Asset Disposal Assistant Manager Job

Overview: Join TTX Company as an Asset Disposal Assistant Manager, where you'll play a crucial role in optimizing cash recovery from surplus and retiring railcars while efficiently salvaging materials. You'll ensure the disposition of general scrap and excess/obsolete materials at TTX car repair locations without negatively affecting field operations. You'll be responsible for managing the disposition of surplus and retired assets held by the FMO organization.

Responsibilities:

• Contract Management: Assist in negotiating, drafting, updating, and maintaining railcar scrap, railcar sales, and general scrap contracts.


• Cash Recovery: Optimize cash recovery from scrap generated by company maintenance activities and maximize revenue from the retirement of over-age, surplus, or otherwise approved rolling stock.


• Compliance: Conduct all activities in full compliance with company policies and procedures.


• Material Coordination: Coordinate the return of reclaimable material from retired railcars and manage the disposition of excess and obsolete material, including site audits of scrap dealers and coordinating casting inspections.


• Liaison: Act as the liaison between Equipment, Supply Chain, and Scrap Dealers regarding safety issues and the proper handling of reclaimable parts.


• Marketing and Sales: Develop and maintain marketing and sales channels for rolling stock sales growth.


• Customer Relations: Manage customer relations with existing and potential railcar buyers.


• Policy Development: Assist in developing and maintaining policies and procedures related to asset disposition, ensuring proper controls are in place.


• Special Projects: Support the Manager Asset Disposal in achieving departmental goals by completing special projects as requested.


• Scrap Campaigns: Identify potential scrap cars, compile financial worksheets for senior management approvals, and maintain scrap campaigns.


• Timely Disposal: Ensure the timely disposal of surplus assets within the FMO network, aligning with the vision of maximizing revenue and supporting the FMO network.


• Reporting: Prepare reports related to retired railcars, miscellaneous scrap revenue, and other asset disposal activities.

Qualifications:

• Education: Four-year college or university degree required, preferably in Business, Finance, or Engineering.


• Technical Skills: Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and similar computer software. Ability to learn other software for developing statistics and documentation.


• Analytical Skills: Ability to organize and prepare numerical-based information into actionable reports and presentations.


• Experience: Three or more years of experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.


• Documentation: Ability to develop, read, edit, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.


• Communication: Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.


• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.


• Problem-Solving: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.


• Interpersonal Skills: Professional demeanor required to represent a positive image of TTX to internal and external parties.


• Negotiation: Proven ability to negotiate and respectfully defend the interests of TTX.


• Adaptability: Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with various priorities and strong ability to prioritize based on department goals and strategy.


• Follow-Through: Strong follow-through skills.

Work Arrangement: This is a hybrid position, with in-office work required on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at our headquarters in the South End of Charlotte.