About this role
At Carma, we’re more than just a car company, we’re on a mission to shake up the Australian automotive industry! As a digital pre-owned car dealership, we’re turning the car buying experience into a hassle-free, seamless journey that customers can truly enjoy. With our diverse and collaborative team managing everything from engineering to marketing and buying to reconditioning in-house, we’re powered by the best people and we’d love for you to come along for the ride. As an Operations Manager, you own the performance of the production system across inspection, merchandising and outbound. This is not a coordination role — you are accountable for ensuring vehicles move efficiently, consistently and to standard across the entire operation. Own the system: Deliver throughput, quality, cost and flow outcomes across inspection, merchandising and outbound. Keep cars moving and hit targets. Drive performance visibility: Build and maintain clear dashboards and operating rhythms to track performance, identify issues early and drive accountability. Identify disruptions early: Monitor workflows to spot breaks in flow such as growing queues, delays, idle time or rework — before they escalate. Root Cause Resolution: Solve the “why,” not just the “what.” Lead structured root cause analysis across quality, cost and performance issues to ensure permanent fixes. Process Optimisation: Continuously improve workflow, sequencing and resource allocation to remove inefficiencies and optimise throughput. Quality Standardisation: Ensure work is completed to standard every time by embedding consistent processes and preventing drift. High-Performance Leadership: Lead, coach and develop your leaders and teams, setting clear expectations and building capability to deliver outcomes through others. Own the end-to-end system: Take accountability across all production areas — if one part of the system fails, you own the outcome. Cost Ownership: Manage labour, consumables and operational inputs, identifying and delivering cost efficiencies. Continuous Improvement: Champion Lean principles including standard work, 5S, waste elimination and Kaizen initiatives. Strategic Escalation: Identify system-level constraints and escalate effectively to ensure cross-functional issues are resolved.