Outside Car Buyer

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Responsible for the procurement of repairable/resalable goods (cars, wheels, lights, core products).

Essential Job Duties

• Maintain purchase manifest and supplier accounts.
• Determines and plans daily route and vendor visits.
• Delivers payment to vendor.
• Identify potential new customers and establish relationships.
• Awareness of company inventory and supply needs.
• Maintain a network of customers to sustain continuity and consistency in quality and volume buys.
• Maintain direct line of communications with leadership and peers regarding competitive situation, market conditions and scheduling.
• May work with leadership to negotiate pricing and purchase terms.
• Be responsible for managing relationships.
• Establish proof of ownership with title or CD.
• Assume other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Not responsible for supervising employees.

Minimum Requirements

Education & Experience

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 1+ years of related experience required.
• Must have a valid driver's license and pass an MVR and Drug Test.
• Must qualify for corporate insurance programs, including vehicle insurance.

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience determining the resolvability of products purchased.
• College coursework.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc. Ability to create, maintain and incorporate functions into Word documents.
• Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills. May train others in functional areas, interact with others and make presentations to department or middle management.
• Problems encountered are routine, somewhat repetitive and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures.
• Decisions generally affect own job or assigned functional area.
• Results are defined; sets personal own goals and determines how to achieve results with few or no guidelines to follow; supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.

Essential Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Work is primarily sedentary: must be able to sit for extended periods of time and use a computer, keyboard, and mouse, frequently.

Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Fertility Coverage
• 401k with Generous Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability
• Short-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• PNC Daily Pay Option

Join us for an exciting career journey with positive, driven individuals.