It is sufficiently clear that the business case of car dealers is facing a major revolution. You need to market and organise your existing activities in a completely different manner and also develop entirely new business. This must be done in ever-larger dealer structures. Gear can provide advice on how to tackle these difficult challenges.
Through workshops, we help you to translate relevant external developments into a clear and ambitious strategy for your company. A strong vision, transparent mission and clear corporate values are key factors here. Together we determine how your business case should look and we help you to draw up the business plan for the next three to five years.
Gear can produce a sophisticated chart of the financial health of your company. We look in detail at your balance sheet, your income statement and your cash flow over several years. Based on this, we work with you to develop a financial plan for several years. We can drastically reduce your company’s risk profile by implementing balanced cost savings without compromising on quality and strength.
Gear can also help with the creation of an effective controlling function, including the introduction of budgeting, forecasting and monthly business reviews; with a view to improving the company’s operational and financial KPIs. Gear also has people who specialise in the creation of a cash management process and ad hoc analyses relating to investment and acquisition projects.
We have observed that too often there still are ‘missed opportunities’ in the dealer landscape, even with the current range of products and services. So, there may well be scope to increase your commercial strength. Gear identifies your current strengths and weaknesses and provides clear advice on how you can make better offers and use this to the utmost effect. Here we follow the cycle of a commercial strategy (Response-Efficiency-Flexibility-Innovation) with the underlying conviction that the customer’s mobility cycle is central and that everyone in your dealership is actually a salesperson.
Dealer structures are growing all the time and are becoming increasingly complex. Synchronising existing companies presents both cultural and organisational challenges. Gear has a clear vision and can provide different ideas and models to ensure that the various sites merge into a well-functioning and culturally homogeneous entity while maintaining a local identity.