On May 11, Thierry Koskas, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Groupe Renault, hosted a ceremony for the annual ‘Dealer of the Year’ (DOTY) awards. More than 2,500 dealers took part in the challenge across 35 countries in 2015. Of the 105 winning dealers, 102 travelled to Paris to attend the ceremony.
The 105 winners of the 2015 DOTY awards were selected on the basis of four criteria:
– Sales volume for new vehicles, spare parts, accessories and service contracts,
– The profitability of their dealership,
– Customer service quality,
– Compliance with brand identity standards.
The ceremony was held on Wednesday, May 11, at the Renault Technocentre in the Paris region. Thierry Koskas, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, acknowledged the commitment, performance and professionalism of these Group dealers throughout the ceremony. He underlined the importance of the dealer network in transmitting the value of the Group’s brands, products and services to our customers and their key role in customer satisfaction and loyalty.
For the first time, the 2015 event recognised five dealers for their commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR)*, three of them have also received an award for theirs sales performances. EV Awards were also presented to the five dealers who recorded the highest electric vehicle sales.
Groupe Renault’s priority across its global distribution network of 12,000 outlets is customer satisfaction in sales and aftersales. Renault is committed to satisfying its customers regardless of their individual profile and expectations throughout the entire customer journey, during the seven moments of truth which underpin their brand experience. Renault is stepping up the rollout of its C@RE2.0 programme to achieve its goal of ranking among the Top 3 for customer satisfaction in its main markets.
“Groupe Renault now has a new and expanded range of vehicles. Our sales network is our main ambassador for our brands and products. I know I can count on its professionalism and quality of service to promote these fantastic products to our customers” commented Thierry Koskas, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing of Groupe Renault.
* Renault’s CSR priorities: road safety, the environment, mobility for all and the development of human capital.
2015 DEALERS OF THE YEAR:
Americas:
Category | First name | Last name | Dealership | Country |
DOTY 2015 | Enrique | SOTO | Galante d´antonio S.A. | Argentina |
DOTY 2015 | Manuel | TAGLE | M. TAGLE (h) y CIA. S.A.C.I.F. | Argentina |
DOTY 2015 | Simone Regina | URIO | Open Veiculos LTDA | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | Salésio | PEREIRA | VIP Car Veiculos LTDA | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | Wellington | CARMO | Carmo Veiculos LTDA | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | Nilo Augusto | MORAES COELHO | Nova Bahia Comerico De Veiculos LTDA | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | Luiz Antonio | DA SILVA FERREIRA | Serra Comercio Automottivo S.A. | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | Rafael | TOZZO | De Marco LTDA | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | José Luiz | LIMA LAITANO | Nissul Veiculos LTDA | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | Thiago | NAHAS | Iesa VeiculosLTDA | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | João | HENRIQUE A. NORMANHA | Tecardf Veiculos E Servicos S.A. | Brazil |
