Yard Officer Job - Platinum Credit (U) Ltd

Organisation: Platinum Credit (U) Ltd

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Platinum Credit is a leading Regional Micro Finance Company providing emergency loans to employed individuals in Eastern Africa. We have a wide spread branch network in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Platinum Credit (U) Ltd has introduced a new product available to formally employed persons working in the Private Sector. Platinum Credit (U) Ltd is a subsidiary of Platcorp Holdings Ltd.

Job Summary: To ensure maintenance of accurate inventory records, provide support to the motor vehicle disposal process and to coordinate and maintain a healthy relationship amongst all interested parties.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Liaising with Auctioneers to ensure all MVs that have been repossessed are properly booked in the yards.
Carry out physical verification of all MVs stored in the yards across designated regions.
Submit daily, weekly and monthly reports with regards to MVs stored in the yards within your jurisdiction.
Ensuring all tracking gadgets have been removed from sold/settled accounts.
Ensure all insurance stickers that need to be cancelled have been collected and submitted.
Ensure that all MVs have been valued within 4 days of being booked in the yard.
Ensure that all repossessed MVs have been cleared, in liaison with the contracted suppliers.
Ensure that the reserve prices have been printed and clearly posted on each MV immediately after the 1st Advert.
Ensure that MVs do not stay for more than 60 days in the yard without disposal unless a) The customer is making payments, or b) There is a legal matter awaiting resolution before the courts.
For instances where the MVs get to be sold, working to ensure that MVs are sold either for amounts equivalent to the reserve price or more.
Liaising with Collection Officers to ensure release letters are done on time.
Advising management on such matters as MVs that need a little face lift before disposal, transfer to areas that can fetch better prices etc.
Negotiating for good rates with respect to storage fees with the yard owners.
Escalating issues affecting operations in their areas within 24 hours.
Ensure any legal matter is forwarded to the legal team within 24 hours of occurrence.