New jobs on cards as Motiva revs up growth plan

MOTIVA Group is hoping to create a string of new jobs as part of its expansion plans.

The vehicle solutions company – based in Longton, Staffordshire – is pressing ahead with a campaign to double the size of the business and says that could lead to major progress before the end of the year.

Peter Wright, sales and marketing director at Motiva Group, said: “We’ve enjoyed record growth over the last couple of years and are now looking to build on that.

“Our target is to double the size of the business again by 2017 and we’ve set out a structured strategy to help us achieve that goal.

“We want to increase our customer base and that’s likely to lead to a significant expansion of both our customer service and fleet operations department before the end of the year.”

Motiva broke fresh ground by appointing its first new business development manager earlier this month and several more new roles are likely to follow as a result.

Paula Holt, formerly regional fleet sales manager at a Yorkshire-based vehicle retail group, will focus solely on bringing in new business.

Wright added: “Paula is very experienced in the industry and will have a pivotal role as new business development manager.

“She’ll work with our new lead-generation partners to help convert prospective clients into long-term customers and, if we can meet our targets, she’ll be the first of several new faces.

“We’re likely to be looking for another business development manager in the next six months and will make further additions to our back-end team.”