Administration Team Leader Milton Keynes Administration Closing on July 09, 2025

Hgvtraders; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Milton Keynes is seeking an Administration Team Leader to motivate and guide the team in delivering excellent service. The role includes operational management, team development, and ensuring a positive environment for colleagues. This full-time position offers hybrid working and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Enhanced parental leave

Eligibility to annual bonus scheme

Access to a fantastic loan car scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

4x basic salary life assurance

Company Pension

Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills essential.
• Experience in team management and leadership roles.
• Ability to handle customer concerns with professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Lead and guide the Administration team to achieve business objectives.
• Manage team workloads, ensuring fair delegation of tasks.
• Oversee customer service standards and settlement processes.

Skills

Communication

Customer Focus

Adaptability

Team Management

Job description

Job Title: Administration Team Leader
Salary: Competitive salary plus an excellent benefits package
Location: Milton Keynes/ Hybrid
Scania Financial Services

• Enhanced parental leave
• Eligibility to annual bonus scheme
• Access to a fantastic loan car scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 4x basic salary life assurance

The Administration Team Leader plays an important role in motivating & guiding the team to achieve business objectives, under the direction of the Contracts Manager. The role involves a mix of leadership, operational management & performance supervision. These roles exist to ensure that the Business Administration & Customer Administration Teams provide an excellent service, whilst meeting strict deadlines in line with business needs.

A quote from Ken McGrath our Head of Credit & Operations

“This is a fantastic opportunity to work with and lead a newly formed team from a variety of backgrounds. With a common goal of shaping the customer engagement and creating something truly special in an organisation where opinions are truly valued. We are a future-focused team, embracing innovation and the art of the possible. We're not afraid to be positively disruptive, and we're looking for the right personality to lead us toward world-class service delivery."

In this role you will:

• Work closely with the Contracts Manager to support the smooth day-to-day operation and guidance of the Administration team, fostering a positive and supportive environment.
• Thoughtfully plan and balance team workloads, ensuring tasks are delegated fairly and that everyone feels empowered and supported to succeed.
• Encourage strong collaboration across teams and departments, building connections that help achieve shared goals with openness and understanding.
• Handle customer concerns with empathy and professionalism, ensuring responses are timely, respectful, and aligned with our service standards to create positive resolutions.
• Oversee the full settlement journey, from early quotations to finance lease sales, maintaining accuracy and a smooth experience for all stakeholders.
• Lead the development and refinement of policies and workflows, focusing on continuous improvement and efficiency while nurturing a culture of adaptability and growth.
• Provide attentive support during end-of-contract processes, proactively communicating with customers to ensure they feel informed and cared for as their contracts approach expiration.

About you:

Business Perspective: Using an understanding of business issues, processes and outcomes to enhance business performance.

Team Management: Managing others to ensure their work contributes to organisational goals. Developing individuals, building teams and applying workplace policies.

Communication: Listening and communicating openly, honestly and respectfully with different audiences, promoting dialogue and building consensus.

Customer Focus: Providing service excellence to internal and/or external customers.

Adaptability: Recognising the need for change, being open to new ideas and methods, and championing transformational change within the organisation and beyond.

If you’re interested in this role we’d love to hear from you.

Next steps:

• If you like the sound of this position, please apply today.
• A member of the Scania Recruitment team will contact you to discuss your application.
• 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.

Requisition ID: 18907

Number of Openings: 1.0

Part-time / Full-time: Full-time

Permanent / Temporary: Permanent

Country/Region: GB

Location(s): Milton Keynes, GB, MK15 8HB

Required Travel: 0-25%

Workplace: Hybrid

Additional Benefits

• Company Pension
• Bonus Scheme

About the Company

Working for Scania 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. We offer an excellent benefits package which includes a pension scheme, complementary life insurance, financial incentive schemes and discounts on major retail outlets including groceries.

At Scania 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.

Scania is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services to our customers and the successful candidate will reflect our core values; CUSTOMER FIRST, RESPECT, ELIMINATION OF WASTE, RESPONSIBILITY and TEAM SPIRIT in all we do.

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