Park Place Awards

Dallas-based Park Place Dealerships has been named one of America's Top Workplaces by Workforce Dynamics. Park Place was ranked #4 nationwide among 872 organizations with more than 1,000 employees that participated in regional top workplaces programs.

The Top Workplaces program accurately reflects the opinions of employees through measurement of engagement, organizational health and employee satisfaction. The survey is utilized year after year by human resource professionals nationwide as the gold standard in internal measurement of organizational health and employee satisfaction.

The survey uses a proprietary set of 22 questions to rank companies. The survey data showed that employees most want to work at companies with high levels of organizational health. Companies that set a clear direction for their future; execute well; and bring real meaning to work are the healthiest.

Park Place Dealerships has been named among the "Top 100 Places to Work" by the Dallas Morning News for the seventh consecutive year. Park Place Dealerships also ranked in the top 10 in the large company category for corporations in Dallas/Fort Worth and number 1 for the best company for training.

Park Place Dealerships was selected based on an independent survey of Park Place's employees, conducted anonymously by The Dallas Morning News' research partner. The DMN "Top 100 Places to Work" list was compiled from a survey sent to Park Place's employees soliciting their opinions on six areas of the workplace including direction, execution, pay and benefits, career opportunities, workplace conditions and managers. In order to qualify, at least 35-percent of a company's employees must respond to the survey. This year, the firm surveyed 276 companies and analyzed responses from 72, 285 employees.

Feedback from Park Place's employees included comments such as: "My job always keeps me on my toes, and I love that;" and "Park Place actually does everything they say they're going to do and more;" and "Park Place Dealerships has the confidence in me to do my job well and do what's right for our clients."

President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez announced six organizations as recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.

This is the first time that an automotive dealership has been named as a Baldrige Award recipient. "President Bush and I proudly announce these organizations as recipients of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award," said Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. "By pursuing excellence in every aspect of their operations, the men and women of these innovative, high-performing organizations have proven ready to meet the competitive challenges of the future. The recipients of the Baldrige Award provide inspiration for all U.S. organizations in their quest for excellence," he said. The Baldrige Award recipients were selected from among 64 applicants. All six recipients were evaluated rigorously by an independent board of examiners in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; human resource focus; process management; and results. The evaluation process included about 1,000 hours of review and an on-site visit by teams of examiners to clarify questions and verify information in the applications.

This recognition is significant to the award recipients because they understand the rigor and objectivity of the Baldrige Award evaluation. "Each step of the award process is structured to continually refine the board of examiners depth of knowledge and understanding of the applicants' performance excellence system, ensuring that only the most outstanding applicants are recognized, and that all applicants receive objective feedback for improvement," said Roy Bauer, chair of the Baldrige Award panel of judges and president and chief operating officer, Pemstar Inc. Named after the 26th Secretary of Commerce, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was established by Congress in 1987 to enhance the competitiveness and performance of U.S. businesses and expanded in 1998 to include education and health care. The award promotes excellence in organizational performance, recognizes the quality and performance achievements of U.S. organizations, and publicizes successful performance strategies. The award may be presented to five types of organizations: manufacturers, service companies, small businesses, education organizations, and health care organizations.

The award is not given for specific products or services. The Baldrige program is managed by NIST in conjunction with the private sector. As a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Administration, NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.

President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez announced six organizations as recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.

This is the first time that an automotive dealership has been named as a Baldrige Award recipient. "President Bush and I proudly announce these organizations as recipients of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award," said Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. "By pursuing excellence in every aspect of their operations, the men and women of these innovative, high-performing organizations have proven ready to meet the competitive challenges of the future. The recipients of the Baldrige Award provide inspiration for all U.S. organizations in their quest for excellence," he said. The Baldrige Award recipients were selected from among 64 applicants. All six recipients were evaluated rigorously by an independent board of examiners in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement, analysis and knowledge management; human resource focus; process management; and results. The evaluation process included about 1,000 hours of review and an on-site visit by teams of examiners to clarify questions and verify information in the applications.  

This recognition is significant to the award recipients because they understand the rigor and objectivity of the Baldrige Award evaluation. "Each step of the award process is structured to continually refine the board of examiners depth of knowledge and understanding of the applicants' performance excellence system, ensuring that only the most outstanding applicants are recognized, and that all applicants receive objective feedback for improvement," said Roy Bauer, chair of the Baldrige Award panel of judges and president and chief operating officer, Pemstar Inc. Named after the 26th Secretary of Commerce, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was established by Congress in 1987 to enhance the competitiveness and performance of U.S. businesses and expanded in 1998 to include education and health care. The award promotes excellence in organizational performance, recognizes the quality and performance achievements of U.S. organizations, and publicizes successful performance strategies. The award may be presented to five types of organizations: manufacturers, service companies, small businesses, education organizations, and health care organizations.

