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CAM’s Frankie Sharp has been promoted to pre-sales specialist for Retail CRM, the company’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application aimed at its most innovative retail customers. This system is designed to provides tyre dealers with options for more effective customer capture, contact and sales conversion at the counter, on the phone and over the web.
Patrick McGillycuddy is taking over as Head of Group Fleet Services at Volkswagen Group UK, following on from Steve Catlin who moves to another senior role within the Group in the UK. McGillycuddy, who will take up his new position on 15 February, joins the Group Fleet Services function from ŠKODA UK, where he has been Head of Fleet for the past two and a half years. Prior to joining the Volkswagen Group he held roles at Vauxhall, GM and Peter Vardy.
Charlotte Cooke is joining CAM as customer liaison officer with a view to ensuring regular and proactive communications with clients across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Having joined engine detox specialist EDT Automotive as national sales manager in August, Jon Tatnall has been promoted to sales director with immediate effect. A motor trade man through and through, Tatnall was previously dealer principal at Yeomans Peugeot and Hyundai in Hastings. He started his career as a trainee sales executive at Sidlow Group, before taking increasingly senior roles at Lifestyle, Pinewood and Pendragon.
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Former Apollo Vredestein UK managing director Stuart Jackson has joined Bridgestone’s north region senior management team as business development director. Jackson will work in support of all departments in the UK and Ireland as well as the Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Norway and will manage the delivery of a number of key projects as part of a “continued process to transform the sales and profitability of the business”.
The Volkswagen Group is streamlining its internal structures. CEO Matthias Müller has almost halved the number of direct reports he receives and new appointments to several posts will take effect in the first quarter of 2016.
Solid Auto UK has appointed Kay Reece as its new telephone representative for UK Buying Groups, bringing a wealth of experience in the automotive aftermarket sector to the company.
Working at Solid Auto’s head office in Halesowen, West Midlands, Kay has joined from Universal Automotive and in her new role will be tasked with working alongside the major buying groups and their members to grow their sales of Solid’s expanding product range.
Alliance Tire Group (ATG), has appointed Ole Baek as head of marketing, Europe, based in Halsteren, Netherlands. He started on 1 November 2015.
Grouptyre, has appointed Paul Hollows as its new commercial director. Hollows, who has been with the company for almost 16 years, has been promoted to the role from sales director, which sees him assuming responsibility for implementing Grouptyre’s business development strategy. Hollows joined Grouptyre in its infancy in 2000, and was appointed sales director for the company in 2008.
Pieter Dubois has been appointed as Heuver Tyrewholesale’s agriculture product manager. Previously employed as an account manager in Belgium and Luxembourg, Dubois said the move would allow him to return to his agricultural roots, envisaging some “fine-tuning” for the wholesaler’s existing segment team. Bertus Heuver, director Heuver Tyrewholesale, said Dubois would use “his enthusiasm and ambition to play a leading role” in the company’s agricultural operations. His appointment is also described as “the next step in [Heuver Tyrewholesale’s] planned growth scenario.
Banner Batteries, has finalised the formation of its UK sales and marketing team. Alec Morgan, assumes responsibility for the management of Banner Batteries’ key accounts, with four business development managers working alongside him.
Michelin Tyre has appointed Stewart Pooley, 58, as UK original equipment country manager for the company’s truck and bus division. The 26-year Michelin veteran assumes the role after two years as sales manager for Michelin solutions. The role will see Pooley working closely with domestic bus, coach, trailer and truck manufacturers, as well as advising manufacturers importing finished vehicles into the UK from production plants worldwide.
Cooper Tire Europe has appointed Mirco Spiniella as its new business development director. Spiniella will be responsible for the implementation of Cooper’s sales and marketing strategy, with a focus on business intelligence and key account management in the German, Swiss, Spanish and French markets. He will report to Sylvain Borré, general manager European Subsidiaries.
At the end of October Nokian Tyres changed its operational structure to “strengthen the company’s product and innovation leadership, end-to-end supply operations and sales and distribution management”. The move also follows the departure of one of the firm’s senior executives. According to Nokian, the former head of Passenger car tyre operations, Rami Helminen, has decided to leave the company and “continue his career elsewhere”. Rami Helminen was appointed as Nokian vice president, Car and Van Tyres nine years ago, a role he took on on 1 March 2006.
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