KUALA LUMPUR: Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) celebrated its dealer accomplishments at the recent 2018 Volkswagen Dealer Awards Night at Hilton Kuala Lumpur.
The Volkswagen Dealer Awards recognizes and celebrates top performing dealers and dealer employees for their achievements in supporting the Volkswagen brand in Malaysia in 2018. The event was attended by 25 dealers from the Volkswagen network nationwide.
Four awards were presented under the dealership category, which comprised of dealers with 3S and 4S centres. The judging and scoring criteria were based on the dealer’s efforts in sales and marketing, aftersales, customer satisfaction, dealer standards compliance and manpower qualification. The dealers were monitored from January till December 2018.
The title of Best Overall Dealer for 2018 went to MHV Autohaus (Volkswagen Gombak). MHV Autohaus had also won Best Overall Dealer in 2017.
The other recipients for Best Dealers in their respective categories (by location and region) were:
Category A - 4S centres: Wearnes Automotive
Category B - dealers within Klang Valley: MHV Autohaus
Category C – dealers out of Klang Valley: Lee Motors Autohaus
Individual talents within the network were also acknowledged and awarded for their exceptional performances in their roles as Sales Manager, Sales Consultant, Aftersales Manager, Parts Manager, Service Advisor and Technician.
Individuals from the respective categories were tested on both qualitative and quantitative KPI achievements for the different levels and positions. The criteria include sales and aftersales targets, customer satisfaction, adherence to processes and procedures and attaining required training and qualifications.
The six individual Overall Top Achievers were:
James Leong from MHV Autohaus for Best Sales Manager
Yan Mun Ee from Goh Brothers, Ipoh for Best Sales Consultant
William Loh from MHV Autohaus for Best Aftersales Manager
John Leow from MHV Autohaus for Best Parts Manager
Azrul Muzakhair from Wearnes Sg Besi for Best Service Advisor
Husni Thamrin from Lee Motors, Alor Setar for Best Techinician
Erik Winter, Managing Director of VPCM said that the awards were held to recognise all the hard work of Volkswagen dealers, but was designed to raise the benchmark of dealer standards across the network.
“Year after year, we continue to encourage and steer our dealer partners to strive on continuous improvements. It is through our partners that we build trust and confidence amongst our owners to enhance their overall ownership experience, and we are pleased to be able to honour our high-achievers in recognising all the hard work they have put into their business for the Volkswagen brand.”
The awards were presented by Winter and Florian Steiner, Managing Directors of VPCM, and Deenan Nadar, Aftersales Director of VPCM.
