Experience

MEI Group

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Automotive Buyer

  • May 2021 - Mar 2022

  Oversee purchase requests as outlined by owner and Buyer’s Manager while maintaining steady, daily bid count for 100+ vehicles. Champion negotiation of arbitration terms with sellers and organize auction logistics, including order Post Sales Inspections (PSI), arbitration, transports, inventory, and quality control and pre-inspection upon delivery.



Yates Brothers Motor Co Inc

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Senior Operations Manager

  • Mar 2014 - May 2021

  Fort Worth, Texas, United States • 2nd in charge of all daily operations and worked closely with the General Manager. • Lead account manager, in charge of 6+ employees at the sales office. • Reestablished suffering location to the top performing location in sales and collections. • Oversee daily operations between the sales office, mechanic shop and the paint and body shop. • Administration manager in charge of on-boarding all new hires and the hiring process; payroll and accounts payable experience. • 2nd of… Show more • 2nd in charge of all daily operations and worked closely with the General Manager. • Lead account manager, in charge of 6+ employees at the sales office. • Reestablished suffering location to the top performing location in sales and collections. • Oversee daily operations between the sales office, mechanic shop and the paint and body shop. • Administration manager in charge of on-boarding all new hires and the hiring process; payroll and accounts payable experience. • 2nd of 2 buyers, managed the buying and selling of inventory at the sales location and the auto auctions. • In charge of maintaining the inventory and inventory pricing. • Maintains the company website; inventory control. Show less



Army National Guard

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Captain

  • Jul 2011 - Aug 2019

  • Served as the Battalion Fire Direction Officer (FDO) for the 3-133rd FA; formulated training plans, qualification, certifications and live fire data for battery level operations. • Determined courses of actions, annotating limitations and shortfalls during the planning process. • Established milestones for junior battery level FDOs to complete preoccupation, post-occupation and certification objectives. • Integrated fires in a centralized environment; disseminated target data to each… Show more • Served as the Battalion Fire Direction Officer (FDO) for the 3-133rd FA; formulated training plans, qualification, certifications and live fire data for battery level operations. • Determined courses of actions, annotating limitations and shortfalls during the planning process. • Established milestones for junior battery level FDOs to complete preoccupation, post-occupation and certification objectives. • Integrated fires in a centralized environment; disseminated target data to each corresponding battery fire direction center (FDC) from the forward observers. • Oversaw all battery level fire missions from the FDC; retained authority to suspend any firing actions. • Consistently selected to roles of increased responsibilities over peers. Select Accomplishments: • Qualified and certified 100+ personnel, including 10 junior officers to advanced level operations, transforming team performance and communication practices that enabled unit to operate more cohesively. • Streamlined certification processes of lower-level qualifications and implemented recommendations for target data and requisition, enabling team to meet quarterly KPI benchmarks and goals. • Created communications system with multiple reserve channels to keep all voice and digital lines open and functional, delivering time-sensitive information ahead of schedule to prevent bottlenecks. • Increased battery level certifications and qualifications by at least 40% in time reduction (not including equipment failure). • Earned designation as first officer to produce 100% error-free reporting unit-wide; implemented tracking processes leveraging skills in data management to monitor materials certification/qualification status. • Received highest remarks from superiors, ranked “Highly Qualified/Excels” on annual performance evaluations, resulting in increased leadership progression—outperforming cohort of peers. Show less