Kia awards top performing dealers!
12 October, 2023
Kia South Africa has rewarded its top performing dealerships across the country with prizes for outstanding achievements in sales, after-sales and service operations. The 2023 Kia Dealer of the Year Awards, which covered the period between July 2022 and June 2023, were held during the brand’s recent leadership conference in Johannesburg.
Sales Dealer of the Year Award - For the Sales Dealer of the Year Award, dealerships were measured on their sales-to-target achievement for the year, volume sales by unit and a variety of other sales related elements. In this category Gold
awards were presented to Kia Northcliff, Kia Menlyn and Kia Brits.
Kia The Glen, Kia Springs and Kia Empangeni were awarded Silver Awards while Bronze Awards were presented to Kia Fourways and Kia Bryanston.
Kia Fleet Sales Dealer of the Year : Fleet and Corporate sales are a crucial component of the success of many dealerships and often require months of relationship building before orders are secured. The Kia Fleet Sales Dealer of the Year was
awarded to Kia Northcliff based on the number of fleet sales generated during the previous financial year, the number of model variants sold as well as the number of corporate clients sold to.
A series of Inspiration Awards were also presented to individuals who have excelled in their respective roles within the sales environment.
Sales Executive of the Year awards were presented to Sandile Mdlovu of Kia eSwatini, Stuart King of Kia Hermanus, Mary Sekgobela of Kia Menlyn and Tumi Morokolo of Kia Hatfield.
Sales Manager of the Year awards were presented to Corita van den Berg of Kia Brits, Vusi Ngidi of Kia Menlyn and Gavin Edwards of Kia Northcliff.
Overall Dealer of the Year: The award for overall Kia Dealer of the Year went to Kia The Glen, who proved that excellence across all aspects of business operations is critical to a business’ success. Dealer Principal Kabelo Tlailane and his team’s
success across sales, after-sales and service operations resulted in Kia The Glen, ranking highest in this year’s awards.
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