NEXUS Automotive International (N!) has unveiled the details of five initiatives that will help drive the aftermarket challenger towards its target of being a global leader.
Already established in 84 countries, the major autoparts distributor is looking to do more than just extend its global reach in 2016; its aim is to help member companies and suppliers maximise the business opportunities created. To achieve this N! has:
- Launched the N! Academy, a certified aftermarket programme offering a wide range of training, including management, technical and sales skills
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Added a host of new products to its successful DR!VE+ private label service brand
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Introduced N! Slow Mover, a tool that enables slow moving stock to be promoted into wider markets via the N! community
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Built a sophisticated intranet, called CON!NECT, which will bring members and suppliers closer together, encouraging more business, and
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Introduced an IT reporting tool enabling in-depth analysis to help drive performance and growth in the N! community.
Details were given at the second annual NEXUS Business Forum, held in Montreux, Switzerland in early February, which included two days of business ‘speed dating’ between suppliers and N! members.
More than 300 delegates attended, representing around 70 nationalities, clear evidence that NEXUS Automotive International is now global, said CEO Gael Escribe.
Reaffirming the organisation’s ambition to increase the total consolidated turnover of its membership by the end of 2016, Gael said N! saw aftermarket potential in a further around 100 countries.
“Our vision is one aftermarket and for NEXUS to be a leader, no more a challenger,” he said, reminding the audience N! had, in just two years, already achieved 59 supplier contracts of which 50 are global.
This year will see the United States, through NEXUS Automotive North America, become the biggest region for N! with Western Europe close behind. However, the focus will continue to be worldwide with developments in other places, including China ‘a region that is really starting to consume autoparts’, said Gael.
The organisation was also pleased to have welcomed its first member from Iran, ALBORZ YADAK TRADING, creating ‘a huge opportunity’ for it to be the first Iranian company to ‘go multi-national’.
As well as outlining the key initiatives and progress to date, the Forum also addressed the issue of Connected Cars, with a round table examining the threats and opportunities this new technology will have on the aftermarket.
