Evan Davidson Email & Phone Number

Hastings, Minnesota, United States

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Greater Phoenix Area

Directed daily operations for the Powersports, Marine, RV, and HDT products division within the ADESA Nationwide Vehicle subsidiary. Worked closely with major financial institutions, auction facilities, marketing teams, dealerships, and third-party vendors. Promoted additional ancillary products and repair services. Branded specialty company name and negotiated national customer contracts. Consulted with auction houses on comparable product sales, pricing, location, and liquidation strategies. Expanded Powersports market share by 120%. Captured commercial / institutional business from competitors. Decreased unit preparation turnaround time from 45 days to 38 days (a 15% decrease). Dramatically increased the scope of the business and increased in inventory. Increased Buyer base by 15%. Managed 30+ national accounts. Added multiple new dealership accounts and increased total dealer consignment units by 20%. Developed national standard operating procedures across 63 auction houses. Helped develop and institute an RV and Marine Buyer Confidence program. Collaborated with management to develop and implement best practices and standard operating procedures rolled out across all ADESA commercial vehicle auctions. Utilized Microsoft Office, Salesforce, and Tableau applications. Consistently exceeded annual performance goals, KPI’s, and management objectives.

Greater Phoenix Area

Oversaw the National Remarketing Sales program for RV, Marine, and Powersports products in a retail lending division. Proactively partnered with all collections departments. Oversaw a 5-person team and coordinated strategic remarketing planning, sales forecasting, pricing, and training. Developed and implemented loss prevention, collections, and mitigation strategies for liquidation and repossessed inventory. Worked with auction houses on branding, marketing, and promotions. Consulted on auction type, location, setting reserve price, value analysis, sell / keep decisions, repairs, and contracts. Developed National Remarketing sales strategy and build a strong and robust program. Facilitated and helped coordinate 240 auctions / sales events per year. Substantially increased inventory base and expanded auctions and sales events from 3 to 20 locations. Revamped and enhanced best practices and audit and compliance protocols. Expanded RV, Marine, and Powersports remarketing portfolio sales channel by 30%. Minimized charge-offs and reduced portfolio losses by 10%. Effectively negotiated auction fee reduction, cutting auction fees from 6% to 3%.

Greater Phoenix Area

Managed a National Remarketing program for RV, Marine, and Automotive Vehicles within a $1.8 billion retail lending division. Supported post-merger integration of programs, personnel, and resources after acquisition of Bank One. Initially managed 120+ call center employees and oversaw the Front-End Collections department. Handled campaign strategy for delinquent accounts. Achieved all delinquency goals and reduced delinquency rate.