Stephen Parkford
Principal @ Parkford & Associates
About
Executive Search, Talent Acquisition, Recruiter Serving the automotive industry since 1990 with creative & professional services. Prior experience in dealer training materials, training events, ride & drives, wholesale field force training, product launches, dealer events and business meetings. In 2005 entered the automotive executive search industry and continue today having worked directly with automotive OEMs including MBUSA, VWoA, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche Cars NA, Subaru of America, Toyota Motor Sales, American Honda, Mazda NA, Kia, and Hyundai Motors America. Also recruited for auto retailers, suppliers, professional services, creative agencies and SAAS professional service companies serving the automotive industry. Co-founder of Drive180” -- All Automotive Jobs, All in One Place Automotive executive search Automotive executive recruiter Automotive recruiter Automotive search Talent acquisition recruiter executive search headhunter Www.ParkfordAssociates.com
United States
Laguna Beach
Human Resources
Automotive Repair, Commercial Focus, C-Level Leadership, Building Business Relationships, Business Revitalization, Dealer Relationships, Building New Business, Sales and Marketing, Brand Awareness, Automotive Management, Succession Planning, R&D Operations, Sales Organization Leadership, Sales & Marketing Leadership, OEM Sales, Talent Assessment, Marketing Leadership, Executive Leadership, Engine Control Unit (ECU), Executive Sales Recruitment
Experience
Principal
Parkford & Associates
Santa Monica, Ca
Retained and Contingent automotive search for OEM's, Agencies, Suppliers, Professional Services and Dealers Including: Marketing, Sales, Public Relations, Aftersales, CRM, CPO, Public Relations, Regional Positions, Human Resources, etc.
Principal
Courland Automotive Practice
Automotive recruiter working for OEM clients to recruit exceptional automotive talent
Vice President, General Manager
Sandy Corporation, a division of ADP
Took over a 4 million dollar automotive training book of business that was losing over 400K annually into, at it's high point a 12M revenue stream producing over 5% on the bottom line
Vice President
Sandy Corporation (ADP Division)
Assumed leadership of a $4M automotive training business that was losing more than $400K annually. Repositioned the organization, rebuilt the client offering, and scaled operations to a $12M revenue business at peak performance, delivering over 5% net profit.
Vice President Sales
Caribiner
As part of the transition team that was installed in the take-over of Multi-Media I was responsible for building the sales organization and developing new business opportunities
Vice President of Sales
carabiner
Member of the transition leadership team following the acquisition of Multi-Media. Responsible for building and leading the sales organization, developing new business opportunities, and stabilizing revenue during a critical period of organizational change.
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