DOTY 2015 | Josue | CABALLERO | Caldas Motor | Colombia |
DOTY 2015 | Sonia | RODRIGUEZ | Autogalias | Colombia |
DOTY 2015 | Felipe | ESCALERA | San Luis | Mexico |
DOTY 2015 | Rafael | GARCIA CASTILLO | Tijuana | Mexico |
Asia-Pacific:
Category | First name | Last name | Dealership | Country |
DOTY 2015 | Zou | YIXIN | Changsha Zhulu Auto Sales Co., Ltd | China |
DOTY 2015 | Zhang | YABIN | Wuhan Falei Auto Sales & Service Co., Ltd | China |
DOTY 2015 | Kang | DONG HYEON | Jeju Branch | South Korea |
DOTY 2015 | Lim | BYUNG WOOK | Cheonan ESC Center | South Korea |
Eurasia:
Category | First name | Last name | Dealership | Country |
DOTY 2015 | Hristo | DUKOV | Auto France 3000 | Bulgaria |
DOTY 2015 | Alin | VAIDESCU | Amat | Romania |
DOTY 2015 | Stefan | FARCAS | Service Automobile DEVA | Romania |
DOTY 2015 | Olga | BELSKAYA | RTD Service | Russia |
DOTY 2015 | Vyacheslav | ZUBAREV | TTS-22 | Russia |
DOTY 2015 | Tatiana | KARTASHOVA | Avtosalon Prestizh | Russia |
DOTY 2015 | Igor | KAPITANOV | Volga-Rast | Russia |
DOTY 2015 | Vladimir | ANIKIN | Penza Oblast | Russia |
DOTY 2015 | Dmitry | ZOROV | Inavtoservice | Russia |
DOTY 2015 | Anton | SOLDUNOV | Petrovskiy Avtocenter | Russia |
DOTY 2015 | Hidir Faruk | TEPRET | Kemal Tepretogullari Otom. San. Vetic. A.S. | Turkey |
DOTY 2015 + DOTY CSR | Abdullah | ÜNLÜ | Inanlar Insaat A.S. | Turkey |
DOTY 2015 | Hakki Metin | GÜLEÇ | Hedef Otom. Tic. San. A.S. | Turkey |
DOTY 2015 | Konstantin | TOKAREV | “Solli Plus” LLC | Ukraine |
DOTY 2015 | Yuriy | KRASNOZHON | “Avtokrai-Ukraine” LLC | Ukraine |
Africa / Middle East / India:
Category | First name | Last name | Dealership | Country |
DOTY 2015 | Mohammed | CHEBCHEB | Sarl Rouibauto – Alger | Algérie |
DOTY 2015 | Sid Ahmed | TABET | Sarl Tabet Derraz Freres – Oran | Algeria |
DOTY 2015 | Sadek | ZAIDI | Ets Zaidi Auto – Tarf | Algeria |
DOTY 2015 | Abdelmalek | SAHLI | Ets Sahli Abdelmalek – Alger | Algeria |
DOTY 2015 + DOTY CSR | Hemang | PARIKH | Unnati Vehicles Private Limited | India |
DOTY 2015 | Vivek | KUMAR | Trident Auto Enterprises Private Limited | India |
DOTY 2015 | Arumugham | SENTHIL | Anamallais Motors Private Limited | India |
DOTY 2015 | Abdelmajid | BELMEKHI | Auto Meski | Maroc |
DOTY 2015 | Mohamed | RAHMOUNI | Rahmouni Auto Service | Morocco |
DOTY 2015 | Abdelaziz | EL KHLOUFI | Tetouan Automobile | Morocco |
Central Europe & Scandinavia:
Category | First name | Last name | Dealership | Country |
DOTY 2015 | Anton | SCHMIDT | Renault Nissan Wien Handels-und Reparatur GmbH | Austria |
DOTY 2015 | Thomas | POLKE | Autohaus Polke GmbH | Austria |
DOTY 2015 | Jørgen | DAHL PEDERSEN | Dahl Pedersen A/S – Skive | Denmark |
DOTY 2015 | Anna | ANDERSSON | AB Varberg Bil-Depot | Sweden |
DOTY 2015 | Didier | BRAEGGER | Hutter Auto Riedbach AG | Switzerland |
DOTY 2015 | Christoph | KEIGEL | Keigel AG | Switzerland |
Eastern Europe:
Category | First name | Last name | Dealership | Country |
DOTY 2015 | Boris | KOS | AC KOS | Croatia |
DOTY 2015 | Siim Sander | SARRI | City Motor A.S. | Estonia |
DOTY 2015 | Antal | BAUMGARTNER | Baumgartner Autocentrum Kft. | Hungary |
DOTY 2015 | Mirosław | ZIĘBA | Auto-Zieba Sp. Zo.o. | Poland |
DOTY 2015 | Andrzej | SZMIGIEL | VIP Car Sp. Zo.o. | Poland |
DOTY 2015 | Tomáš | MUZIK | France CAR, s.r.o. | Czech Rep. |
DOTY 2015 | Nenad | STEFANOV | Reno Sava | Serbia |
DOTY 2015 | Jan | WINKLER | Winkler, s.r.o. | Slovakia |
DOTY 2015 | Nenad | MILOSAVLJEVIC | Avtotehnika Celje | Slovenia |