Used Vehicle Buyer
About The Position
The Used Vehicle Buyer is responsible for all aspects of acquiring used-car inventory through various channels including direct contacts, generated leads, off-site auctions, other dealerships, and internet inquiries. This role involves appraising vehicles, understanding their condition, negotiating prices, making financially sound purchasing decisions, and ensuring timely processing of all purchases. The buyer will also be responsible for understanding retail trends, participating in inventory planning, and delivering a premium customer experience by responding promptly and professionally to customer inquiries. This position utilizes lead management tools and requires working in a fast-paced team environment, demonstrating initiative as a self-starter, and working independently as needed. The role also involves generating leads, creating appointments, meeting car buying quotas, understanding market tendencies and changes, and developing effective working relationships with purchasing venues to ensure the expeditious and cost-effective placement of ideal inventory. The Used Vehicle Buyer must be an expert in all aspects of purchasing, shipping, selling, and stocking vehicles.
Requirements
- Strong attention to detail
- Sense of urgency
- Excellent communication
Responsibilities
- Responsible for all faces of acquiring a used-car inventory through, direct contacts, generated leads, off site auctions, dealers, internet inquiries from customers or any other available avenues
- Appraise vehicles, understand vehicle condition, negotiate price, make financially sound purchasing decisions, and insures timely processing of all purchases
- Responsible for understanding retail trends and participating in the inventory planning process
- Deliver a premium customer experience by responding to customer inquiries in a prompt, professional, accurate and courteous manner.
- Generate leads and create appointments by researching the available used car market
- Meet car buying quotas
- Understand market tendencies and the changes to the trends in all geographic areas.
- Develop effective working relationships with the all purchasing venues to accelerate the placement of ideal inventory in an expeditious and cost-effective manner.
- Effectively utilize lead management tools.
- Compile all necessary reports, forms and other documentation on a timely basis
- Required to be the expert in all aspects of the purchasing, shipping, selling and stocking vehicles
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
- Paid Holidays & PTO
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Paid Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Lithia Learning Center
- Vehicle Purchase Discounts
- Wellness Programs
- health insurance coverage
- an employee wellness program
- life and disability insurance
- a retirement savings plan
- paid holidays and paid time off (PTO)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
