Projects on the table
Staffing Forecast
Network builder · Carvana
Replace gut-feel staffing for about 2,100 people at 56 acquired auction sites with one model anyone can measure, repeat and trace.
- Forecast incoming volume with triple exponential smoothing, and count every task an associate does.
- Roll out leniently with headcount leeway, and train site leaders into a feedback loop.
- Trace the last error to volume shifting between months and between sites, and rebuild for both.
Launch lenient, then let the model and the sites sharpen each other.
Labor Tool Pilot
Worker placement · Carvana
Launch a labor tool that shows how people are actually used on the floor, and prove its impact in a pilot.
- Connect the tool to the engineering staffing model, so targets and headcount share one baseline.
- Automate site setup in Python, SQL, Snowflake tasks and Sigma, so it updates itself.
- Run a one-versus-all pilot, then turn the reviews into a standard rollout plan.
Prove it on a few sites, and automate so it can reach all of them.
ask the data
Deduction · Carvana
Make AI reliable enough to answer real business questions, so nobody waits a week for an analyst.
- Build 4 approved source tables with data engineering, and standardize the metric definitions.
- Hold it to about 95% on a validation set before anyone outside the team uses it.
- Open a Slack channel for stakeholders, and an agentic pipeline that writes weekly summaries for 34 sites.
If it isn't defined, nothing guarantees the answer is right.
Paint Booth RFID
Real-time · Carvana
Turn RFID sensors installed with no plan into a program that keeps the paint booths full.
- Clean and model the raw RFID data, and gather requirements from VPs down to the paint experts.
- Run it on a 2-2-2 roadmap, and verify a live view of which car is in which booth.
- Build idle time, pace against target, and an early warning on the buffer zone.
See the shortage before the booth runs dry.
Margin per Spot Day
Economic · 2026
One GM incentive that rewards the best buyers, a clean first sale, and good use of lot space, all at once.
- Design (Simulated Margin − Rework Cost) ÷ Parking Spot Days.
- Agree its goals with VPs and Directors, then take it to regional directors for concerns.
- Co-lead GM sessions in every region, hold a month of office hours, and align payouts with Finance.
People do what you pay for, so pay for all of it at once.
Win the Floor
Area control · Carvana
Get site leaders to use a daily production planning tool they didn't trust, and submit on time.
- Track adoption and on-time submission, and find who isn't using it and why.
- Sell the dream: ask leaders questions they can't answer yet, and demo early versions.
- Push product for the features operators need, with Jira requests from their own wish lists.
Match the fix to the reason. Persuasion can't create a free hour.
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