Inventory And Used Car Acquistion Manager

Jim Taylor Auto Group•Monroe, LA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

Jim Taylor Auto Group is hiring one person to own used inventory across all three of our stores - Chevrolet in Rayville, Buick GMC in Monroe, Ford in Ruston. You decide what we buy, what we pay, and what we ask. We are at roughly 75-100 used units a month as a group and we are going to 150+. That is the job, and the pay plan is built to pay you for doing it. If you are appraising and pricing for someone else’s store and you are tired of your recommendations getting overruled by feel, read the pay plan below and then call us.

Requirements

3+ years buying, appraising, or managing used inventory at a franchise dealership
Live in a live-market pricing tool and can explain your pricing philosophy in two minutes
Numbers you can defend: units acquired per month, days to turn, average front gross, aging policy
Fine driving between three stores in a week

Nice To Haves

vAuto Provision and Stockwave
Manheim / ADESA / ACV / OPENLANE relationships
CPO program experience
Multi-rooftop or multi-brand experience
A recon cycle time you shortened, and by how much

Responsibilities

Acquisition across auction, wholesale, private party, trades, and the service drive
Daily market pricing on every unit and a structured price review cadence
Recon budgeting, approvals, and the clock from acquisition to frontline-ready
Online listing accuracy, pricing integrity, and merchandising quality
Inventory mix and transfers across all three stores
A weekly performance meeting with the GMs and Sales Managers
Buy at auction - digital and physical - handle arbitration, and defend the number afterward
Responsible for growing acquisitions beyond trades and auctions, including street purchases, social media purchases and service acquisitions
Run recon and frontline timelines