JLR (UK) has appointed Angela Shepherd its new Gross sales Director. Shepherd and her staff will drive JLR’s gross sales operation as a part of its UK retail transformation.
This brings collectively numerous groups throughout the gross sales operate, together with quantity planning; new and used vehicles; and Fleet and Enterprise. Shepherd and her staff will guarantee gross sales methods are simplified and formed to learn retailers, their operations and methods of working.
Shepherd, Gross sales Director, JLR (UK), stated: “Having been in automotive and retailer roles all through my profession, I’m obsessed with constructing a powerful, symbiotic relationship with the community to supply the very best requirements, reflective of the posh sector.
“Fundamental to this, is understanding the tools retailers need to deliver consistent experiences for clients. Together, we will deliver this significant retail transformation, which places our exceptional brands and our clients at the heart of it.”
The staff will develop a hybrid mannequin, elevating a conventional franchise mannequin to ship a client-centric retail expertise.
Shepherd has labored within the automotive sector for 34 years, becoming a member of Mercedes-Benz UK as a graduate trainee.
She has been a senior chief within the premium automotive sector since 2003 and has labored throughout all key operational gross sales and advertising and marketing features, main many transformation tasks in each community growth and after gross sales.
Previous to becoming a member of JLR, Angela gained retail expertise as CEO for Mercedes-Benz Retail Group, in addition to at Stellantis’s personal retail group Stellantis & You.
