Kim Coleman Desai - Regional Performace Manager, Volvo Group

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Volvo Car USARegional Performance & Excellence Manager

Jan. 2024Irvine, California, United StatesI work with the Retailers in the Volvo Western Region on Sales and Marketing processes to address areas of opportunity and boost sales. Projects include enhancing digital marketing efforts, maximizing experiential marketing partnerships, improving lease retention, and sales process training. You can find me tooling around town in my XC 60 recharge plug in hybrid. How far can I go on just over 16 gallons of gas? My record so far is just under 500 miles.

Oremor of FontanaDirector of Finance

Oct. 2022 - Dec. 2023Oremor of Fontana (Fontana Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram) is a brand new Stellantis point in a state of the art facility. As the Finance Director, I was responsible for working with the General Sales Manager and Group Management to hire and train the Sales and Finance department staff in preparation for store opening in October of 2022. We created a Guest environment and Team culture that is positioning us to be one of the largest Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram retailers in the state. My ongoing responsibilities include maintaining Finance Department goals of back-end product penetration and profit, managing contracts in transit, and maintaining lender and vendor relationships and agreements. As the first Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership in the state of California to incorporate Tekion DMS and CRM into our business, I am proficient on the platform as both an administrator and user. I am also proficient as an administrator and user in Route One, CUDL, CDK and various lender portals.

Oremor of VictorvilleSales Manager

Jul. 2018 - Oct. 2022Southern CaliforniaAs a 20 year veteran of the FCA family, I am proud to be a part of the Senior Management Team at Victorville Motors and the Victorville Motors Ram Truck Center. My roles as a Sales Manager and Finance Manager include running a team of Sales and Marketing Professionals who specialize in Commercial Vehicle, Truck, Government Bid, Retail Car, Truck, and SUV Sales, and digital and traditional automotive marketing. My experience includes team management, securing vehicle financing, contracting, back-end sales, loan funding, CRM Management, business operations, digital and traditional marketing planning and execution, and training. Victorville Motors and the Ram Truck Center offer automotive solutions from individual family vehicles to business fleets. We have clients throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. Victorville Motors CDJRF has not only been family owned and operated in our community for 50 years, but we also represent CA dealers on both local and national FCA Dealer Councils. Victorville Motors is one of the largest volume dealerships in California, with annual sales exceeding $70 million. We believe in supporting and promoting our community through our unique programs that support education, families, youth and the local economy, such as “It’s a Gas to Go to Class,” “Pathways to Success,” and “Put the Pedal to the Metal.

Search OpticsDirector, OEM Relationships

Feb. 2018 - May. 2018San Diego, CaliforniaThis was the shortest position I’ve ever held. It was ...a...learning...experience. It was my job to coordinate, simplify, deliver, and communicate. Today’s automotive retail environment is flush with digital products, many of which users find difficult to interpret, or understand how they to apply to everyday dealership business. I acted as a translator, showing automotive retailers and manufacturers how properly designed and executed digital marketing strategies can increase sales and revenue. My time here sharpened my skills as a client, improving my knowledge about what to look for and what to question with a digital vendor. A digital boot camp of sorts. I learned how digital strategies, when properly executed and measured, produce ROI, and I can communicate it in a simple, succinct and understandable manner.

FCA Fiat Chrysler AutomobilesRam Regional Manager

Mar. 2017 - Feb. 2018Newport Beach, CaliforniaI led a Team of Ram Area Managers who execute Brand strategy for Ram Trucks and Vans in California, Hawaii and Guam by working with dealers on product training, marketing activation (experiential, digital and traditional), inventory consulting, and market share/profit opportunity. I was responsible for understanding tier 2 market conditions and the competitive environment, then devising and executing strategy to coach my employees to meet sales and market share goals. I also acted as a liaison between the regional "Business Center" Sales Team in Southern California and the Ram Brand in Michigan to execute marketing, advertising and sales plans that are both relevant to the brand and effective for the regional market.

FCA Fiat Chrysler AutomobilesRam Area Manager ("R.A.M." Get it?!), Southern California

Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2017Irvine, CaliforniaExecute RAM Brand strategy by working directly with all Southern California RAM dealers on product training, marketing activation (experiential, digital and traditional), inventory consulting, and market share and profit opportunity. Responsible for distributing tier 1 and tier 2 initiatives and goals to Southern California dealerships in order to work toward our mutual goal of market share increase and profitability. It's also lots of fun.

FCA Fiat Chrysler AutomobilesRegional Account Executive-Large Commercial Fleet Services, Los Angeles

Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2015Developed and maintained Large Commercial Fleet sales for Southern California, including Northern Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey and Kern Counties. Responsible to act with relative autonomy and negotiate directly with large commercial clients, such as Amgen Biotechnology, Nestle USA and Farmers Insurance, in order to increase sales of the Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram and Fiat brands in my designated region.

Propaganda HeadquartersManaging Director

Jul. 2008 - Feb. 2010Raised on a daily dose of action sports: Surf, skate, snow, music, fashion, art and just about everything else that revolved around this lifestyle. One of the things we learned is what makes a good brand great. At Propaganda, I worked with companies that are looking to break away from the norm and their competitors. Propaganda's creative services included advertising, design, audio/visual, web, event and brand strategy. Clients included brands in action sports (surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding), food and beverage brand licensing, automotive, fashion, footwear, architecture, non-profit. Specialties included Brand Strategy, Marketing, Advertising, Web Design, Audio/Visual, Event Production, Manufacturer/Retailer Relations, Retail Sales Management, and Strategic Philanthropy.

Victorville MotorsManager, Relationships and Marketing

Dec. 2005 - Jun. 2008I worked with the owner and senior management on various aspects of business planning and execution, including annual profit and expense goals, management of $15M in inventory (annual average), financial statement analysis, and an advertising and marketing budget of $1.5M. I also oversaw development of brand strategy and creative marketing strategy.

DaimlerChryslerDistrict Manager

Aug. 2000 - Nov. 2005As a District Manager, I maintained the relationship between DaimlerChrysler and our dealer body by keeping an open line of communication regarding manufacturing plans, incentives, and our mutual business goals. I consulted with clients on their retail, marketing, and advertising plans in order to reach those goals. I was directly responsible to maintain the largest retail sales and revenue volumes in Southern California, achieving market share gains that consistently exceed the state share gains, and over $9 Million in incremental wholesale revenue per year.

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