Director of Operations

Company description:

TRATON Financial Services 

Job description:

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.