General Manager

General Manager — Porsche Jackson

The only Porsche store in Mississippi. A brand-new facility. A family that backs its leaders. An opportunity for you to build something that lasts.

General Manager — Porsche Jackson | Ridgeland, MS | $240,000–$300,000 + full benefits

There is exactly one place in the state of Mississippi where someone can walk in and buy a new 911. You would run it.

Porsche Jackson is a boutique, single-point Porsche Center in a brand-new, Porsche-designed facility — a showroom, service drive, and client lounge built to the standard the badge deserves. No competing Porsche store anywhere in the state. No shared showroom. One of the most coveted brands in the world, a clean slate, and an owner family looking for a General Manager who will lead this store as if it were their own.

This is a relationship business, not a volume play: a six-figure average transaction, a loyal and growing client base across the Jackson metro and the entire state, and a lineup — 911, Taycan, Macan, Cayenne, Panamera, 718 — that people arrive already wanting. Your mandate is to build the store they never want to leave.

If you have ever thought, "give me the right brand, the right building, and the right owners, and I will show you what I can do" — this is that moment.

Who we are: Carlock Automotive Group

Carlock Automotive Group is family-owned and family-run. Not private-equity-owned. Not a public roll-up with a quarterly earnings call. A family that has built a multi-brand dealership group across five states — Tennessee, Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana, and Alabama — one store, one relationship, and one handshake at a time.

Our portfolio runs from Toyota, Nissan, Volkswagen, and CDJR to Volvo, Porsche, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Lotus, and Maserati. We are one of the few groups in the Southeast that can genuinely say we have mastered both high-volume operations and ultra-luxury hospitality, and we expect our Porsche store to live firmly in the second category.

What family-owned actually means for you as a GM:

• Direct access to ownership. Decisions get made in a conversation, not a committee. If you need to move on a facility upgrade, a marketing push, or a key hire, you are not waiting six weeks for a regional VP to get back to you.
• Long-term thinking. We build stores to run for generations, not to flip. We will invest in people and facilities that pay off in year five, not just quarter one.
• In-house marketing horsepower. Our own in-house agency handles creative, digital, and brand for every Carlock store. You will have a real marketing partner, not a vendor.
• A culture with a name. We run on CLEAR: Clarity, Leadership, Excellence, Accountability, Respect. It is how we hire, how we review, and how we decide who gets to lead a store like this one.

We want a GM who sees Porsche Jackson as a flagship, not a franchise. If that is how you are wired, you will fit here.

The role: you own the store

The General Manager has full P&L responsibility for Porsche Jackson — new, pre-owned and Porsche Approved CPO, finance, parts, service, and the client experience that ties it all together. You report directly to ownership.

You will:

• Own the number. Build and hit annual sales, gross, fixed-ops, and net profit targets, and know the why behind every line of the financial statement.
• Lead the team. Recruit, develop, and retain sales, service, and BDC talent that can speak to a Porsche client with confidence and warmth. Set the standard and hold it.
• Run the Porsche relationship. Own the dealer scorecard, Porsche Experience and CPO programs, allocation, and the factory relationship so that Jackson earns its share and then some.
• Protect the brand experience. From the first web lead to the fifth service visit, every touchpoint should feel like Porsche. You will walk the showroom and the service drive every day and notice what others miss.
• Grow the market. Mississippi is a one-store state for Porsche. You will build the client base across Jackson, the Gulf Coast, Oxford, Hattiesburg, and the Delta, and convert the owners who currently drive out of state to buy.
• Partner with our in-house marketing team on marketing, events, and the Porsche 911 VIP Club so the store stays top of mind with the clients who matter.
• Live CLEAR. Lead with Clarity, Leadership, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect, and expect the same from every person in the building.

Who we are looking for

We are not hiring a résumé. We are hiring an operator with vision.

Must have:

• 5+ years as a General Manager, General Sales Manager, or Fixed Ops Director in a franchised dealership, with a track record of growing gross and net you can show us.
• Luxury or performance brand experience. Porsche is ideal. Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo, or exotic experience is strong.
• Fluency with the financial statement, CRM and DMS, inventory and allocation strategy, and fixed-ops absorption.
• The ability to walk a client through a Taycan Turbo GT spec sheet and a technician through a warranty claim in the same hour.
• A leadership style that builds loyal teams. We check references, and we ask the people who worked for you, not just the ones you worked for.

Nice to have:

• Experience opening or relaunching a store in a new facility.
• Porsche Dealer Academy, PCNA, or factory-relationship experience.
• Roots in Mississippi or the Southeast, or a genuine desire to put them down.

You are a fit if you like a small, elite team over a big floor, you care how the coffee is served in the lounge as much as how the deal is structured in the tower, and you want ownership that knows your name.

Compensation and benefits

Total compensation: $240,000–$300,000, structured as a competitive base plus a performance plan tied to store net profit, customer experience scores, and Porsche dealer standards. Top performers will land at the top of the range and we are open to a conversation beyond it for the right person.

• Porsche demonstrator vehicle
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Relocation assistance for the right candidate
• Employee vehicle purchase program across all Carlock brands
• Long-term growth inside a five-state, family-owned group that promotes from within

Ready to run the only Porsche store in Mississippi?

There is one of these jobs in the state, and it is open right now.