Director of Operations
TRATON Financial Services
Role: Director of Operations – Traton Financial Services UK
Salary: Competitive plus an excellent benefits package
Location: Milton Keynes
As Operations Director for Traton Financial Services (encompassing Scania Finance GB Limited, Scania Finance Ireland Limited and MAN Financial Services) you will form part of our senior leadership team, playing a pivotal role within our organisation. Reporting into the Traton Financial Services Central Operations Vice President, you will oversee all aspects of operations in the UK and Ireland, driving operations forward to ensure the business has an infrastructure and backbone that is continuously developing.
Your strategic oversight will include Governance, Risk and Compliance, Finance, Legal, Digital Transformation & Change, as well as People & Culture.
Experience as a Senior Leader is essential, as well as a drive for Operational Excellence and a passion for developing people, process, and teams.
In this role you will:
• Lead, develop, coach, and continuously improve our people, teams, and processes.
• Develop and execute the company’s operational strategies to support the attainment of goals, set by the boards.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve a transparent, effective, and compliant shared service organisation (people, processes, systems).
• Enable and support the Traton Financial Services brands to reach their commercial targets.
• Implement comprehensive business plans which will support cost-effective operations.
• Implement methods and processes to share services and costs in a transparent and fair manner.
• Ensure Traton Financial Services and local company policies, procedures and legal guidelines are implemented, communicated, and followed throughout the organisation.
• Maintain relationships with suppliers, stakeholders and authorities which are related to operational matters.
• Support and assist the Brand Directors (Managing Directors), in reaching the company’s overall financial performance and investments.
About you:
• Proven leadership – exposure to senior leadership, with a focus on financial operations.
• Operational excellence – drive, passion, and proven track record of implementing and developing operational excellence throughout an organisation.
• Commercial acumen – strong commercial understanding.
• Risk & Compliance – risk and compliance awareness and prevention.
• Communication - ability to build and manage relationships, developing a broad-based network and influencing others.
If you’re interested in this role we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: 22/01/2025
Next steps:
1. If you like the sound of this position, please apply today.
2. A member of the TRATON Financial Services Recruitment Team will contact you to discuss your application.
3. If you are successful at that stage, you will be invited to have a conversation with the hiring manager.
We understand that every candidate is unique, and we strive to accommodate your needs. If you require any adjustments during the application process, please reach out to our Recruitment Team, we’ll be happy to discuss these with you.
Working for TRATON Financial Services is not just about the job. It’s about you too, and this is where the company goes the extra mile and provides an industry leading employment package.
At TRATON Financial Services we invest considerably in colleague development, and you can expect to receive comprehensive training and career progression not only in the UK but throughout our Global organisation.
We have a strong and supportive culture, where each individual is seen, respected and has the potential to contribute. We trust each other to act and make decisions, and we believe in a more flexible future workplace based on individual needs. For us, diversity and inclusion is a strategic necessity. By having colleagues with the widest possible range of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences, we ensure we have the right people and together with an inclusive corporate culture, this drives our business forward. We want our colleagues to feel proud and happy to work for us, no matter where they are from or who they are, and we strive to achieve an inclusive and family-friendly environment for everyone.
Traton Financial Services is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services to our customers and the successful candidate will reflect our core values; CUSTOMER FIRST, AVOID WASTE, RESPONSIILITY, RESPECT, and TEAM SPIRIT in all we do.
Milton Keynes, GB, MK15 8HB
