Steve Whitmarsh : Land Rover's youngest ever production manager on building engines, relationships, and a fleet management business.
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Steve has a proven track record within the automotive industry in the UK.    The youngest ever production manager with Land Rover – managing over 100 personnel at the age of 21, he made the jump from manufacturing to corporate sales for Rover Group in 1997 managing the leasing and independent rental sector in the North of the UK.  In 2000, he made the move to Volvo Car UK Ltd as Southern Area Leasing and Rental Development Manager before a 2 year spell as National Sales Manager for an independent leasing company saw exponential growth with the business being ranked the 27thfastest growing company in the UK.  Steve later moved to RAC heading up its Fleet & Commercial sector where he delivered a significant turnaround in profits and growth before founding Multifleet Vehicle Management in 2011 which trades as runyourfleet.  Runyourfleet is now a multi award-winning company managing 30,000 vehicles across the UK on behalf of more than 1,200 businesses. It has its own unique customer platform developed in-house and is seeing significant growth across all services.  In our conversation we talk about Steve's engineering apprenticeship at Rover Group his early success in the production environment and his transition to the commercial side of the business. He describes some very happy times along with some challenging times in a number of corporate roles with household name brands like Volvo and the RAC before sharing his story of another transition, this time into starting a fleet management company from scratch. Steve is a such a warm and friendly human being and I am delighted to be able to introduce him to you in this episode. I look forward to hearing what resonates with you.  If you enjoy listening to my guests' career stories, please follow CAREER-VIEW MIRROR in your podcast app.  You can contact Steve via LinkedIn Why not follow us on Instagram @careerviewmirror where you can see a directory of all our episodes and comment on those you have enjoyed. This episode of Career-view Mirror is brought to you by Aquilae.  Aquilae's mission is to enable Fullfilling Performance in the auto finance and mobility industry, internationally. Adopting our Fulfilling Performance Paradigm helps you identify what steps you need to take to enable Fulfilling Performance for yourself, your team and your business. Contact [email protected] for a no obligation conversation about your situation. Email: [email protected] Episode recorded on 22 June 2022
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