Auction Centre Porter

Campsea Ashe, IP13

The employer

Rural Auction Centre with six sale rooms across 11 acres, selling over 70,000 lots a year to over 70 countries.
Auction every Monday of around 1,400 lots with regular specialist sales of Fine Art Interiors, Rural Bygones, Militaria & Firearms, Farm Machinery and Vintage Machinery.

The job

As Porter, you'll assist with the set up of the weekly auction, working as part of a small portering team. You'll take in deliveries and deal with collections, be responsible for allocating lots to correct vendors and liaising with the office, and take, process, and upload photographs to the online catalogue.
When setting out lots there will be manual lifting of furniture and chattels, loading and unloading vehicles.
During sale days, you will operate the online bidding software and assist with sale viewing and answering queries about items.

What you'll need

Experience in customer facing roles - polite and well presented
Enjoys the challenge of manual work within a busy environment with strict deadlines.
Attention to detail and a can-do attitude.
Strong with IT in order to operate auction software on sale days

Where you'll be based

The auction centre is based in Campsea Ashe, Suffolk

What you'll receive

£12.21 per hour
Working Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm plus one in every three Saturdays 9am-12pm
Companywide bonus scheme based on performance of sales, equating to c.£4k-£5k per annum
Opportunity to learn and progress
28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays

Find out more

To discuss this position in more detail, please send your CV to martin@martin-salter.com or call 07983 967143.

All communication will be treated in complete confidence.