David Cole

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Group Used Car Manager @ WJ KING GROUP
Tonbridge, GB
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Tonbridge, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About David Cole

Driven in all aspects of used vehicles: Car & commercial purchasing. Hands on industry leading vehicle disposal management skills. Vehicle preparation both mechanical & cosmetic.Purchasing both car & van nationally across the UK both physically & online.Vehicle Disposal skills which have quadrupled every auction disposal account ever managed.Outperforming all peer groups each year by between 3 to 10 % of Cap Clean whilst maintaining strong conversions.A 20 year 100% record with every disposal account ever managed.Now having negotiated a previous non auction policy disposal group into a selling with an auction company I hadn’t used before, full of very established vendors, which I am proud to say from our very first sale we have since lead all 3 key areas:Cap Performance 1st time sale conversion &Overall sale conversion.Previous account performances include:A 7,000 unit account improved from £250k to minimum £1.8 million pounds in the very first year.A 6,500 unit account to £1 million pounds a year.A 2,000 units account already in a very strong auction centre, increased it an additional £400k in the 1st year.A 2,000 unit account in Northern Ireland that was previously a non auction account lead to make £365k in the very first year there.A 400 units £130k improvement on an account that had made no money at auction in the previous 2 years.These with franchises including Citroen, Cupra, Dacia, Ford, Honda, Kia, Peugeot, Seat, Skoda, Suzuki and Vauxhall.Strong supporter of auction activity both online and physically attending sales all across the country, to keep up with all the latest market trends and obtain best value.Fully conversant with all stock management needs: Ipad appraisals, stock profiling, retail unit retention.Always driven by results & the highest standard in detail, with a strong can-do approach to everything, which has lead to many treasured awards:2005 Group Support Services Manager of the Year.2006 Group Support Services Manager of the Year.2009 Chairman Award Winner.2011 Vice President & CEO Plaque for record profit recognition.2011 Managing Special Recognition Award.

David Cole's Current Company Details
WJ KING GROUP

Wj King Group

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Group Used Car Manager
Tonbridge, GB
Website:
wjking.co.uk
Employees:
49
David Cole Work Experience Details
  • Wj King Group
    Group Used Car Manager
    Wj King Group
    Tonbridge, Gb
  • Wj King Group
    Group Used Car Manager
    Wj King Group Jul 2021 - Present
    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.
  • Wj King Group
    Used Car Performance Manager
    Wj King Group Oct 2020 - Jul 2021
    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.
  • Advance Vauxhall
    Group Used Car Manager
    Advance Vauxhall Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
    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.
  • Marshall Motor Group
    Honda Buyer
    Marshall Motor Group Apr 2017 - Dec 2017
    9 Honda Locations From Peterborough To Scarborough
    Achieved Group Manufacturer Annual Used Car target.Controlled aged stock moves.Managed Forecourt Display & Advert Standards.
  • Advance Vauxhall
    Group Used Car Manager
    Advance Vauxhall Dec 2016 - Apr 2017
    327% increase in Auction Disposal performance.Nearly double previous years Q1 used car sales.
  • City Motor Holdings
    Group Retail Support Operations Manager
    City Motor Holdings Sep 2015 - Sep 2016
    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.
  • Ford Retail Group
    Disposals Manager
    Ford Retail Group Jun 2008 - Jun 2015
    Took the group to record Auction Disposal profits of £4 million pounds a year & won many awards.
  • Dagenham Motors
    Group Used Car Buyer And Auction Disposal Manager
    Dagenham Motors Mar 2003 - Jun 2008
    Southern England
    Took the group to record Auction Disposal profits of £1 million pounds a year & won many awards.Bought for 22 sites.
  • Own Business
    Import Specialist
    Own Business Jun 2001 - Feb 2003
    Berkshire
  • Trade Sales
    Team Leader Online And Tele Sales
    Trade Sales Aug 1999 - May 2001
    Berkshire
    Took my team to 200 sales a week.
  • Sunningdale 4X4
    Sales And Business Manager
    Sunningdale 4X4 1997 - 1998
    Berkshire
    Retailer of Range Rover, Land Rover & other quality 4x4's with a strong PCP performance.
  • Henlys Ford
    New And Used Sales Manager
    Henlys Ford 1996 - 1997
    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.
  • Gray'S Of Guildford
    New Car Sales Controller
    Gray'S Of Guildford 1995 - 1996
    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.
  • Brian Gubby Rover
    Senior Salesman And Used Car Buyer
    Brian Gubby Rover 1993 - 1995
    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.
  • Road Tune Performance Cars
    Used Cars Sales Manager And Used Car Buyer
    Road Tune Performance Cars 1991 - 1993
    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.
  • Isis Motor Group (Ford)
    New And Used Car Sales
    Isis Motor Group (Ford) 1986 - 1991
    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.
  • Roberts Wine Merchants
    Relief Manager
    Roberts Wine Merchants Oct 1984 - Feb 1986
    Southern England
    Roberts Wine Merchants did a 6 weeks training course & become a southern relief manager.
  • Plastic Coatings
    Machinist
    Plastic Coatings May 1982 - Oct 1984
    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.

David Cole Skills

Customer Satisfaction Automobile Automotive Negotiation Account Management Profit Automotive Aftermarket Vehicles Business Planning Customer Service Aftersales Sales Process Microsoft Excel English B2b Sales Management Outlook Coaching Management Microsoft Office Microsoft Word Powerpoint Research Windows Photoshop Teaching Html Warranty Parts

David Cole Education Details

  • Weydon Secondary
    Weydon Secondary
    O Levels Maths B Geography B English C Rural Science C

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