SAM ANDERSON - Key Persons
Andrew joined the Group in January 2020 and has worked in the commercial vehicle industry for the past 32-years. Having started life as an engineer working on engine development and fuel additive research, he first joined Mercedes-Benz in 1989 working mainly in the pre-sales engineering functions and special products.
He joined Scania in 1994 and held various sales roles before becoming a director in 2000 taking responsibility for the aftersales functions, contract portfolio, finance brokerage and truck rental. Used vehicles were added, along with marketing and pre-sales before he left the head office to join the dealer network being involved in the creation of TruckEast, the second largest Scania dealer, and then moving on to run Keltruck, the largest independent Scania dealer in Europe.
He returned to Scania in 2015 initially to work with truck rental and used vehicles and became the Sales Director for Trucks, Bus & Coach, Engines, and Rental, launching the latest generation of Scania trucks, before adding Marketing, Business Development, and used vehicles.
Returning to independent sector, he is responsible for the Group, its operations and the strategic direction.
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- Member of the Alloy Bodies Senior Management Team
- Sales Director
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- HR Director
- Member of the Northside Senior Management Team
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- Benz Head of Purchasing & Disposal
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- Light Vehicle Sales Director
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- Member of the Northside Senior Management Team
- Aftersales Director
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- New Van Group Fleet / Retail Sales Manager
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- Doncaster General Manager
As the Grandson of the original Sam Anderson, Irvine is the third generation of the Anderson family to lead the business. His father was keen for Irvine to experience life outside of the family business and he spent much of his earlier career with the Scania dealer Reliable Vehicles before working within the various car franchise operations. He has also been heavily involved in the haulage business and the fleet workshop over the years as well as being involved in the commercial property aspects of the business and as such has a broad experience, with commercial vehicle operations very much at its routes.
Irvine is based at the Head Office in Eurocentral and is still involved in the daily operations supporting the wider operational businesses and working closely with the property portfolio.
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- Finance Director
- Member of the Board
James joined the Northside Truck & Van business in 2005 as Finance Director, having worked at Scania (Great Britain) Ltd as the financial controller for the wholesale aftersales operations and wholly owned retail workshops across the UK. James also spent time as the Finance Director of the wholly-owned Scanlink prior to moving to the Scania head-office.
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- Group Aftersales Support Manager
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- General Manager Sheffield
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- Manufacturing & Quality Engineer
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- Member of the Alloy Bodies Senior Management Team
- Operations Director
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- Managing Director
- Member of the Northside Senior Management Team
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- Group Used Van Sales Manager
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- Standards Implementation Manager
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- Managing Director
- Member of the Alloy Bodies Senior Management Team
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- General Manager Immingham