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Auction Manager

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Proven sales experience with consumer products, marketplaces, or auctions
  • Strong emotional intelligence and confidence
  • Passion for enthusiast cars and understanding of how car buyers and sellers think
  • Knowledge of vehicle transactions, documentation, and ownership processes

Responsibilities

  • Own sellers end-to-end, from initial submission through a completed, sold auction
  • Proactively call, text, and email sellers to keep momentum, remove friction, and prevent drop-off
  • Help sellers gather all required materials and guide them through getting their car live on the site
  • Set realistic expectations and negotiate reserves, including helping sellers adjust pricing when market feedback requires it

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Negotiation
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Detail Oriented
  • Communication

About the company

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Cars & Bids

Automotive Manufacturing

Cars & Bids is the best online auction marketplace to buy and sell modern enthusiast cars – and that means pretty much anything that’s cool from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, or 2020s. To us, “cool” ranges from the obvious (a Ferrari F355 or a Lamborghini Gallardo) to the esoteric (a pristine Dodge Dakota Convertible or a Mercury Capri XR2) to the traditional fun cars that enthusiasts love (a Mazda MX-5 Miata or a Porsche 911). Basically, everything that’s exciting, fun, interesting, or quirky is welcome here!

Company details

Company typeTPE
IndustryAutomotive Manufacturing
Company size11 - 50

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Job description


Auction Manager

Location: Remote in the United States
Type: Full-time

Compensation: $70,000 USD + commission, equity & benefits

Join the Team That’s Shaping the Future of Online Car Auctions

Cars & Bids is the fastest-growing online auction platform for modern enthusiast cars. Since launching in 2020, we’ve hosted over 40,000 auctions, sold over $900 million in vehicles, and built a deeply engaged community of buyers and sellers.

We’re hiring an Auction Managerto join our growing team. 

This is a seller-facing, consultative sales-driven role. You will personally own a portfolio of sellers and be accountable for guiding each one across the finish line - from submission to a successful auction result. 

This role is ideal for someone who has a deep passion for enthusiast cars and thrives on building relationships and helping people have a phenomenal auction experience.

What You’ll Do

  • Own sellers end-to-end, from initial submission through a completed, sold auction
  • Proactively call, text, and email sellers to keep momentum, remove friction, and prevent drop-off
  • Help sellers gather all required materials and guide them through getting their car live on the site
  • Set realistic expectations and negotiate reserves, including helping sellers adjust pricing when market feedback requires it
  • Ensure listings are accurate, complete, and professionally presented in coordination with Editorial Team
  • Maintain urgency and accountability to maximize sell-through
  • Deliver fast, professional, high-touch support at all times

What We’re Looking For

  • Proven sales experience with consumer products, marketplaces, or auctions
  • Strong emotional intelligence and confidence  
  • Passion for enthusiast cars and understanding of how car buyers and sellers think
  • Knowledge of vehicle transactions, documentation, and ownership processes
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and focused on follow-through
  • Clear, persuasive written and verbal communication skills
  • Thrives in fast-paced, performance-driven environments  

Why Cars & Bids

We’re a small, dedicated team with a big reach - and we’re just getting started. Here’s what you can expect when you join us:

  • The chance to make a real impact at a fast-growing company
  • Direct ownership of outcomes with uncapped commission upside
  • A team of fellow car lovers who take pride in their work and value accountability, results, and great customer experiences
  • Direct influence on the quality and credibility of the Cars & Bids marketplace
  • True remote flexibility, competitive compensation, equity, and room to grow

Sound Like a Good Fit?

We’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help ensure every Cars & Bids seller has a world-class experience.

Note that your application requires you to provide the following:

  • A link to your favorite Cars & Bids listing
  • One suggestion for how the listing could be improved
  • Description of a role you have had in the past that required working with customers over the phone 

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Marcus Rivera

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