Darren Wheatley

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The Fens CDA General Manager Toyota and Lexus @ Steven Eagell Group
Wisbech, GB
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Strong leadership, operational management and organisational skills have supported a long and successful career with a proven track record of delivering results, not just financial contribution but robust staff development, improved brand relationships, whilst creating strong customer loyalty throughout.By combining a passion for psychology and human behaviour with my sales & marketing knowledge, project management experience along with strong negotiation and diplomacy skills, I can create scalable, robust and highly engaged winning teams with impact. The foundation of my success has been the ability to simultaneously create effective succession planning strategies, delivering staff training and focusing the management and staff on collectively being brilliant at the basics whilst creating pride in the workplace by valuing engagement.Above all is my ability to motivate colleagues, create the understanding and persistence to keep going, the drive and engagement to win and the recognition that when change is required effective action follows. By remaining inquisitive and analytical and believing that it is in the struggles we face daily that opportunity hides. Unlocking the mystery of "Why" and developing the possibility of "How" creates fertile ground for growth and personal development to flourish

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Steven Eagell Group

Steven Eagell Group

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The Fens CDA General Manager Toyota and Lexus
Wisbech, GB
Employees:
587
Darren Wheatley Work Experience Details
  • Steven Eagell Group
    The Fens Cda General Manager Toyota And Lexus
    Steven Eagell Group
    Wisbech, Gb
  • Steven Eagell Group
    The Fens Cda General Manager Toyota & Lexus
    Steven Eagell Group Jun 2023 - Present
    Peterborough And Kings Lynn
    I started with Steven Eagell back in June 2023 looking after Peterborough Toyota and soon progressed to the Fens CDA General Manager in 2024 where I’m now responsible for the day-to-day management of our Toyota & Lexus business across Peterborough and Kings Lynn.Steven Eagell Group is the largest privately owned Toyota and Lexus franchise in the UK and feel incredibly proud to now be part of their incredible story. From day one, Steven and the Directors foremost objective has been to offer complete customer satisfaction to all our customers. This has enabled significant growth and the building of a large and loyal database of highly valued customers.
  • Gatehouse Collectibles
    Director
    Gatehouse Collectibles Jan 2023 - Present
    Wisbech St. Mary, England, United Kingdom
    GB Philatelic business specialising in Victorian and early postal history
  • Jct600 Ltd
    Head Of Business
    Jct600 Ltd Jul 2016 - Dec 2022
    Lincoln And Boston Audi
    Joined JCT600 in 2016, employing then circa 85 staff at the purpose-built Lincoln Audi Site. During next 7 years, recruited, developed and led what become a knowledgeable, motivated and highly engaged management team. Delivered significant improvement with processes, compliance, staff engagement through improved communication and drove customer satisfaction scores consistently into top quartile positions Nationally. Importantly also improved staff satisfaction scores, taking business to a top 10 position within the Group whilst reducing attrition across all departments. In 2020, became one of the first Head of Business's to run multiple Audi locations, heading up both Lincoln & Boston Audi along with VW aftersales representation at the Boston site. 2021 saw us add a specialist Approved used car operation at the Boston compound to support local opportunities.Was extremely proud of the team who were awarded National brand awards for both sales and aftersales functions in 2021. In 2022 was delighted to achieve a 3rd for Boston and 10th place for Lincoln in the group’s annual staff survey results. I left the businesses exceeding their 2022 expectations and budgets as I headed off to build my own business.
  • Lookers Audi
    Head Of Business - General Manager
    Lookers Audi Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
    Guildford, United Kingdom
    Employing circa 75 staff, heading up the largest of the southern divisional Audi sites, whilst working in collaboration with the Market Area to stabilize what had become quite a transient trio of businesses. Following a successful recruitment campaign and developing a robust management team we started to see significant staff engagement improvements, business profitability and Brand relationships blossom naturally. Guildford had not previously delivered upon its potential, but 12 months in, the green shoots were starting to grow in all departments.Whilst, thoroughly enjoyed working with Lookers Audi and specifically my time in the Guildford business, an unexpected opportunity presented itself in early 2016 facilitating the purchase of our dream home in Cambridgeshire.
