Job Description
Abacus Auctions Pty Ltd – Mount Waverley VIC
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This is much more than a conventional warehouse role. You will be involved throughout the auction journey: travelling to collect consignments, safely loading and transporting them, organising items on arrival, preparing attractive auction-viewing displays, retrieving lots for staff and clients, and helping purchasers collect or receive their items after an auction. You will combine hands-on warehouse and dispatch work with regular contact with consignors, bidders and buyers.
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Key responsibilities
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Travel locally with colleagues to collect consignments and assist with safely loading items into company vehicles.
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Receive, record, identify and organise incoming consignments, ensuring they are stored securely and can be located easily.
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Help prepare auction viewings by arranging rooms, showcases and displays so lots are presented clearly and attractively.
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Retrieve and return auction lots for cataloguing, photography, staff assessment and client viewing.
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Maintain an orderly, safe and efficient warehouse, making good use of available storage space.
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Pick, check, pack and dispatch purchases carefully and accurately.
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Arrange client collections, communicate courteously with buyers, and help load purchases safely into client vehicles.
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Assist with auction-day and post-auction operations, along with other practical or administrative tasks as needed.
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About you
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A reliable and organised person with strong attention to detail and a methodical approach.
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A friendly, helpful manner and confidence communicating with clients and colleagues.
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The ability to safely lift, carry and move a range of items and to undertake active work throughout the day.
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A current, valid Victorian driver licence and confidence driving for local collection work.
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Basic computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft applications and willingness to learn our auction systems.
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Initiative, sound judgement and the willingness to help across a wide range of tasks in a small team.
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Flexibility to assist occasionally outside regular office hours or on weekends around auction activity.
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About us
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Abacus Auctions is one of Australia's leading auction houses for collectables, including stamps, coins, banknotes, sporting memorabilia, historical documents and artefacts. Our on-site auctions are live-streamed to bidders around the world. We are a friendly, close-knit team of around a dozen people, working from a spacious, contemporary office and warehouse in Mount Waverley, near Monash University.
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A genuinely varied role—you will not spend every day doing the same thing.
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The opportunity to handle and learn about unusual, valuable and historically compelling collectables.
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Training in auction-house operations and the collectables market; previous auction experience is not essential.
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A supportive small-team environment and the opportunity to broaden your responsibilities as you develop.
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A business looking to develop & improve its processes providing you with a platform to make the role your own and genuinely contribute to our growth & success.
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A modern Mount Waverley workplace with an immediate start available.

📌 Auction Warehouse Porter (Victoria)
🏢 Abacus Auctions
📍 Victoria