A number of weeks in the past I interviewed Paul Daly and Kyle Mountsier, the inventive pair behind the proposed docuseries “More Than Cars.” Daly and Mountsier need to create a Netflix-style collection that pulls again the curtain at dealerships throughout the U.S. to offer viewers a take a look at the roles there and the individuals who do them.
For occasion, within the pilot episode the 2 interviewed a gross sales adviser at a Texas Kia dealership who was doing DoorDash deliveries to generate profits. He did a middle-of-the-night meals run to an govt from the dealership who figured somebody who was working at 3 a.m. had the drive to succeed promoting vehicles. Numbers had been exchanged, an interview happened and the younger man was employed.
This jogged my memory of the particular tales behind so lots of the folks we cowl within the pages of Automotive News after I learn the entries of our 40 Under 40 candidates. People who had been born into it and people who took circuitous routes to the automotive retail trade.
Like Jeff Defonseka, service supervisor at BMW of Bridgewater in New Jersey, who got here to the U.S. from Sri Lanka in 2001 as a 17-year-old. He obtained his first automotive job quickly after and mentioned: “I was going to community college and all I knew was that I loved cars.”
Or Tristan Topps, a HR supervisor for the Penske Automotive Group who’s a former Ms. Arizona and Ms. United States pageant winner.
Aaron Zimmerman’s first dealership job was as a porter/janitor. He is now company mounted operations director for the Len Stoler Automotive Group in Owings Mills, Md. Zimmerman’s secret: He acts as if he is on a 30-day contract. “It keeps me from getting complacent,” he mentioned.
Felicia Rey, proprietor loyalty supervisor at Lynnes Nissan City in Bloomfield, N.J., initially turned down her first job supply as a dealership cashier as a result of she did not know something about vehicles. Replied her future boss: “I can teach anyone about cars. I can’t teach people about people.”
It’s all about folks — each the purchasers and the dealership workers who serve them. Enjoy studying about 40 of the trade’s finest and brightest younger leaders.
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