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Andrew Taylor

Coventry,Warwickshire

Summary

A passionate, motivated, experienced automotive industry professional, with over 18 years experience, offering the highest standard of customer support, data analysis to ensure expectations and KPI's are met and exceeded. With excellent presenting, reporting, data analysis, confident working with key stakeholders.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Product Specialist Transit Van, Chassis & Bus

Ford Motor Company
Basildon, Essex
06.2023 - Current
  • Support the vehicle product life-cycles from future product strategy (through to run-out including planning mid-cycle actions, realignments, model year actions and SIPs
  • Working with key stake holders to ensure KPI's are met around areas such as ZEV mandate, vehicle registration volumes and overall vehicle share.
  • Manage the price list creation process for new vehicle launches, mid cycle actions (MCA), model year events and general price increases (GPI) Deliver contribution margin ($) and profit ($) targets for each model line Work with Whole Life Cost providers to ensure current and future product actions are best reflected in forecast Residual Values
  • Support the Take to Market launch process to ensure an effective and flawless launch through involvement and integration across all areas of Ford of Britain
  • Support accurate and timely forecasts to Ford of Europe to support Pricing and Production Planning processes
  • Resolved product issues within target time frames for prompt customer service.
  • Attended to ongoing service and maintenance requests, meeting KPI targets including user satisfaction.
  • Investigated recurring customer concerns, queries and complaints, offering feedback for process changes.

Ford Commercial Vehicle Zone Manager

Ford Motor Company
Basildon, Essex
08.2022 - 06.2023

Employed by Ford Motor Company directly as Commercial Vehicle Zone Manager.

Ford Commercial Vehicle Zone Manager

FCLG
Bicester, Oxfordshire
03.2020 - 08.2022
  • Work with Transit Centres to achieve sales objectives
  • Ensure ordertake performance for each Transit Centre is above objective Help deliver exceptional Customer Experience (CX), measuring progress via CX tools
  • Drive proactive approach to dealer marketing and ensure appropriate levels of activity
  • Help Transit Centres understand and integrate Ford Pro into their culture and processes
  • Support Transit Centres with their transition to selling electric vehicles
  • Additional tasks include weekly forecasting, monthly wholesale, management reviews, agreeing dealer annual sales objectives
  • In this role I was OneCX champion for FoB.

Customer Relationship Manager

The Taylored Life Company
05.2019 - 03.2020
  • Responsible for all customer related queries from initial enquiry for people who are looking to train with The Taylored Life Company, to coaching calls and support after training's.
  • Ensuring every delegate gets their outcomes for attending training's, as well as ensuring any customer related issues that come up are worked with professionally and with empathy while maintain a positive relationship, and getting positive outcome for both customer and business


Commercial Fleet Sales Executive

Allen Ford UK Ltd
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
08.2015 - 05.2019
  • Established and maintained positive, profitable customer relationships through superb communication.
  • Generated new leads and opportunities through effective prospecting to maximise revenue.
  • Maintained awareness of latest industry trends, product knowledge and sales techniques.
  • Maintained contact with customers throughout sales, pre-delivery and post-delivery.
  • Delivered professional sales presentations, creatively communicating product quality and market comparisons to prospective customers.
  • Achieved and exceeded sales targets in line with client growth across all products and services such as finance penetration.

Commercial Vehicle Sales Manager

Bristol Street Motors
Worcester, Worcestershire
12.2013 - 08.2015
  • After working for Bristol Street Motors for just over a year I was promoted to Commercial Sales Manager and given the task to open a brand new Transit Centre at the Worcester Ford dealership
  • Motivating and managing sales executives, effective marketing campaigns and hosting a number of business customer events, meant that the Transit Centre was a great success
  • Communication with Ford zone managers and ensuring manufacturer standards where adhered to at all times, meant that customers had the fantastic buying experience they deserve, and the manufacturer was happy with how we did business
  • Another key part of this role was ensuring all finance deals were paid out, and debts were always as low as possible.

Education

GCSEs -

Bilton High School
Rugby, Warwickshire

Neuro Linguistic Programming -

The Taylored Life Company Ltd
Birmingham
01.2017 - 06.2020

Skills

  • Strong product presentation
  • Precision-orientated technical support
  • Product evaluation and support
  • Strong leadership and team work skills
  • Excellent communication and influencing at senior stakeholder level
  • Strong working knowledge of MS packages
  • Strong data analysis
  • Works well under pressure and to tight deadlines

Timeline

Product Specialist Transit Van, Chassis & Bus

Ford Motor Company
06.2023 - Current

Ford Commercial Vehicle Zone Manager

Ford Motor Company
08.2022 - 06.2023

Ford Commercial Vehicle Zone Manager

FCLG
03.2020 - 08.2022

Customer Relationship Manager

The Taylored Life Company
05.2019 - 03.2020

Neuro Linguistic Programming -

The Taylored Life Company Ltd
01.2017 - 06.2020

Commercial Fleet Sales Executive

Allen Ford UK Ltd
08.2015 - 05.2019

Commercial Vehicle Sales Manager

Bristol Street Motors
12.2013 - 08.2015

GCSEs -

Bilton High School
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