Used Inventory Acquisition Lead - 3-Store Auto

Jim Taylor Auto Group; Monroe (LA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle

Business fuel

Full benefits

Job summary

Jim Taylor Auto Group is seeking a results-driven buyer/appraiser to own used inventory across three stores: Chevrolet in Rayville, Buick GMC in Monroe, and Ford in Ruston. You decide what we buy, what we pay, and what we ask.

This role offers a $82,500 base salary, exempt, paid bi-weekly, plus a company demo vehicle, business fuel, and full benefits. Quarterly volume and aging bonuses can push total compensation toward $135,000–$160,000+.

Qualifications

• 3+ years buying, appraising, or managing used inventory at a franchise dealership
• Live-market pricing tool and ability to explain pricing philosophy in two minutes
• Numbers you can defend: units acquired per month, days to turn, average front gross, aging policy
• You will buy at auction - digital and physical - handle arbitration, and defend the number afterward
• You will be responsible for growing acquisitions beyond trades and auctions, including street purchases, social media purchases and service acquisitions
• You can run recon and frontline timelines, not just price cars
• You are fine driving between three stores in a week

Responsibilities

• Own acquisition across auction, wholesale, private party, trades, and the service drive
• Maintain daily market pricing on every unit with a structured price review cadence
• Manage recon budgeting, approvals, and the clock from acquisition to frontline-ready
• Ensure online listing accuracy, pricing integrity, and merchandising quality
• Coordinate inventory transfers across all three stores
• Attend weekly performance meetings with GMs and Sales Managers

Skills

Pricing strategy

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Tools

vAuto Provision

Stockwave

Manheim

ADESA

OPENLANE

Job description

Jim Taylor Auto Group is seeking a results-driven buyer/appraiser to own used inventory across three stores: Chevrolet in Rayville, Buick GMC in Monroe, and Ford in Ruston. You decide what we buy, what we pay, and what we ask.

This role offers a $82,500 base salary, exempt, paid bi-weekly, plus a company demo vehicle, business fuel, and full benefits. Quarterly volume and aging bonuses can push total compensation toward $135,000–$160,000+.