{"id":88431,"date":"2009-12-18T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/sweeney-takes-over-buick-gmc-general-manager-duties\/"},"modified":"2009-12-18T07:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T12:59:00","slug":"sweeney-takes-over-buickgmc-general-manager-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/88431","title":{"rendered":"Sweeney takes over Buick\/GMC general manager duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/marketing-advertising\/\" rel=\"tag\">Marketing\/Advertising<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/buick\/\" rel=\"tag\">Buick<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gm\/\" rel=\"tag\">GM<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/gmc\/\" rel=\"tag\">GMC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/sweeney-buick-gmc.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the third time in two months, General Motors has a new<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/buick\/\"> Buick<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/gmc\/\">GMC<\/a> general manager, this time hiring longtime employee Brian Sweeney to the high-profile post. Sweeney gets the job one week after Michael RIchards quit after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/01\/michael-richards-named-buick-gmc-general-manager\/\">just nine days<\/a> on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney gets the general manager post after spending a year and a half as general sales manager of Buick GMC. GM Sales Service and Marketing VP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/susandocherty\">Susan Docherty<\/a> said in a press release that Sweeney &#8220;consolidated 13 different agencies to one dedicated partner to drive a consistent brand message, led the dealer network through a difficult transition and has earned a reputation for tirelessly driving results that benefit consumers.&#8221; That sounds like a lot of work to us. Here&#8217;s to hoping this Sweeney guy lasts a lot longer than the last guy.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney&#8217;s old job goes to 25 year GM vet Jennifer Costabile. The 25 year GM employee is coming off assignment as regional sales and marketing manager for Cadillac in GM&#8217;s Southeast Region. Hit the jump to read the GM press release.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: GM]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/sweeney-takes-over-buick-gmc-general-manager-duties\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Sweeney takes over Buick\/GMC general manager duties<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/18\/sweeney-takes-over-buick-gmc-general-manager-duties\/\">Sweeney takes over Buick\/GMC general manager duties<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:59:00 EST.  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Sweeney gets the job one week after Michael RIchards quit after just nine days on the job. 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