Purchasing Manager / Senior Buyer / Buyer
Greater Memphis Area
At CarMax I most recently managed a purchasing team of as many as eight managers and several management trainees in all aspects of the used vehicle retail and wholesale business. I was responsible for as much as $6 million worth of inventory and sometimes over 600 units. Together with my team we worked to procure, manage the recondition process, price, market, and dispose of aged and wholesale inventory.In doing so, I was also responsible for recruiting, training, developing and managing not only my team but the other 80 plus employees at the facility. In 1998 I launched my career at CarMax. With only 16 stores at the time we developed, tested, launched and re-launched many products, processes and services that helped make CarMax the 100 plus Used Car Superstore business it is today. The rigorous training program offered me the experience of traveling from coast to coast and the opportunity to work with people at auction houses, body shops, service departments and other superstores.I was part of the grand opening of five superstores and participated in the development of dozens of managers, sales associates, technicians, and clerks. I worked closely with other managers as we created a program that taught people, who had no previous automotive experience, the car business.