Vehicle Disposal Manager

Job Title: Vehicle Disposal Manager 

Salary: £30,294 to £32,552 plus a Shift Disturbance allowance of 12.5% and a Location Allowance of £1,639. You will receive £30,294 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £32,552 will be via incremental progression

Location: Perivale or Charlton Car Pound

Help us re-sell 13,000 vehicles per year

The Vehicle Recovery & Examination Service (VRES) plays a key part in tackling vehicle crime. Open 24/7, 365, it recovers, stores and examines vehicles collected from London’s streets. As a Vehicle Disposal Manager, you’ll be responsible for disposing of 13,000 vehicles per year. It’s a chance to work with an excellent team and keep London safe by supporting frontline policing.

VRES processes over 40,000 vehicles per year, ranging from e-scooters, motorcycles and cars all the way up to HGVs. Most have been involved in collisions, used for serious and organised crime or seized because the drivers have no licence or insurance. This work helps to protect Londoners and is integral to wider policing services.

Your task is to get the best re-sale value for the 13,000 vehicles that VRES disposes of every year. That means building strong relationships with disposal contractors and other suppliers, and managing their performance. You’ll be expected to travel round the country and attend physical auctions to complete audit checks and make sure that high standards are maintained. You’ll then produce and present reports for a range of colleagues and contacts.

We’re looking for a commercially sharp professional with experience in the automotive resale industry. Organised and adaptable, you’ll be used to allocating vehicles for sale using a network of logistics, inspection and re-marketing providers, both physical and e-marketing. You’ll also be capable of supervising staff, challenging suppliers constructively and investigating new avenues of revenue generation. Familiar with relevant legislation, you’ll have a full driving licence and sound judgment.

Above all, you’ll have the drive and enthusiasm to support the fight against crime and protect the people of London. In return, we can offer generous benefits and the chance to build a career with the country’s largest police service.

Role Involves

• Managing the disposal of circa 13’000 vehicles per year ensuring a disposal income return of £9m
• Maintaining accurate records of contractor performance and the volumes and types of vehicles processed for disposal
• Collating reports detailing resale and disposal metrics, remarketing plans and disposal contractor updates for management
• Working as part of a team and participate in performance meetings with disposal contractors, record minutes and feedback to colleagues
• Arranging for vehicles to be sold through a variety of disposal contractors
• Building and maintaining strong and collaborative relationships with disposal contractors to gain the best resale value for vehicles
• Overseeing the end to end performance of disposal contractors and monitor KPI’s to ensure appropriate market rate prices for the sale of vehicles
• Analysing sale prices, benchmark returns against CAP pricing and set reserves on certain vehicles being sold at auction
• Travelling around the country and attending the physical auctions of disposal contractors to complete audit checks and test purchases to monitor and drive the performance of valeting standards, description accuracy and sale integrity
• Receiving and managing stock disposal files
• Working with Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATF) and DVLA managing certificates of destruction
• Witnessing the destruction of sensitive vehicles in person for auditing purposes
• Work in multi-cultural environments and interacting at all business levels
• Attending and representing the MPS at remarketing seminars and conferences

Please click on the below link to view an online candidate information pack that will you give you an insight into the Met, the competency framework we use which shapes our daily work behaviours, the application process and a host of other information, that will help inform and support your application:

https://sscl-innovation.com/MPScandidatepack/

To apply, please visit our website. Applications will be via a detailed CV and an online application form. 

Completed applications must be submitted by 13th May 2021.

Please note that applicants who are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) are required to apply for settled or pre-settled status. If this is relevant to you and you have not yet applied to the EUSS, please take the time to do so before the deadline on 30th June 2021 at www.gov.uk/eusettlementscheme

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.