Dealer Tire OPT Eligible Jobs USA
Dealer Tire hires OPT students across distribution, supply chain, and operations roles, making it a practical target for F-1 candidates in business and logistics fields. If you're transitioning from campus to the workforce, Dealer Tire's hiring patterns in wholesale distribution align well with common OPT-eligible degree programs.
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We’re Dealer Tire, a family-owned, international distributor of tires and parts established in 1918 in Cleveland, OH. We’re laser focused on helping the world’s largest and most trusted auto manufacturers grow their tire business—in fact, we’ve sold more than 60 million tires to date. We’re a thriving company, and we’re looking for driven individuals to join our team. That’s where you come in!
Base Pay Range:
$71,196-$88,842
Targeted Annual Commission:
$26,400
As a Hyundai Retention Product Specialist, your essential job functions will include the following:
Account Management
- Manage portfolio to meet sales and productivity goals across parts and service products.
- Effectively build and nurture relationships with Dealership Management to gain commitment to plans in order to meet objectives.
- Create awareness and communicate key initiatives and program value to ensure commitment.
- Effectively implement Dealer Tire solutions that match the needs of the dealership and effectively communicate our value.
- Develop and deliver market review plans that identify outcome with operational team and future need for operational team to maximize results.
- Clearly create and communicate specific strategy, goals and expected action plans and follow-up plans to drive results – internally and externally (across all levels of the dealership including GM/DP).
- Collaborate with operational team including pre-commitment, in dealership, and post meeting and follow-up to set expectations.
- Collaborate with operational roles on diagnosis, analysis, and action plans to improve dealership performance.
- Develop the business through collaboration with OEM regional contacts and other program resources.
- Develop and maintain consistent monthly contact schedule with dealers.
- Manage all activity tracking and account information in Salesforce.
- Submit timely contact reports, forecasts, itineraries, and expense reports to sales management as required.
Operational Management
- Orchestrate and coordinate activities and pull in operational roles as appropriate to meet the needs of the dealerships.
- Effectively diagnose opportunities for each dealership while determining the investment and ROI for each.
- Assess, reinforce and implement processes and elements across the service lane.
- Drive service advisor effectiveness and overall retail strategies through coaching and training to maximize the business opportunity across parts and service products.
- Analyze and identify training needs of dealership staff.
- Develop and implement strategies and tactics to assist dealerships with their Effective Selling Strategy.
- Conduct market competitive shops and analysis to provide market competitive price information/positioning.
- Work with the Service Manager and Parts Manager to determine product screen and set competitive pricing.
- Perform inventory analysis and collaborate with Service and Parts Managers to determine appropriate product mix and inventory levels across parts and service products to meet business objectives.
- Collaborate with the dealership to optimize merchandising components.
- Maintain knowledge of current industry trends and share best practices across the team and the dealership network to support continuous improvement.
- Utilize data and analytics to review performance, identify opportunities, and facilitate dealership meetings.
- Resolve customer service issues related to any account activity.
Other Duties as Assigned
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
- Minimum 3 years of experience in retail automotive operations, or equivalent experience in related environment
- Prior experience selling and project managing a book of business
- Skilled at taking in many inputs, prioritizing, coordinating resources and executing
- Full understanding of all aspects of sales process (inventory, inspect, train, sell/retain) and the ability to negotiate and close deals
- Relatable across the dealership and good communication with management and Dealer Tire internal
- Be located in assigned territory
- Proficiency at intermediate level with all Microsoft Office products required
- Strong and quick assessment skills with ability to critically think in the moment and add value
- Strong customer relationship skills and ability to sell at the top
- Meet the requirements of Dealer Tire’s Motor Vehicle Record Policy and Company Vehicle Fleet Policy
Competencies Required
- Critical Thinking
- Customer Focus
- Diagnostic Skills
- Influence
- Industry/Product Knowledge
- Operational Excellence
- Portfolio Management
- Results Orientation
- Trusted Advisor
- Value Selling
Physical Requirements
- Standing for long periods of time
- Frequent bending, crouching, and twisting
- Extensive driving and traveling to customer accounts (up to 80%)
- Travel by vehicle and/or airplane
- Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds
Drug Policy
- Dealer Tire is a drug-free environment. All applicants being considered for employment must pass a pre-employment drug screening before beginning work.
- There will be random drug testing. Please refer to the employee handbook for further details.
Why Dealer Tire: An amazing opportunity to join a growing organization, built on the efforts of hard working, innovative, and team-oriented people. The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and geographic location. The total compensation package may also include commission, bonus or profit sharing. We offer a competitive & comprehensive benefit package including: paid time off, medical, dental, vision, and 401k match (50% on the dollar up to 7% of employee contribution). For more information on our benefit offerings, please visit our Dealer Tire Family of Companies Benefits Highlights Booklet.
