“By bringing together other Cox Automotive brands, Manheim’s Retail Solutions is in a unique position to deliver end-to-end services that clients value,” said Grace Huang, senior vice president of Inventory Services. “It’s a natural extension of our wholesale auction activities, and dealers have told us that the service choices help with their inventory readiness and logistics needs.”
ATLANTA – Manheim today opened its new Retail Solutions Center in a renovated 50,000 square-foot facility in Flat Rock, MI to provide Detroit-area dealers with greater access to high-quality services that produce retail-ready vehicles. Retail Solutions’ offerings include acquisitions, inspections, reconditioning, merchandising, transportation and more. This facility, the creation of jobs and expanded services reinforce Manheim’s investment in the auto industry and region.
“By bringing together other Cox Automotive brands, Manheim’s Retail Solutions is in a unique position to deliver end-to-end services that clients value,” said Grace Huang, senior vice president of Inventory Services. “It’s a natural extension of our wholesale auction activities, and dealers have told us that the service choices help with their inventory readiness and logistics needs.”
Manheim is the only Retail Solutions provider in the remarketing space. Its flexible back-end services enable dealers to fill service capacity gaps and focus on engaging customers, as well as reduce vehicle turn time and overhead by lowering personnel and fixed costs.
The property was recently transformed to build out the Flat Rock Retail Solutions Center. The remainder of the site will continue to serve as a marshaling operation for several of the company’s clients.
“This new operation exemplifies Manheim’s commitment to be a strong business partner and area employer,” said Mandy Savage, general manager of nearby Manheim Detroit who also oversees the Flat Rock facility. “It feels amazing to be part of something that will create business opportunities and jobs, positively contributing to the comeback of this region.”
To support the Flat Rock Retail Solutions Center, Manheim will fill approximately 75 positions by the end of 2016. There are numerous employment opportunities and applicants can apply online at Manheim.jobs.
Manheim Retail Solutions was established at Manheim Denver in 2015, and soon after expanded to Manheim Chicago. As a result of its success, earlier this year, the company announced a plan to invest $5 million to serve larger geographical markets through Manheim Darlington, S.C. (opened May 2016) and Manheim Flat Rock (opened July 2016), as well as Manheim Orlando, Manheim St. Louis and Manheim Houston (scheduled to open by year’s end).
About Manheim North America (www.manheim.com)
Manheim® is North America’s only complete wholesale-to-retail inventory solutions provider. Through Manheim, dealer and commercial clients have access to the largest wholesale used-vehicle marketplace which offers 113 physical locations and on-the-go mobile auctions in addition to digital auction channels. It further drives dealer success through Wholesale and Retail Solutions that help dealers get maximum value at the auction and then deliver retail-ready vehicles to the dealership. Manheim registers nearly seven million used vehicles annually and facilitates transactions representing nearly $50 billion in value. Headquartered in Atlanta, Manheim N.A. is a Cox Automotive™ brand. For more information, visit http://press.manheim.com.
About Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive, Inc. is transforming the way the world buys, sells and owns cars with industry-leading digital marketing, software, financial, wholesale and e-commerce solutions for consumers, dealers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide. Committed to open choice and dedicated to strong partnerships, the Cox Automotive family includes Autotrader®, Dealer.com®, Dealertrack®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, NextGear Capital®, vAuto®, Xtime® and a host of other brands. The global company has nearly 30,000 team members in more than 200 locations and is partner to more than 40,000 auto dealers, as well as most major automobile manufacturers, while engaging U.S. consumer car buyers with the most recognized media brands in the industry. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., an Atlanta-based company with revenues of $18 billion and approximately 55,000 employees. Cox Enterprises’ other major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications and Cox Media Group. For more information about Cox Automotive, visit www.coxautoinc.com.
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