Matt Thomasson

An experienced and talented BDM with 30+years in the industry. Over achiever. Personally and financially motivated. Very successful in the SME and larger fleet market. Fully conversant in salary sacrifice, all finance products and electric/hybrid, FCA and broker funder quoting systems. Looking for a long-term sales role with a progressive business. Excellent telephone manner. Ambitious. LinkedIn and Instagram specialist with substantial presence.

Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Key Account Manager- North at Automotivate (2025-07 – Present)

Responsible for new business generation and account and fleet management. Home based. Utilising and building networking relationships on various social media platforms. Client visits, cold calling. Cars and commercial vehicles to include complex conversions. Sales/all aspects of finance. Part of the TREK Group Of Companies.

Sales Executive at Invicta Motor Group Limited (2024-12 – 2025-05)

Working in an extremely busy retail dealership, new and used vehicles - Jaecoo/Omoda/Mazda following the full sales process from initial enquiry to customer handover. Targets hit and excellent product penetration. 33 vehicles, sold, prepped and delivered in March. Duties to include checking in cars, assessing vehicles for part exchange.

Arranging forecourt. Was originally employed to deal with local and regional fleet, but unfortunately this was decided against by the business. Part of Cambrian Automobiles.

National Key Account Manager at The Online Motor Group (2024-01 – 2024-11)

Joined as a sales executive - new start business. Quickly established myself as the top salesperson, exceeding all targets and KPI's. Promoted to National Key Accounts Manager, opening 4 new accounts 50 plus fleets in the first 2 months. Predominately cold calling, but with a few leads most days via the website. Over £10k profit per month for a new start business.

Business Development Manager at Toomey Leasing Group (2022-12 – 2023-11)

Self generated, office based role. Selling the benefits of Contract hire to UK businesses. Cold calling, canvassing business parks. Generating own leads through a variety of self proven methods. No leads given. Independent leasing company who wrote their own book.

Full Time Home Carer at Bolton (2022-04 – 2022-12)

Looking after a terminally ill family member.

Sales Consultant at Select Car Leasing (Preston) (2021-10 – 2022-04)

I joined Select Car Leasing following the liquidation of my business, lockdown unfortunately ended it as it was a lifestyle business and therefore reliant on cash flow. I had been waiting for a client placing a substantial order of 24 vehicles. I joined Select Car Leasing, (formerly, and still unbeknown to me at the time - Cameron Clarke Leasing).

In the first 6 months, I had generated a pipeline of £160,000 through my own client base that I had from my previous business, making me the top salesperson in the whole business to include direct sales and the lot sub brokers, some 180 plus people. This was very time consuming and limited the number of incoming leads that I could manage. In addition to this I opened 3 new substantial business accounts from contacts I had previously been speaking to.

Appointed Representative at Fleet Alliance Limited (2016-10 – 2021-10)

Self employed associated representative. Sacrificing my two biggest sole supply accounts, I came off PAYE to become managing director of my own business. Job description as with paid role above. 50/50 profit split with Fleet Alliance. Portfolio, following compromise now still worth in excess of £250k per annum.

National Key Account Manager at Fleet Alliance Limited (2007-03 – 2016-09)

• Worked my way up from BDM to National Key Accounts Manager in 3 years.
• Targets substantially overachieved -and the highest individual profit for the full 9 years.
• A total annual performance - year 9 at £515,000 plus (300% of target). A record still unbroken as of today.
• Opened the two most profitable accounts for the business (one a FTSE 250) from cold calling/ prospecting and appointment setting.
• Proficient in Powerpoint and board room/director/client facing situations.
• Funder system training and FCA/BVRLA training courses all passed.
• Instrumental in the development and implementation of e-fleet, a leading industry IT Fleet Management System. Responsible for the board room presentation, project management and onboarding of existing and prospective clients and the engagement of drivers to the smartphone app again by way of driver training via group presentation.
• Worked from the fleet office of my main client in East Anglia on an advisory/consultative role, one day a week. Fleet size of 1400.
• Sole supply of a major care provider with 120 properties all of which required customised/adapted commercial vehicles. Involved consultation with each home to determine the specific needs of all individuals within each property.

Certificate of Higher Education in Business and Finance (HND) – Blackburn Polytechnic (1992-09 – 1995-05)

A levels in English language/literature, Business Studies and french – South College Bolton (1989-01 – 1992-01)

GCSE's in English, Mathematics, Human Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Geography – Turton High School (1984-01 – 1989-01)