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Senior Auctioneer

R 35 000 - R 55 000 a month
Ellahi Consulting
Johannesburg Full-day Full-time

Description:

Location: Isando, Johannesburg

Salary: R37 000- R55 000 (Depending on experience and qualifications)

Core Purpose of the Role

To ensure optimal recovery ratios for vehicles accurately priced in auctions.

Academic Qualifications

Essential:

  • Tertiary Education in Auctioneering or Business-related Field
  • Valid Driver's License
  • Assessor Certification

Advantageous:

  • Relevant certifications or courses

Work Experience

Essential:

  • 5–8 years of auctioneering experience within the automotive industry
  • Proven track record of selling items and generating optimal recovery prices

Advantageous:

  • Experience in salvage vehicle auctioneering

Knowledge

Essential:

  • Understanding of vehicle pricing models
  • Knowledge of vehicle code descriptions and categories
  • Familiarity with auctioneering practices and principles

Skills

Essential:

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Technical skills related to vehicle pricing
  • Strong people management skills for fostering partnerships
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Strong analytical and diagnostic skills

Personal Attributes

Essential:

  • Ethical behavior aligned with organizational values
  • Clear and convincing communication
  • Strong focus on results
  • Problem-solving mindset
  • Passion for optimizing business performance
  • Resilience under stress
  • Customer-centric approach
  • Drive for business growth
  • Collaboration and teamwork orientation

Advantageous:

  • Strategic thinking abilities

Key Deliverables and Outputs

1. Recovery Ratio Analysis and Implementation

  • Analyze various factors (damage, year model, vehicle type, market value) to calculate recovery percentages based on vehicle market value.

2. Pricing of Vehicles

  • Collaborate with the auctioneering team to price vehicles sold at SMD. Evaluate damages, year model, vehicle type, and market value to establish auction prices.

3. Starting Bid and Bid Acceptance

  • Determine starting bid offers and evaluate fairness and competitiveness. Make decisions on accepting or declining bids, considering vehicle value and associated supplier/SMD costs.

4. Vehicle Coding

  • Assign appropriate vehicle codes (2, 3, or 4) based on damage assessment, including front suspension, overall damage, firewalls, VIN number, chassis condition, and damage severity.

5. Consignment of Stock and Process

  • Select vehicles for consignment to achieve desired recovery ratios from respective sales channels. Manage payment processes related to consignment and commissions.

Internal Customers

  • Branch Managers, Inter-departments, MANCO

External Stakeholders

  • Suppliers, Customers

Requirements:

  • Tertiary Education in Auctioneering or Business-related Field
  • Valid Driver's License
  • Assessor Certification
  • Relevant certifications or courses
  • 5–8 years of auctioneering experience within the automotive industry
  • Proven track record of selling items and generating optimal recovery prices
  • Experience in salvage vehicle auctioneering
  • Understanding of vehicle pricing models
  • Knowledge of vehicle code descriptions and categories
  • Familiarity with auctioneering practices and principles
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Technical skills related to vehicle pricing
  • Strong people management skills for fostering partnerships
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Strong analytical and diagnostic skills
  • Ethical behavior aligned with organizational values
  • Clear and convincing communication
  • Strong focus on results
  • Problem-solving mindset
  • Passion for optimizing business performance
  • Resilience under stress
  • Customer-centric approach
  • Drive for business growth
  • Collaboration and teamwork orientation
  • Strategic thinking abilities
  • Analyze various factors (damage, year model, vehicle type, market value) to calculate recovery percentages based on vehicle market value.
  • Collaborate with the auctioneering team to price vehicles sold at SMD. Evaluate damages, year model, vehicle type, and market value to establish auction prices.
  • Determine starting bid offers and evaluate fairness and competitiveness. Make decisions on accepting or declining bids, considering vehicle value and associated supplier/SMD costs.
  • Assign appropriate vehicle codes (2, 3, or 4) based on damage assessment, including front suspension, overall damage, firewalls, VIN number, chassis condition, and damage severity.
  • Select vehicles for consignment to achieve desired recovery ratios from respective sales channels. Manage payment processes related to consignment and commissions.
  • Branch Managers, Inter-departments, MANCO
  • Suppliers, Customers
13 Mar 2025;   from: careers24.com

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