Insignia GroupVehicle personalization specialist
Aug. 2014 - Apr. 2016St Paul, mn• Maintained and built strategic relationships with dealerships, OE manufactures, and Restylers within territory including Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Oregon and Missouri • Responsible for initial and continuing development of a Subaru Pilot program consisting of 30+ stores across central region from Minnesota to Texas.
• Prospected, negotiated, closed and conducted over 24 training programs in dealerships across the Midwest in the past year • Responsible for helping VPEs develop additional manufacture pilot programs across the country Continually visit and train about 12-15 dealerships a month across my territory to help them obtain sales objectives, decrease turnover and increase CSI
• Created successful dealership customers by developing a profitable vehicle personalization process
• Performed training and coaching sessions with dealerships and grow their accessory sales through best practices • Worked in partnership with Inside sales to pursue referrals for dealers who desire training.
• Track activity and relationship building in Infusion Soft CRM • Track travel and administrative costs with the understanding that profitability is linked to reasonable expenses