EOE Statement: Dealer Tire is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status or disability (in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act*), or any other legally protected status, with respect to employment opportunities.
ADA Disclosure: Any candidate who feels that they may need an accommodation to complete this application, or any portions of same, based on the impact of a disability should contact Dealer Tire’s Human Resources Department to discuss your specific needs. Please feel free to contact us at 1-800-933-2537 x6550.
Who We Are
We’re Dealer Tire, a family-owned, international distributor of tires and parts established in 1918 in Cleveland, OH. We’re laser focused on helping the world’s largest and most trusted auto manufacturers grow their tire business—in fact, we’ve sold more than 60 million tires to date. We’re a thriving company, and we’re looking for driven individuals to join our team. That’s where you come in!
Base Pay Range:
$71,196-$88,842
Targeted Annual Commission:
$26,400
As a Hyundai Retention Product Specialist, your essential job functions will include the following:
Account Management
- Manage portfolio to meet sales and productivity goals across parts and service products.
- Effectively build and nurture relationships with Dealership Management to gain commitment to plans in order to meet objectives.
- Create awareness and communicate key initiatives and program value to ensure commitment.
- Effectively implement Dealer Tire solutions that match the needs of the dealership and effectively communicate our value.
- Develop and deliver market review plans that identify outcome with operational team and future need for operational team to maximize results.
- Clearly create and communicate specific strategy, goals and expected action plans and follow-up plans to drive results – internally and externally (across all levels of the dealership including GM/DP).
- Collaborate with operational team including pre-commitment, in dealership, and post meeting and follow-up to set expectations.
- Collaborate with operational roles on diagnosis, analysis, and action plans to improve dealership performance.
- Develop the business through collaboration with OEM regional contacts and other program resources.
- Develop and maintain consistent monthly contact schedule with dealers.
- Manage all activity tracking and account information in Salesforce.
- Submit timely contact reports, forecasts, itineraries, and expense reports to sales management as required.
Operational Management
- Orchestrate and coordinate activities and pull in operational roles as appropriate to meet the needs of the dealerships.
- Effectively diagnose opportunities for each dealership while determining the investment and ROI for each.
- Assess, reinforce and implement processes and elements across the service lane.
- Drive service advisor effectiveness and overall retail strategies through coaching and training to maximize the business opportunity across parts and service products.
- Analyze and identify training needs of dealership staff.
- Develop and implement strategies and tactics to assist dealerships with their Effective Selling Strategy.
- Conduct market competitive shops and analysis to provide market competitive price information/positioning.
- Work with the Service Manager and Parts Manager to determine product screen and set competitive pricing.
- Perform inventory analysis and collaborate with Service and Parts Managers to determine appropriate product mix and inventory levels across parts and service products to meet business objectives.
- Collaborate with the dealership to optimize merchandising components.
- Maintain knowledge of current industry trends and share best practices across the team and the dealership network to support continuous improvement.
- Utilize data and analytics to review performance, identify opportunities, and facilitate dealership meetings.
- Resolve customer service issues related to any account activity.
Other Duties as Assigned
Position Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
- Minimum 3 years of experience in retail automotive operations, or equivalent experience in related environment
- Prior experience selling and project managing a book of business
- Skilled at taking in many inputs, prioritizing, coordinating resources and executing
- Full understanding of all aspects of sales process (inventory, inspect, train, sell/retain) and the ability to negotiate and close deals
- Relatable across the dealership and good communication with management and Dealer Tire internal
- Be located in assigned territory
- Proficiency at intermediate level with all Microsoft Office products required
- Strong and quick assessment skills with ability to critically think in the moment and add value
- Strong customer relationship skills and ability to sell at the top
- Meet the requirements of Dealer Tire’s Motor Vehicle Record Policy and Company Vehicle Fleet Policy
Competencies Required
- Critical Thinking
- Customer Focus
- Diagnostic Skills
- Influence
- Industry/Product Knowledge
- Operational Excellence
- Portfolio Management
- Results Orientation
- Trusted Advisor
- Value Selling
Physical Requirements
- Standing for long periods of time
- Frequent bending, crouching, and twisting
- Extensive driving and traveling to customer accounts (up to 80%)
- Travel by vehicle and/or airplane
- Occasional lifting up to 50 pounds
Drug Policy
- Dealer Tire is a drug-free environment. All applicants being considered for employment must pass a pre-employment drug screening before beginning work.
