Assistant Manager (Toys & Models Department)

Salary: £26,000 per year

Assistant Manager (Toys & Models Department) – Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket)

Salary: commensurate with experience + benefits

The Company:

We are seeking a motivated, hard-working individual, with a demonstrable interest in and knowledge of collector’s toys and models for the role of full-time Assistant Manager for our clients busy and expanding Toys & Models Department.

Our client is a long-established and independent partnership of auctioneers, chartered surveyors, valuers, and property agents, operating across East Anglia from offices in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. With strong links with the local community, our client was formed of two businesses each running a livestock market in their respective towns. Since the merger in 1997, they have gone from strength to strength, and today offer a wide range of professional services covering:

Residential, agricultural and commercial property
Auction sales of fine art, chattels, toys and models and machinery
Property surveys and valuations
Advice on development, land and other property-related matters

As members of a number of professional institutions, including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV), the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA), our client adherea to the highest professional standards while offering an exceptional personalised service. 

Essential Skills and Experience:

For several years our client has held the largest one-day Toys & Collectors Models auctions in the UK, and with their increasing popularity we are looking to increase their frequency through the year. This will be a demanding role and the right candidate will have most of or all the following essential skill sand experience

demonstrable interest in, and knowledge of collector’s toys and models
You must be computer literate
hold a full driving licence
Willing and able to work approx. 21 Saturdays per year.
Provide valuations to include some home visits
booking-in consignments
cataloguing and photographing lots for auction
building contacts and sourcing consignments
responding to website/email enquiries
using our auction software to upload and amend lots
operating live bidding software on sale days
Work with other departments during busy periods.

This is a key role at one of East Anglia’s largest and most progressive salerooms. The successful applicant will be given every opportunity to advance their career.

They offer:

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join a highly regarded team of employees that are dedicated to providing an excellent service.

Our client’s benefits package includes a very competitive salary, plus benefits and the opportunity to progress further within the business

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