Applewood Autobody, Towing & Glass Repair - Managing Partner, Port Hardy

The Applewood Auto Group is searching across Canada for a Bodyshop Manager who not only understands the business but wants an equity stake in it too! This means you’ll be a Managing Partner of the Bodyshop and will be responsible for the entire operations.

Why Port Hardy?

Port Hardy is a municipality in British Columbia, Canada, located on the north-east end of Vancouver Island. Port Hardy has a population of just over 4,100 and is best known for having excellent access to various outdoor activities like kayaking, caving, scuba diving, nature viewing, surfing, saltwater rapids, fishing, and camping. So, if you're an outdoor enthusiast with a need for a quieter, more peaceful environment than the hustle of a larger city, consider joining our team in beautiful Port Hardy.

What You’ll Bring

Our ideal Partner will have extensive experience of Bodyshop operations from workflow and employee management, in-depth autobody technical and repair knowledge, experience dealing with automotive regulatory bodies with a proven ability to adhere to set legislation, rules, and regulations, excellent analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills, and are extremely organized.

Ownership

You will not only manage Bodyshop operations, but you’ll also be part owner of the Bodyshop along with the Applewood Auto Group. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who has always wanted to own their own shop, but didn’t have the full capital to invest on their own. You are backed by a company with over 25 years in the automotive industry under our belts. What’s more is that you’ll have access to our Operations team to help you manage your business. From Accounting, Payroll, Human Resources, Marketing, Training…we even have someone that can help you plan client or employee events (if you wanted to).

Our Core Values

At the Applewood Auto Group, we have goals! To meet our vision and goals our Team Members should have the following core values:

1. Best-in-Class Experience: We provide a best-in-class experience to each other and our clients.

2. Find a way to say yes: We are a team of problem solvers, not problem creators. We put our energy to finding solutions together and with our clients.

3. Team beats with one heart: We are a team that has come together to make things better. We all do what it takes to achieve the targets and exceed expectations.

Why The Applewood Auto Group?

Our Team Beats with One Heart, need we say more? We offer a fun environment with an ever-growing company. We also offer the following:

• Ongoing Training (Manufacturer & internal)
• High energy & fun atmosphere
• 11 Dealerships and counting!
• Group events, Family Day, Holiday Party, BBQ, and more
• We support local communities, charities, and sports teams.

Compensation:

The starting salary for this position is $100,000 per year, with additional compensation based on the candidate's ability to contribute to and buy into the business. The final compensation package will be dependent on the level of involvement and investment the candidate brings to the business.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should attach an updated resume along with a cover letter explaining how you fit in with our core values and this position.

We thank all of those who take the time to apply and will try to get back to everyone as much as possible. Our recruitment team is quite small, but mighty! So please be patient if you don’t hear back right away.

At Applewood, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome all applicants with diverse backgrounds and will never discriminate based on race, religion, gender, identity, age, experience, and anything else you can think of. If you need any special accommodation during our recruitment process, please let us know. We are more than happy to assist.