Katie Brand Email & Phone Number

United States

Atlanta, Georgia

Greater Atlanta Area

Manage team processes for building operations.Oversee 700+ stores and maintenance vendor relationships.Serve as liaison between Store Support Center Building Services and Home Depot Field leadership and personnel.Review pricing strategy and make suggestions to drive cost out.Assist with RFP process to consolidate vendors and reduce maintenance cost by average 10%.Manage $14M Remodel Project across 150 stores nationwide.Serve as liaison for executive leadership team for all facility operations.

Atlanta, Ga

Coordinate and spearhead regional sales-related activities, including planning, forecasting and incentive programs.Act as main liaison between field personnel, regional management, and national sales operations team.Create and distribute ad-hoc reports to regional and national management.Organize and execute bi-annual meetings for region and field personnel.Supervise and train regional operations specialists; interview potential specialist candidates.

Atlanta, Georgia

Managed ongoing implementation of Nissan Retail Environmental Design Initiative (NREDI), current Nissan dealer image program.Worked closely with investing dealers to ensure internalization of NREDI approved design elements and customer touch points.Managed third party vendors responsible for supplying NREDI approved elements; validated and confirmed design/spec compliance.

Greater Orlando Area

Served as the primary point of contact and OEM liaison for Nissan dealerships in metro Orlando, FL and surrounding areas.Counseled dealership management on potential business process improvements based on detailed analysis of dealers’ operations.Fostered strong relationships with dealership personnel by conducting regular in-dealership training and leadership forums.Trained key dealership personnel on the inputs of Nissan vehicle allocation system; facilitated dealer vehicle ordering and provided recommendations on mix and configuration optimization.Assisted dealership management in the development of Tier II/III marketing plans; ensured that all available co-op funds were used efficiently.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Developed and executed all dealership personnel travel incentive programs and new model announcement shows for the Nissan and Infiniti brands.Managed and directed third party vendors responsible for executing incentive programs and new model shows with budgets exceeding $5M.Administered yearly recognition program for Nissan/Infiniti dealerships and their personnel.Coordinated and executed monthly Dealer Advisory Board meetings for the Nissan and Infiniti brands.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Generated and distributed monthly national sales objectives and sales reports.Coordinated and executed annual Field Sales Meeting.Compiled and analyzed data to create weekly management presentations to Sales Operations Director and Division VP.

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

-Completed more than 9,000 retail customer vehicle appraisals.-Monitor reconditioning costs and initial margin of all retail vehicles.-Manage pricing and merchandizing of all retail vehicles.-Coordinate and run successful onsite wholesale auctions weekly wholesaling over 7000 vehicles annually.-Attend regional auctions as well as build working relationships with Auction Management.-Coordinate with Operations Manager and Corporate Analysts to plan for weekly purchasing needs to ensure optimal mix of inventory for regional stores.-Recruit, interview, and hire new candidates for all departments.-Successfully mentor Buyers-in-Training and Buyers through daily interaction, training, and developing to aid in their development and promotion.-Lead store and regional training classes to develop Buyers-in-Training and Buyers.-Provide customer service to both internal and external customers.-Work with Corporate Analysts to create reports to better utilize tools in off site buying to optimize inventory at each regional location.-Part of the successful Grand Opening Team for The Car Buying Center, a new concept for CarMax to roll out nation-wide.

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Birmingham, Alabama Area

-Recruit and contract new providers in surrounding Birmingham and Montgomery areas.-Educate providers on company policies and procedures through staff in-services.-Serve as liaison between providers and company.-Oversee handling of provider concerns and issues to completion.-Develop and maintain strong working relationships with large network of providers.-Provide claims analysis through the use of system generated reports and spreadsheets.