The award is not given for specific products or services. The Baldrige program is managed by NIST in conjunction with the private sector. As a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Technology Administration, NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. 

As a recipient of the Mercedes-Benz "Best of the Best" award, our Park Place Motorcars Arlington dealership truly stands in an elite class. This prestigious award honors the top 20 percent of 345 Mercedes-Benz dealers nationwide for outstanding sales, service and customer satisfaction. We're proud to be in such select company, and to continue to provide our clients with award-winning excellence every day.

Park Place Motorcars Dallas was named "Employer of the Year" By Universal Technical Institute Inc. for assisting students with Job Placement and on-the-job Training. UTI Is one of the nation's leading providers of technical education training, including the Mercedes-Benz ELITE Training Program.

Park Place Volvo President's Club Title At Park Place Volvo, we're proud to offer some of the safest, most luxurious and best-engineered cars in the world, along with a superior ownership experience. And we're also proud to have received the highest honor from Volvo of North America: the Volvo President's Club award.

This award recognizes the most elite group of Volvo dealers in the U.S. for exceptional customer service, as well as top sales and service performance. It is an incredible honor to be counted as one of the finest Volvo dealerships in the country, and we look forward to demonstrating our commitment to excellence to you each and every time you visit.

Park Place Jaguar Plano, now Jaguar DFW, is honored to be the recipient of the Pride of Jaguar Retailer Excellence Award for three years in a row. With winning the 2019/2020 Pride Award, we are proud to say that we are the #1 Jaguar dealership in the country.

The Pride of Jaguar Retailer Excellence Award is the highest honor a Jaguar dealer can receive. This prestigious distinction is bestowed only on the 16 most elite Jaguar dealerships in the nation. These are the dealers who take the ideals of excellence and turn them into a way of doing business for every customer, every day. Sixteen Jaguar retailers are chosen based upon being top performers in three overall categories; customer advocacy, sales and business excellence. One Jaguar retailer is awarded the esteemed Marque of Distinction title for being the top retailer for their brand. These retailers exceed all expectations within our measurements of success earning them the number one spot. The 2013/14 Marque of Distinction is Jaguar DFW.

Earning Pride of Jaguar takes hard work and requires that all areas of a Jaguar dealership's business are focused on the customer. Park Place Jaguar DFW is proud to be recognized for its ongoing commitment to excellence- from sales and service to the ownership experience. The Pride of Jaguar award annually honors those select dealers who exceeded expectations in customer satisfaction, sales performance and overall business excellence and we at Jaguar of DFWtake great pride in being recognized for the standard of excellence we try to keep up on a daily basis.

Joe Eberhardt, President, Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC. Says "Their dedication to providing exceptional and unique overall experience for our customers is a reflection of our respect and pride we take in customer loyalty. We are even more proud that Jaguar DFW earned the Marque of Distinction Top Retailer award. Jaguar annually recognizes and rewards top scorers in parts, sales and service as part of the Journey to Excellence certification and recognition program. Significant training in their field, customer handling scores, knowledge and experience are required to earn the Marque of Distinction award. Thousands participate, hundreds compete, and only seven Jaguar professionals prevail annually. 

Park Place Porsche Dallas has been selected as a 2020 Porsche Premier Dealer by Porsche Cars North America. This honor, awarded to only 25 of the German car manufacturer's nearly 200 U.S. dealerships, recognizes dealers who consistently go above and beyond Porsche's high-quality standards and demonstrate a real passion for the brand and its customers. Park Place Porsche has received this honor now nearly every year it has been available. In doing so, Porsche Cars North America is recognized as the most consistently winning Porsche dealer in North America.

Porsche developed the Porsche Premier Dealer Program to recognize the top 25 Porsche dealerships in the U.S. To be considered for this prestigious award, a dealership must demonstrate their ability to meet and then exceed Porsche's incredibly high standards. Along with meeting these standards, the dealership must also be able to show their ability to embrace the established Porsche Business Model.

The Porsche Business Model requires a dealership to demonstrate that they have met higher standards of performance than all other Porsche dealerships in the United States. These standards include, but are not limited to, overall brand utilization, development of specific "key Porsche business drivers," and product representation.

In essence, the Porsche dealerships must continually go above and beyond the baseline standards established by legendary automaker Porsche to receive the award. In simple terms, the dealerships chosen must live and breathe Porsche in every possible way.

Park Place Porsche will join its 24 fellow honorees for a Premier Dealer event trip and awards ceremony later this year.