Regional Auction Director - Travel‑Heavy Leader

Carvana; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Quality benefits

Holiday and paid time off

Education reimbursement programs

Matching 401(k)

Career path opportunities

Job summary

ADESA, a Carvana owned company, seeks a Regional Auction Associate Director to lead a group of General Managers across multiple auction sites. You will drive operational excellence, strategic alignment, and performance across regions with a focus on safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

You will travel extensively (up to 75%), partner with senior leaders, and mentor senior managers to achieve growth and transformation objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of experience leading complex business transformation initiatives, developing people, and solving complex operational problems in a high-volume environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide local auction leadership senior level direction to support business goals and initiatives, auction processes, customer and team member engagement.
• Build and leverage strong relationships throughout the organization and with key customers to deliver results.
• Strategically work through and with various teams to identify project prioritization and drive key business initiatives across the region.
• Participate in the development and implementation of strategic plans, goals, and objectives for the regional operations, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals and objectives.
• Advise senior leaders on strategic goals by gathering and analyzing pertinent business, financial, and operational information from the region.
• Utilize data to quickly identify areas of opportunity and recommend solutions to improve business activities and performance within the region.
• Ensure efficient and economical performance of the regional operations and individual locations in accordance with strategic plans, goals, and objectives.
• Partner with project management and operations teams to ensure change management initiatives are effectively executed across the region and its locations.
• Provide mentoring and accountability to a team of General Managers (Senior Leaders).
• Act as a key point-of-contact and change agent for other business groups throughout the organization regarding the regional operations.
• Partner cross-functionally to clearly conceptualize and build new processes, systems, programs/platforms to be effective in the regional operation.
• Ensure Auction team members and General Managers adhere to established safety policies and procedures, promoting a safe working environment.

Skills

Leadership

Operations leadership

Strategic thinking

Data analysis

Change management

Communication

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Google Suite

Job description

ADESA, a Carvana owned company, seeks a Regional Auction Associate Director to lead a group of General Managers across multiple auction sites. You will drive operational excellence, strategic alignment, and performance across regions with a focus on safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

You will travel extensively (up to 75%), partner with senior leaders, and mentor senior managers to achieve growth and transformation objectives.