Volkswagen Regional Director

1 week ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Marshall Motor Group Full time
Job titleVolkswagen Regional Director Job referenceREQ10128 Date posted10/09/2024 Application closing dateBlank LocationVolkswagen Divisional Roles SalaryCompetitive Salary and benefits: Company Car, private healthcare, pension scheme, life assurance plus other associated benefits Contractual hours45 BasisFull time Job category/typeBlank AttachmentsBlank Job description

Volkswagen Regional Director

Location: Covering our Volkswagen Sites Nationally 

Salary and benefits: Company Car, private healthcare, pension scheme, life assurance plus other associated benefits

We are seeking two Regional Directors for our large Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Division. Marshall is one of Volkswagen’s biggest partners in the UK. These are new positions within the company after a restructure of the Divisional team.

Our ideal candidates will have substantial sales and aftersales experience in either a divisional role or a great record of success managing a store at General Manager Level.

Reporting directly to the National Franchise Director, the Volkswagen Regional Directors will have responsibility for the day-to-day operations of half the Volkswagen division across Sales and all Aftersales activities. This senior leadership role will centre on business performance, whilst delivering high levels of client experience through a large and motivated team of proficient leaders and colleagues, across their stores.

You will be supported by a strong internal leadership structure, allowing the business to maximise the opportunity for all stakeholders, along with a Group Leadership and Financial team to assists in all key areas of the business.

Who we are

Marshall Motor Group is one of the UK’s largest car dealer groups representing 23 of the world’s most popular and celebrated car, van, truck and motorbike manufacturers with 142 dealerships situated across 33 UK counties.

We are as passionate about our people as we are our customers. As part of the Constellation Automotive Group which includes webuyanycar, cinch and BCA, there are huge opportunities for you to find your place and build the career you want.

What are the key accountabilities?

As a Volkswagen Regional Director, you will have accountability for all people and performance for the area. With support from your divisional team, you will:

Lead, develop and motivate a diverse team of automotive professionals Help grow and nurture a high-performance, customer focused culture, coaching and developing colleagues, enabling internal succession, and ensuring great performance is recognised and rewarded With the support of your Head of Business and divisional team, oversee the sales and aftersales departments, ensuring performance is maximised with potential over performance opportunities explored Assist the National Franchise Director in setting financial and growth objectives for each business, and plan accordingly to ensure profit and product targets are met, including OEM scorecard Ensure a clear focus on high levels of customer satisfaction, good customer outcomes, through the dealerships consistently achieve exceptional levels of CSI Accurately finalise reporting alongside your market area Finance Controllers, in line with Group reporting frameworks Establish and develop strong relationships with manufacturers to grow our partnerships, ensure our team develops in line with the brand partner framework and expectations Maintain exceptional key controls, across Health and Safety, Compliance and Group Policy Ensure all market area activity is conducted in line with Marshall Motor Group, Manufacturer, and Regulatory requirements

Do I need experience?

Given the nature of this role, as a minimum, previous experience as a large site Head of Business level is essential as a base. Multi-site experience is preferable as long as success factors can be demonstrated. Ideally, previous experience working with one of the larger automotive manufacturers would be beneficial but isn’t essential to the success of this role. In addition to your previous experience, we are seeking individuals who display the following attributes:

Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead and motivate a large and diverse team An innovative mindset with the ability to devise and implement improvement initiatives and embrace broader responsibilities as the business grows Commercially savvy with the ability to navigate barriers, to proactively ‘get things done’ through the performance of your teams High levels of personal integrity The ability and agility to shift between strategic projects and operational activities Confidence to inspire teams, drive engagement and hold teams accountable for their performance; create an environment for teams to thrive Exceptional relationship management: credibility and personal style will play a big part in creating trusted relationships across a variety of internal and external stakeholders Extensive knowledge of the automotive retailing sector; the division will move at pace and the candidate will need to be up to speed on market trends and insights A professional and calm approach with strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to foresee potential barriers - provide critique and take decisive actions Excellent customer management skills to build long lasting relationships and ensuring they are at the heart of our activities and outcomes A commitment to living the Group Values

If you would like to know more about this opportunity for a career at Marshall Motor Group, apply online and one of our recruitment specialists will be in touch.

Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.



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