TAMRA GUEST

PO BOX ****, Columbus, MS ***** acbzif@r.postjobfree.com 662-570-

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• Spearheaded growth by opening 3 new AVIS/Budget Rental Car Franchise

locations

• Negotiated contracts with MSU, CAFB, American Red Cross, Eka Chemicals, L3

Communications, DynCorp, Cadence Bank, etc.

• Lead sales teams at six locations to improve Counter Sales Incentives by 30%

• Studied and Trained in Six Sigma processes

• Competitive negotiator, procurement management, contract/proposal developer

December 1989 – October 11, 2013

Avis/Budget Car Rental (Checker Leasing, Inc)

1989 – 1991

Rental Sales Agent

• Followed company policy/procedure by completing rental transactions with

customers.

• Qualified customers

• Participated in Counter Sales

• Audited contracts at completion

• Filed paperwork

• Answered questions, customer complaints and resolved issues

• Worked alone – unsupervised

• Washed/serviced cars as needed for reservations

1991 – 1994

Station Manager

• Assigned job structure, organization of work schedules, positions

• Optimized sales processes

• Created procedures for efficient operation with minimal costs

• Managed fleet of 30-60 cars

• Completed reports, audits, filing of documentation

• Purchased station supplies as needed

• Held meetings to promote progress and gain business

• Hired, trained, evaluated, terminated employees as needed

1994 – 2000

Interim District Manager

• Managed and directed sales forces/employees to achieve goals

• Managed all HR duties for several locations

• Set short and long term company goals

• Managed all fleet requirements, to include sales, turn-back, damages, collections,

and control of supply and demand

2000 – 2013

Regional Manager

• Handled all aspects of business for six locations unsupervised

• Signed documentation for purchasing, selling, negotiating, and promoting

business

• Maintained/expanded customer base

• Negotiated major contracts with offices for rental needs

• (MSU, CAFB, Farm Bureau, Cadence Bank, American Red Cross, & many more)

• Managed staff, presented data, planned sales, built relationships

• Met with board members, government officials, potential customers to establish

growth in region

• Managed profitability, Planned meetings, goals, and set performance levels

• Worked directly with President/owner of the company

• Operations Management

• Quality Assurance – aligned supply with demand

• Negotiator – bid contracts

• Develop and design agreements to meet budgetary requirements.

• Fleet Management – aligns fleet of 160+ vehicles, distributes to locations as

needed. Solicits bids for least expensive/best quality repair, replacement

parts/services as needed for inventory. Issues Purchase Orders –

• Communicated with locations nationwide – and all levels of Industry to resolve

problems or take corrective action if needed.

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