short and long-term goals for each department manager (includes administrative, sales, service & parts departments), monthly and quarterly meeting to review financial statement results, establish revisions, and corrective actions as needed. Adherence to Quarterly management review of manufacturer’s dealership performance reports for sales, customer satisfaction and competitive local brands. Maintaining good working relationship with lending institutions and manufacturer’s representatives, overseeing employee training and ensure positive employee morale and work environment.
General Sales Manager
County Line Nissan - Middlebury, CT
January 2002 to December 2010
Duties as General Sales Manager included all aspects of managing the sales department to include training, desking deals, advertising, hiring, trade appraisals, and ordering vehicles. Finance Manager
Danbury Auto Group - Danbury, CT
January 1996 to December 2002
Finance Manager of the Danbury Auto Group my duties included completing all financial transactions with banks and customers and sale of various aftermarket products. Completed all dealership, bank and state paperwork associated with an automotive vehicle purchase or lease. 1994 - 1996 – Broker, Gruntal and Company, Investment Banking and Brokerage Firm Intern, Laddenbrgh Thalman
Investment Banking
January 1992 to December 1994
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Southern Connecticut State University
1992
Skills
• Bi-Lingual (German), ADP and Reynolds and Reynolds and CRM software applications, inventory control and sales management