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When you join Ritchie Bros., you'll be part of a diverse, global team that's focused on delivering great customer experiences. Our culture is centered around people and guided by our core values of Integrity, Unity and Vision. Learn more about our culture and commitment to diversity and inclusion at Candidate Portal.
If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about making a difference, we invite you to join our growing team. Whether you're out in the field or back at your office, you'll be helping us achieve our vision of becoming the trusted global marketplace for insights, services and transaction solutions for commercial assets.
We're looking for an Equipment Specialist. The work location for this position is Western United States.
The Opportunity:
The position of Equipment Specialist manages all areas / activities relating to auction site equipment standards & descriptions, equipment data quality control, auction sequencing, shoot price management, auction advertising, year verification, VIN management, & auction advertising. There will be a heavy focus on data quality and meeting SLAs. The Equipment Specialist is the subject matter expert on equipment descriptions, standards, sequence and other asset management functions for TM's and local yard staff. This person works directly with the ROMs, Yard Managers, TMs and RSMs for their perspective regions, on all but not limited to the above. This multi-functional position is constantly dealing with tight deadlines associated with all the auction life cycle milestones such as advertising dates, catalogue, and lot number, they are not only dealing with tight deadlines but high-quality deliverables.
In this role you'll:
- Manage auction sequencing, shoot price, ring splits, choice & privilege for all site-based auctions held in the region of Prairies and Eastern Canada regions (assisting US sites when available).
- Manage all asset pre-inspection quality control, ensuring consistency and quality for all equipment data on our public facing website and biding applications pre-inspection.
- Manage the year and VIN verification for all assets sold in their perspective region.
- Acquire all photos and data of all asset information for the sites auction advertising.
- Actively support the RB Unreserved Commitment to Safety: to send everyone home, every day, the way they came to work, by taking personal responsibility for your safety and safety of your team, co-workers and customers.
- Work from anywhere! Opportunity to work remotely for the right candidate.
Here's what you bring:
- Diploma or equivalent experience
- Microsoft Office
- Minimum 5 years of related experience
- Bilingual (French/English) candidate preferred
- Self-motivated
- Excellent communication skills
This job will require you to:
- Setting shoot price, ring splits, choice & privilege, sequence for multiple sales at multiple sites.
- Deciding to advertise the year of manufacture based on resources and S/N information. VIN verification and recording when the year cannot be identified.
- Deciding on what to forward to marketing for auction advertising.
- Ensuring global equipment description consistency following the Equipment Standards Manual.
- Clean up contract data by research, following up with sales and potentially contacting OEM's and local dealers, to fill in incomplete information ensuring the best possible customer experience displaying equipment information online or in our external applications.
- Multi-tasking multiple sale sequencing ensuring minimal to no overlap.
- Managing appropriate ring splits so sale day does not exceed abnormal selling times.
- Working with Yard Managers to adjust sequencing to accommodate line-up requests from the site but adhering to sequencing standards as much as possible.
What We Offer:
Our success is built on the drive and dedication of our people. As we grow around the globe, there will be many opportunities to advance your career - we've proven this throughout our 55+ years in business. And, we'll take care of you along the way. Here's how:
- Comprehensive medical and dental benefits
- 401(K) with company match
- Ongoing training, professional development and tuition reimbursement.
Ritchie Bros. has grown from a small-town auctioneer to a global asset management and disposition company. Through our family of companies, we help our customers buy and sell a wide range of used and unused equipment for construction, mining, transportation, agriculture, oil & gas, lifting & material handling, forestry & other industries.
Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted. No agency calls, please.
If you required any accommodations, please send an email to: careers@rbauction.com.
