After 10 years of supporting Australia’s peak industry body for fleet management (AfMA), Manheim have decided to end its corporate partnership support but will continue their membership, attendance at professional development forums and AfMA’s annual conference & exhibition.
Over the last 10 years as corporate partner, Manheim has contributed to funding the development of AfMA’s Fleet Management Guide, Whole of Life Cost Calculator and the contextualisation of Swinburne’s Diploma of Leadership and Management whilst three staff have completed the Diploma, Manheim also funded scholarships.
Autorola will take over this exclusive vehicle remarketing industry corporate partnership. Autorola has agreed to continue the industry scholarship for the Diploma of Leadership and Management and their contribution will directly fund the launch of AfMA’s new membership type, an Accredited Individual Supplier.
To be AfMA accredited, individual salespeople can apply for annual membership costing $165 including GST. Following payment, they must complete 5 online courses and achieve a 100% pass score. The courses are: –
- Who is AfMA
- Handling Conflict and Negotiation Ethically
- Change of Responsibility
- Work Health & Safety – the Mobile Workplace
- Risk and Hazard Management – the Mobile Workplace
The accreditation is designed to educate salespeople on their responsibilities and those of their customers in providing a safe mobile workplace. Once accredited members will gain access to various resources to provide to their customers raising awareness of safety in the mobile workplace. These new members will be required to complete new courses each year as part of their ongoing development and membership renewal.
Autorola Australia Pty Ltd
www.autorola.com.au was established in 1997 as a champion for online car auctions. Autorola is the leading automotive auction business in Europe and firmly believes that the prevailing sales stream of current automotive remarketing in Australia is on online.
Autorola currently provides remarketing solutions to sellers in 25 countries. There are currently in excess of 70,000 dealers using their platform from 40 countries buying more than 220,000 cars annually.
Major institutional client partners include OEMS, banks, major fleet, lease and rental companies all provided with unparalleled expertise in the areas of vehicle de fleeting, remarketing and other support services where required.
The Autorola business ethos and value proposition is to deliver the highest auction prices achievable by any Australian vehicle remarketers and offer lean remarketing services based on the online auction platform. This is also underpinned by providing customers with the following remarketing services:
- Vehicle inspections
- Vehicle auctions
- Compound services
- Trust account management
- Market intelligence
A specifically designed fleet management platform tool to comprehensively track the entire de fleeting and sales process known as “Fleet Monitor” will facilitate all these requirements.
