Job description

Overview Of The Role:

The Used Cars Buyer is crucial in ensuring Al-Futtaim maintains a robust inventory of high-quality pre-owned vehicles. This position demands expert appraisal skills, negotiation capability, and a thorough understanding of market values and trends. Success in this role involves not only fulfilling stock requirements but also ensuring that purchases align with corporate KPIs around sales and gross margin. Additionally, the buyer will need to engage with vehicle appraisals, providing support for trade-ins, and ensuring that all purchased vehicles meet the company's quality and accessory standards. This role is set against a backdrop of continuous engagement with a diverse and dynamic team within the automotive division.

What You Will Do:

• Buy pre-owned vehicles as required by the Stock Target report and daily stock availability report.
• Ensure the KPIs of Purchase, Stock Age, Trade Sales, and Gross Margin are met or excelled.
• Appraise vehicles technically and accurately estimate preparation expenses and value them as per the latest valuation guide and Stock Target/Availability reports.
• Provide trade-in services to New Car Executives by appraising and valuating part exchange vehicles.
• Capture details of all appraised vehicles in IS Auto through Zest and maintain the Zest appraisal file for regular follow-ups and purchases.
• Complete negotiation, purchasing, and transfer of legal ownership of purchased vehicles, and provide required documents to the Administration department for purchase processing.
• Ensure vehicles are purchased with all required accessories.
• Monitor market trends and adapt purchasing strategies to meet stock demand effectively.
• Work closely with sales teams to understand upcoming sales incentives or trends that will affect buying requirements.

Skills

Required Skills to be Successful:

• Technical proficiency in vehicle appraisal and repair cost estimation.
• Strong negotiation and selling abilities.
• Proficient in MS Office, with familiarity in SAP as a preference.
• Effective grievance resolution skills and relationship-building capabilities with multicultural teams.

What Qualifies You For The Role:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in any discipline.
• Technical ability to appraise vehicles and estimate repair costs.
• Excellent communication, selling, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to tactfully handle customer grievances and confidently resolve customer complaints.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to deal with people of diverse nationalities at various levels.
• Competency in MS Office applications.
• Qatar driving license.