- There will be random drug testing. Please refer to the employee handbook for further details.
Why Dealer Tire: An amazing opportunity to join a growing organization, built on the efforts of hard working, innovative, and team-oriented people. The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and geographic location. The total compensation package may also include commission, bonus or profit sharing. We offer a competitive & comprehensive benefit package including: paid time off, medical, dental, vision, and 401k match (50% on the dollar up to 7% of employee contribution). For more information on our benefit offerings, please visit our Dealer Tire Family of Companies Benefits Highlights Booklet.
EOE Statement: Dealer Tire is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status or disability (in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act*), or any other legally protected status, with respect to employment opportunities.
ADA Disclosure: Any candidate who feels that they may need an accommodation to complete this application, or any portions of same, based on the impact of a disability should contact Dealer Tire’s Human Resources Department to discuss your specific needs. Please feel free to contact us at 1-800-933-2537 x6550.
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Align your degree to distribution roles
Dealer Tire's core hiring sits in supply chain, logistics, and operations management. Before applying, confirm your degree field maps directly to the role description, since OPT authorization ties your work authorization to a job that relates to your major field of study.
Verify E-Verify enrollment before accepting
STEM OPT's 24-month extension requires your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify. Confirm Dealer Tire's enrollment status before signing an offer if you plan to extend beyond your standard OPT period, since your DSO can't approve the extension without that enrollment in place.
Target operations and analyst tracks first
Wholesale distribution companies like Dealer Tire typically concentrate entry-level OPT hires in demand planning, inventory analysis, and operations coordination. Focusing your application on these tracks puts you in front of hiring managers who are already accustomed to onboarding early-career candidates on work authorization.
Search Dealer Tire's OPT openings on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Dealer Tire roles by OPT eligibility and hiring history. That filtering gets you directly to positions where Dealer Tire has a pattern of hiring F-1 students, cutting out roles where work authorization is likely to stall your candidacy.
Prepare your EAD card before your start date
You can begin work only after USCIS approves your OPT application and your EAD card arrives. Build at least 90 days of buffer between your program end date and your intended start date, and submit your OPT application to your DSO as early as your school's window allows.
Frame your H-1B transition plan during interviews
Distribution and wholesale employers evaluate long-term fit carefully. Proactively mentioning your intent to pursue H-1B sponsorship after OPT signals continuity and reduces perceived hiring risk, since Dealer Tire's investment in onboarding you is more worthwhile if you can remain past your initial authorization window.
Dealer Tire OPT Eligibility: Frequently Asked Questions
Does Dealer Tire sponsor OPT visas?
Dealer Tire doesn't sponsor OPT directly, since OPT is work authorization USCIS grants to eligible F-1 students, not a visa employers petition for. What Dealer Tire does is hire students who already hold an OPT EAD, particularly in supply chain, operations, and distribution roles that align with common STEM and business degree programs.
Which departments at Dealer Tire typically hire OPT students?
Dealer Tire's distribution and wholesale operations tend to concentrate OPT-compatible hiring in supply chain management, demand planning, inventory control, and operations analysis. These roles align closely with business, engineering, and logistics degree programs that qualify for OPT, and often serve as the entry point for candidates later pursuing H-1B visa sponsorship.
How do I confirm Dealer Tire supports STEM OPT extension?
Ask your recruiter or HR contact directly whether Dealer Tire is enrolled in E-Verify, since USCIS requires E-Verify participation from any employer supporting a STEM OPT 24-month extension. Your DSO will need written confirmation of that enrollment before approving your extension application, so get that answer before accepting an offer.
How do I find OPT-compatible roles at Dealer Tire?
Migrate Mate filters employer job listings by OPT eligibility and hiring history, so you can identify Dealer Tire positions where F-1 candidates have successfully been hired before. That's more reliable than scanning general job boards, where OPT eligibility details are often absent from postings entirely.
How do I approach the H-1B conversation with Dealer Tire after OPT?
Raise it during the offer stage, not after you've started. Ask whether Dealer Tire has supported H-1B sponsorship for employees who joined on OPT, and confirm which team handles immigration filings. Distribution companies vary widely on this, and knowing their posture early gives you time to plan around the annual H-1B registration window.
How does Dealer Tire hire OPT students?
OPT is work authorization granted directly to F-1 students after graduation — no employer petition is required. Dealer Tire can hire OPT students as soon as their EAD card is approved. STEM degree holders can extend OPT by 24 months when their employer is enrolled in E-Verify. Most companies that hire OPT students also support the transition to H-1B when the student's OPT period is ending. Check Dealer Tire's individual postings on Migrate Mate to confirm OPT acceptance per role.