David Cole Email & Phone Number

Tonbridge, Gb

Dartford, England, United Kingdom

Added vehicle disposals to my other duties in May 2022 taking it away from the online channel it was on taking it to physical auction & nationally now lead every dealer group conversion stat whilst simultaneously improving our ppu performance by 5 times anything seen before.

Kent, England, United Kingdom

Joined in October 2020 as Group Used Car Performance Manager.Have hit every Vauxhall Network Q Fair Share Target to date.Created a host of loyal Used Car purchasing relationships.July 2021 made Group Used Car Manager overseeing all Used Car Purchases, Vehicle Preparation Refurbishment Costs & Standards, Stock Levels and Price Awareness.

Achieved every Network Q Manufacturer Used Car Quad Target.Lead Auction Disposals to out perform its peer group by 7.73% with the highest conversions in group.Record Used Car months made for the strongest 24 months used car performance the group had seen.

9 Honda Locations From Peterborough To Scarborough

Achieved Group Manufacturer Annual Used Car target.Controlled aged stock moves.Managed Forecourt Display & Advert Standards.

327% increase in Auction Disposal performance.Nearly double previous years Q1 used car sales.

Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Recruited by Former Ford Retail CEO Chris Hayden & given responsibility for both car & commercial: stock management, purchasing, pricing/advert content & I Control strategy plus the disposals for both car and commercial for: 1 Citroen, 3 Ford, 1 Honda, 1 Kia, 3 Peugeot, 1 Seat, 1 Skoda & 1 Suzuki & 1 Used Car Centre. Chairing the fortnightly meetings of both the Ford & Peugeot/Citroen used car meetings. Profiling the correct stock mix for both dealer & franchise, by model, price parameters, days in stock & individually sitting with the other Franchise managers to achieve a group consistency to profit per unit, stock turn & assistance in over age avoidance. • Improved the group’s 2015 average auction Cap performance per unit by 6.17% worth over £400k to the group.• Increased auction part exchanges by 65% from 1800 units to 2750 units over prior year. • Purchased over 1500 units achieving all Manufacturer used car target & rebates.• Negotiated all the groups auction terms & rebates.

Took the group to record Auction Disposal profits of £4 million pounds a year & won many awards.

Southern England

Took the group to record Auction Disposal profits of £1 million pounds a year & won many awards.Bought for 22 sites.

Berkshire

Berkshire

Took my team to 200 sales a week.

Berkshire

Retailer of Range Rover, Land Rover & other quality 4x4's with a strong PCP performance.

This job I was recommended for by the then Ford Zone Manager, where being responsible for all used car purchasing I lead this poorly performing Dealership from languishing from 28th in group to 4th within 6 months, whilst taking New car customer satisfaction to the highest it had ever been.We also proudly won the Surrey Top Gear Motor Show Award at our 1st attempt.

Guildford, United Kingdom

The performance here & the relationship with the Ford Zone Manager is what lead me to go on to the bigger challenge of New & Used Car Manager at Henly's Ford Redhill.

Camberley, Surrey

Senior Salesman of new & used cars & also became their used car buyer, after initially disposing of all of their current used car stock as it was old, stale & tired.Turning the used car forecourt into a facility that regularly sold 75 used cars a month.

Farnborough, Hampshire

Road Tune was an independent sports cars garage specialising in Alfa Romeo along with other performance vehicles like the Lancia Intergale & BMW M3, I went there as their sales manager/buyer & was responsible for all advertising which needs to be very precisely detailed on specialist vehicles & within 3 months we beat their previous 13 year best months sales returns.

Farnham, Surrey

Joined as a trainee salesman after initially serving 3 months in both their parts & service departments, which I thoroughly enjoyed as this truly helped with vehicle appraisal skills. In 1989 I out grew Farnham as it was a small site & I moved to the bigger Farnborough site, despite winning the groups salesman of the month award 3 times in 1 year, no managerial places became available so I chose to move on.

Southern England

Roberts Wine Merchants did a 6 weeks training course & become a southern relief manager.

Farnham, Surrey

Joined Plastic Coatings as a Machinist my 1st job as I just wanted to work, went there straight from senior school, come my first ever company appraisal I was merited with a grade 2 which not only came with a good pay rise, I was also then recognised as one of the company’s top machinist.