CARMEL, Ind. and MONCKS CORNER, S.C. -

XLerate Group Auctions’ Charleston Auto Auction in South Carolina has hired a former ADESA national specialty and mobile manager as its new specialty sales/fleet lease remarketer.

The new hire is Andy Shaffer, and XLerate said he brings extensive knowledge of the specialty and auto remarketing industry.

Charleston Auto Auction general manager Laura Taylor said Charleston is adding two new auction divisions, and the first will be for specialty sales, hosting six annual major event sales.

The first of those is scheduled for March.

Shaffer will work at the second addition, which will be a mobility division. Shaffer will work alongside executive sales director Nichole Brannon to establish new mobile sales in South Carolina and Georgia.

At ADESA, Shaffer created specialty and mobile sales standards while handling client portfolios.

He also managed mobile auction van fleets and facilitated the sales operations of new mobile auction startups.

“We are very excited to have Andy Shaffer on our team,” Taylor said. “He is already lining up sellers and specialty units, and we can see the success and growth we’ve been planning take shape.”