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Learn the operations of the industrial auction business

To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to resume@pplgroupllc.com with “AS Application” in the subject line.

Growth-oriented industrial auctioneer looking for a problem-solver used to making order out of chaos, who wants to learn the world of industrial auction operations. You will grow into one of our trusted experts who we can drop into a 500,000 sqft plant and take charge of making the site organized and auctionable.

We are one of the premier companies in the US that develops unique solutions for manufacturers in financial distress, or that have surplus equipment. We typically do that in one of three ways:

• Auctions: We buy and sell commercial and industrial equipment from individual owners up to Fortune 50 companies.

• Operating Companies: Equity investments in distressed middle-market manufacturing companies.

• Financing: Quick and creative alternative financing solutions based on asset value for small and middle-market companies in need of liquidity.

We cultivate a culture that is entrepreneurial, creative, relationship-based, and team-oriented. We love challenge, change, and we push ourselves to grow. We’re a small firm of less than 20 people, and we’re looking for someone who wants to evolve with us, and work with us to build something new for the future. Your growth is only limited by you, not by job titles or hierarchy or seniority.

The Position

• You’ll be our point person for going on-site to a closed factory, organizing, preparing the equipment (cleaning, fixing, moving when necessary), tagging, cataloging, taking pictures, inputting all that to our online auction platform, and getting everything set for an auction. Afterwards, you’ll oversee the removal of equipment, take payment, and ensure customers get what they bought.

• Our goal for this position is for you to eventually take ownership of the entire process for the auction you’re working. This means you’ll manage the other on-site setup staff there, work with our marketing firm on the brochure, ensure the data in our online auction platform is accurate, and solve whatever problems come up.

• We want to train and enable you to go from Auction Amateur to Auction Ops Guru.

• Must be able to travel, as our clients are located around the country. All travel and lodging expenses covered 100%.

• 90% fieldwork. This means that when we have a job, you’ll be there. In between jobs, you’ll have the opportunity to come to the office and learn the other parts of the process.

• In the office: you’ll learn our auction software, marketing systems and processes. You’ll learn equipment valuation, auction day operations, and will understand the entire process and how it fits into the bigger picture of our business: i.e. how we turn idle equipment into money for us and our clients.

• You’ll be exposed to other aspects of the business too, including sales and deal-making.

You

•Mechanically oriented, and/or comfortable in a factory with equipment.

• Tech-comfortable, and interested in learning new programs and processes.

• Willing and able to stay at sites around the country, including some weekends.

• You identify and conquer problems.

• Able to do the physical aspect of auction setup, including physical activity like light climbing and lifting up to 50 lbs.

• Willing and able to operate basic material handling equipment like forklifts and skid-steers; no license or experience required.

• English fluency required – written and spoken.

• Spanish proficiency a plus.

• This position is built for growth – we’re committed to this long-term, and we want you to be too!

To apply, please email your resume and cover letter to resume@pplgroupllc.com with “AS Application” in the subject line.