Mercedes-Benz hails winning dealers
Mercedes-Benz New Zealand has celebrated excellence across its cars, vans, and financial services networks after handing out its Retailer of the Year awards for 2024.
Mercedes-Benz Botany and Mercedes-Benz Christchurch were inducted into the marque’s Circle of Excellence, with the former clinching the top prize of Retailer of the Year for the third consecutive year.
The Circle of Excellence Award was introduced by the brand in 2020 and recognises the top two performing passenger car retailers in the country.
Joerg Schmidt, Mercedes-Benz NZ’s general manager, thanked the company’s dealerships for their “positive spirit and endless efforts to deliver the highest standards in sales and service every day across all parts of the business”.
CablePrice Christchurch scooped the retailer of the year title in the vans section and its employees took out two of the individual prizes on offer.
Beth Morrison, from Mercedes-Benz Vans, says the South Island business had demonstrated excellence in all areas, from sales to service and parts, and consistently shown a focus on its customers.
The awards evening held at the Cordis hotel in Auckland was guided by New Zealand professional golfer Phil Tataurangi and also recognised a number of individual achievements across sales, customer services and financial services.
Award winners 2024
Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars
Retailer of the Year
Mercedes-Benz Botany
Circle of Excellence
Mercedes-Benz Botany and Mercedes-Benz Christchurch
Retailer of the Year Awards
Sales Manager of the Year – Cameron Chubb (Ingham Prestige)
Elite Sales Consultant of the Year – Frederic Cheng (Mercedes-Benz North Shore) and Jia Yang (Mercedes-Benz Botany)
Premium Sales Consultant of the Year – Jason Corlett (Ingham Prestige)
TEV+ Sales Consultant of the Year – David Wang (Ingham Prestige)
Certified Pre-Owned Sales Consultant of the Year – Lee Li (Mercedes-Benz Botany)
Customer Services
Parts Manager of the Year – George Surgenor (Mercedes-Benz North Shore)
Service Manager of the Year – Jeremy Duffy (Mercedes-Benz Christchurch)
Service Adviser of the Year – Neil Kumar (Mercedes-Benz Auckland)
Mercedes-Benz Vans
Retailer of the Year – CablePrice Christchurch
Parts Manager of the Year – Blaine Minne (Mercedes-Benz Wellington)
Service Manager of the Year – Mark Dragovich (CablePrice Christchurch)
Sales Person of the Year – Richard Field (CablePrice Christchurch)
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
Business Manager of the Year – Petra Morley (Mercedes-Benz Botany)