  • Jardine Motors Group
    General Manager
    Jardine Motors Group Jan 2014 - Jul 2015
    Burnham Land Rover And Jaguar
    Following 12 years heading up the Reading Businesses and in my 18th year with the group I was offered the opportunity to head up one of the group's newest acquisitions, an underperforming Jaguar & Land Rover facility in Burnham employing circa 65 staff. A good size multi franchise site that the group acquired in May 2013, where I lead the business through significant development in terms of recruitment, implementation of group processes and financial controls to ensure we realized growth and to deliver the robust plans required to exceed both our customers' and manufacturers' expectations for many years to come.
  • Jardine Motors Group
    General Manager
    Jardine Motors Group Apr 2001 - Dec 2013
    Reading, United Kingdom
    General and Senior Site Manager for our Reading based multi-franchised dealerships where we represented the brands of Land Rover, Volvo, Jaguar and Aston Martin employing circa 135 staff across the 4 businesses.Initially taking responsibility for the Land Rover Business my brief was to recruit, train and develop a new team whilst creating robust plans to deliver and meet the financial, volume and customer expectations. Land Rover was in a very different place to that of today, regularly facing reliability issues and legal cases testing one's diplomacy and customer handling skills thoroughly. As we moved through the years, recession sadly closed in, resources came under great scrutiny resulting inevitably in managing staff reductions and working with a thinner management structure. A period of resilience and resourcefulness in managing tasks lead to a promotion to a Senior General Manger's role with overriding operational responsibility for the Reading businesses in 2008.
  • Jardine Motors Group
    Sales Manager - Honda
    Jardine Motors Group Feb 1996 - Apr 2001
    Ascot
    Started with business as Sales Executive in 1996, was promoted to Sales controller within 9 months following consistently leading sales volumes, overall profitability and finance sales. 8 months later was offered the Sales Manager position where I was able to utilize my previous skills to good use, managing 4 executives, a Business Manager and a small corporate department. By focusing on sales process, customer retention and people development I was acclaimed with Sales Manager of the Year awards on 2 separate occasions 1999/2000 before leaving Honda to further my career in the premium market with Land Rover Reading.
  • Providence Capital
    Financial Consultant
    Providence Capital 1993 - 1995
    Reading & Camberley
    Progression into a Unit Managers role with responsibility for building and developing a team of efficient and knowledgeable financial consultants. Role entailed recruitment, training, personal development and mentoring whilst continuing to write high levels of personal business.Achieved entrance into the companies "51 Club", a reward club for those individuals who could demonstrate consistent high levels of business written over an extended period of time. I believed in setting high standards and leading from the front proving to all that the opportunities were only ever capped by your own beliefs and desires.
  • General Portfolio
    Financial Consultant
    General Portfolio 1987 - 1993
    Slough
    A high energy role which taught me the art and necessity of effective prospecting, engaging with people professionally, the value in building long term mutual relationships through networking and the need to develop good people around me. I understood the value of persistence and training in relation to developing effective communication strategies with customers and colleagues and managed to use these skills to good use throughout my time with the business.Whilst consistently writing high levels of personal business over many years my finest hour came in June 91 when I qualified for the £1/2 million club. I had come close on numerous occasions and regularly wrote £300k of business but in June 91 wrote £576k worth of brokerage in the month from nothing more than hard work, determination and persistence.

Darren Wheatley Skills

Sales Process Automotive Customer Retention Customer Satisfaction Profit Sales Management Vehicles New Business Development Automobile Management Negotiation Dealer Management Sales Customer Service Dealers Coaching Account Management Automotive Aftermarket B2b Business Planning Training Business Development Aftersales Motorsports Parts Retail Sales Operations People Development Recruiting Leadership Warranty Operations Management Marketing Fleet Management Motors Purchasing Key Account Management Selling Racing Automotive Engineering Pricing Automotive Repair Automotive Electronics High Achiever Automotive Sales Training Continuous Improvement Forecasting Business To Business Tires Gross Profit

Darren Wheatley Education Details

  • Easthampstead Park, Wokingham
    Easthampstead Park, Wokingham

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