Vehicle Auction Buyer

About the role

Drive N-Motion is seeking an energetic and motivated Vehicle Auction Buyer to join our team full-time. This position requires our automotive buyers to inspect and purchase vehicles that will be assigned to a retail customer buying audience for multiple Drive N-Motion retail sales centers. Additionally, you will maintain relationships with auction team members, auctioneers and vehicle sale representatives who represent selling platforms across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality inventory to multiple Drive N-Motion retail sales centers
• Develop a deep understanding of vehicle appraisals and evaluation shifts in wholesale pricing strategies
• Maintain responsive and effective communication with your assigned Inventory/Operations team leads
• Preview, inspect, and appraise vehicles at auctions
• Follow up with multiple departments across the company related to inventory control metrics when called upon
• Represent and remarket wholesale scheduled vehicles among multiple markets
• Purchase vehicles and achieve target goals related to all buying-related direction and weekly focus shifts
• Work closely with auction personnel and upper level management to strengthen relationships and achieve success
• Access to multiple vehicle evaluation systems and auction platforms to maximize success

Qualifications

• 2-5 years Wholesale / Auto industry auction buying experience
• Knowledge of wholesaling, appraisal experience, auctions
• Auto industry buyer experience

Benefits

We give our buyers the tools, support, and freedom to maximize their earnings potential. Our retail sales centers are selling over 200 vehicles each month which gives our inventory buying team steady earnings potential. Inventory Auction Buyers typically purchase 15-30 vehicles each week and can see up monthly income levels surpass $12,000 when buying volume is maxed out.

Schedule

This position requires you to attend auctions on a daily basis by arriving up to 2 hours before the auction is open to successfully preview and inspect vehicles that are assigned to your workbook by a member of our inventory and operations team leads. Some travel to other markets may be required depending on inventory sourcing needs and other team member availability. No weekend work will be needed!

What You Need to Be Successful

• Strong communication, negotiation, and sales skills
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced auction environment
• Great interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with a variety of personality types

Join Us!

If you would enjoy buying vehicles and feel that this is the right automotive buying job for you, don't wait - apply today to join our team. We make it incredibly easy with our initial 3-minute application. We look forward to hearing from you!