Senior Manager – Commercial Development

Location: Maidenhead

Looking for more than a job?

A job with meaning is more than a job. Creating the kind of positive change, we’re planning will need the skills of the world’s most talented people. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to affect your future and that of millions of others in ways you may never have thought possible. Curious? We hope so.

What you’ll do

Reporting to the Head of New Car Sales, you will be responsible for leading the various commercial development project across the Commercial Organisation. 

As a part of the Commercial Senior Manager team this role will work with the relevant functional leads to outline, develop and implement new processes and ways of working, as well as optimising the current processes and systems we have in place.

Wit the right growth mindset and a will to challenge the status quo, this role will play an active part in the delivery of the current and future year plans, across a variety of Commercial functions, including but not limited to New Car Sales, Used Car Sales, B2B Fleet Sales, Logistics and Fleet Operations, S&OP and Business Planning, Product and Go To Market and Network Operations.

Your key deliverables will include:

• Works with the Head of New Car Sales and relevant Commercial Senior Managers to continually evaluate the effectiveness of the function and seeks to improve delivery across the Commercial business.
• Develops and maintains good relationships with stakeholders.
• Builds trust across the organisation through building collaborative relationships.
• Fosters strong links with Central EMEA and Global Specialist Functions as well as with UK NSC.
• Able to work efficiently through gaining buy in with stakeholders and delivering results through adjacent teams and non-direct reports
• Sets high standards and performance goals aligned with the VCUK’s objectives and leads others to achieve these goals.
• Ensures that the Commercial Operations business area is delivering on all strategic objectives.
• Co-ordinate compliance and consumer activity across the commercial organisation.

What you’ll bring

• High level of commercial and operational awareness, coupled with a strategic mindset
• Highly data driven with ability to translate broad and sales goals in to tangible KPIs
• Credibility and confidence to challenge existing strategies and processes to innovate and drive fresh thinking
• A ‘completer finisher’ with proven experience of large scale, multi stakeholder project delivery
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills
• A collaborative leader, with experience in building relationships
• Excellent communication skills
• Good people Management skills

Most of all, you share our values and can see everyone’s potential. Your warm personality and eagerness to collaborate will be welcomed by all of us! 

Benefits & Life at Volvo Car UK:

• Salary of £56,713.60 up to £70,892.00per annum
• Competitive salaries that are reviewed and benchmarked annually
• Discretionary, performance related bonus scheme that rewards you whilst you help us to achieve our goals
• Hybrid working in our agile, state of the art offices or from home when convenient for you and your family
• Everyday flexible working Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm depending on business needs
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays (4 fixed & 4 unfixed) + the opportunity to buy up to 5 additional days
• 15 days’ work from anywhere in the world policy
• 24 weeks enhanced and flexible parental leave for all employees regardless of gender up to a child’s 3rd birthday
• Matched pension contribution up to 5%
• Wellbeing benefits such as Health Cash Plan and Life Assurance, Private Medical Insurance with Vitality
• 2 paid volunteering / charity days per year
• Access to our preferential employee lease car scheme for you and your family
• Subsidised onsite restaurant plus free refreshments and snacks
• Onsite electrical charging for your Plug-In Hybrid Electric or Battery Electric vehicle.
• A set salary sacrifice spend limit, refreshed every tax year for you to choose from multiple services and products to suit your lifestyle whilst saving on tax and NI within our extensive flexible benefits platform
• Discounted shopping site with 100s of brands and online retailers

Diversify our future: Volvo Cars is an equal opportunities employer. We are a company for people who care about other people and for the world we live in. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and employment practices, including hiring, recruiting, and promotion. It’s what you do that counts and we are always looking to expand perspectives and voices to shape our future. With us, you can truly be yourself, embrace new opportunities, thrive and a make a difference.

Want to know more? We hope so

We’d love to receive and review your application. If you would like more information about the role and its responsibilities or simply to learn a bit more about the team, please reach out to Leigh Craddock – Talent Manager UK on leigh.craddock@volvocars.com

We are unable to accept applications via email or LinkedIn due to GDPR, so please apply via the online link

We reserve the right to close the job post early if we have found sufficient candidates for this vacancy. The closing date is scheduled for the 28th of October 2024

Volvo Cars – Driving change together

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential.

For the right person, an inspiring, and creative workplace awaits. Did you know that every Volvo Cars employee worldwide has the right to our Family Bond, our new all-gender, paid parental leave policy? You’ll also enjoy a culture and benefits package that’s made us one of the world’s most awarded and progressive employers.

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