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Stuart Brown

Stuart Brown

Stafford,Staffordshire

Summary

I was the Founder and Managing Director of a specialist luxury car dealership established for some 30 years enhancing and retailing Land Rover, Range Rover, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes and other prestige marques. The business designed and built bespoke limited edition motorcars with its own exclusive brand of aerodynamic styling products, wheels, tuning and performance products offering a bespoke tailored vehicle to the customer. The business was focused around the vehicle build centre with 10 staff in the workshop and paint-shop and a 40 car sales department with 6 sales and administration staff all under my control.

I am an exceptional and highly experienced leader with top level skill set in management, sales, marketing and design along with a very strong operational background, hugely resourceful, adaptable and highly driven who would be a great asset to any prestige brand looking for an innovative and passionate leader focussed on increasing revenue and developing into new areas. I am a powerful, resilient problem solver who works with an entrepreneurial spirit to bring results, along with engaging and captivating a team with foresight into future projects and strategies.

Unfortunately, the business I previously founded was hit hard through the Covid Pandemic while moving sites, extensive remodelling of new product range into new markets just as the first lockdown took hold. We sort incoming investment to support the move and new product range which was due December 2022 but regrettably was not deployed. This left the business in a vulnerable position and with a very heavy heart the 30 year old family business I founded was put into liquidation in January 2023. Over the last few months I have been working on supporting the administration team and now this input has finished, I am actively seeking an exciting new career.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

Director

AVR Automotive Limited
Lichfield, Staffordshire
01.2023 - Current

Online Shopify Store Retailing AVR Branded styling & tuning parts for sports/prestige/SUV motor cars, this does not require my daily management or input we have a team supporting this in sales & administration. I develop new products on a consultancy basis with a team from my previous business in a small capacity.

Founder & Managing Director

Autovogue UK Limited
Stafford, Staffordshire
06.1996 - 02.2023
  • Provided customers with outstanding service, extending relationships to bring them into the wider family brand for future business opportunities.
  • Spearheaded development and delivery of future product offerings based on in-depth market research, R&D and executtion into market
  • Cultivated strong entrepreneurial work culture and high standards to drive employee engagement.
  • Hugely adaptable in managing team performance and celebrating successes in winning business as a team along with identifying areas to improve and strategies for these.
  • Offering out my expertise and guidance in workshop & bodyshop departments with strong knowledge along side the parts & vehicle sales business.

Business Partner

Brown & Tibbet Car Sales
Stafford, Staffordshire
01.1994 - 08.1996

Set up and ran a successful used car business from home as my first business with a friend. Specialising in sports and hot hatch backs of the period. This was a successful first endeveour and ultimately lead me to branching out alone in time and starting Autovogue UK limited in 1996



Head of Merchandising

Unipart Group Of Companies
Oxford, Oxfordshire
02.1990 - 12.1995
  • High level position for a 20 year old young man
  • living away from home all week throughout the UK giving full support of the construction and merchandising team to build the superstores
  • Delivering complete retail ready super stores through out the UK
  • Liasing with construction team
  • Running merchandising team to build the complete store
  • deliver a complete store ready for retail operation


Education

GCSEs - Maths, English, Physics, Geography

Walton High School
Stafford
03/1982 - 09/1987

Business Studies BTec - Business

Stafford College
Stafford
03/1988 - 09/1990

Skills

  • Business Development
  • Daily Operations
  • Staff Development
  • High-value project management
  • Operations Management
  • Business Analysis
  • Business Planning
  • Strategies & Goals
  • Employee Management
  • Customer Service

Hobbies & Interests

Enjoying the countryside

Following all things F1 & Motorsport

Spending time with friends & family



Work Availability

monday
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morning
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evening
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Quote

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better.
Jim Rohn

Timeline

Director

AVR Automotive Limited
01.2023 - Current

Founder & Managing Director

Autovogue UK Limited
06.1996 - 02.2023

Business Partner

Brown & Tibbet Car Sales
01.1994 - 08.1996

Head of Merchandising

Unipart Group Of Companies
02.1990 - 12.1995

GCSEs - Maths, English, Physics, Geography

Walton High School
03/1982 - 09/1987

Business Studies BTec - Business

Stafford College
03/1988 - 09/1990
Stuart Brown