John Donaldson AMIMI         Managing Director

About John

  John Donaldson began his career within the automotive industry as a Sales Executive in a Ford main dealership back in 1997.

  Since then John has worked in various main dealers from volume to prestige at all levels for Audi, BMW and Ford to name a few.

  John has been running i-inspire consulting since November 2010 as both Managing Director and Lead Trainer and is very proud to have worked    within the automotive industry from the ground up at all levels within the sales environment.  His real life experience underpinning industry    knowledge and thorough understanding of the structure and mechanics of a dealership is second to none and this is clearly demonstrated in his energetic approach to delivering extremely engaging training.

   “Success through understanding”

  John has been extremely successful in combining extensive sales experience and underpinning industry knowledge with educational training techniques to achieve excellence in the preparation, development and delivery of automotive programmes and coaching.

  John is fully qualified and compliant to deliver automotive sales coaching and consulting directly to clients, colleges and universities as he is a   PTTLS qualified trainer.  This is a minimum requirement for trainers wishing to deliver within the UK adult learning sector. 

 John has worked with dealer groups such as Glyn Hopkin, Marshalls, Lookers, WLMG, Inchcape, Robinsons, Motor Point, Group 1, Spire    Automotive, FCA Automotive Services ltd, Mercedes-Benz and Automotive administration company AutoProtect where John has provided    AutoProtect with expert assistance with their portfolio of large clients and Manufacturers.

 John has earnt a fantastic reputation for both developing and delivering training throughout the automotive industry.

 Specialist Areas of Expertise

Motor trade experience circa 22 years

Supporting dealers with selecting the correct insurance products for their business and chosing the right provider

Writing and delivering IMI Awards accredited training programmes at QAA level 2

Has developed online e-learning FCA courses accredited training programmes at QAA level 2 

Developing TCF and FCA focused sales processes to drive individual and dealer performance

Accredited Mercedes-Benz trainer for Daimler Insurance Services

PTTLS qualified trainer

A leading industry expert in performance training on F&I

A complete end-to-end understanding and expert knowledge of FCA Compliance and processes

Sales Management coaching and training

Has delivered telesales training for BT

Telephone number

07952 648733

Email: jd@iinspireconsulting.com