Commercial Business Support Manager

Volkswagen Group UK Ltd; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading automotive company is seeking a part-time Commercial Business Support Manager in Milton Keynes. In this role, you'll enhance the customer journey and ensure training uptake meets targets. You'll work closely with stakeholders to simplify interactions and promote high standards. The position offers a range of benefits including a competitive salary, car schemes, and health support. If you're self-motivated and have strong commercial skills, your application is welcome.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car schemes

Discretionary bonus

Enhanced pension contributions

Healthcare cash plan

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing support

Flexible benefits

Responsibilities

• Support the Network People Business Partner in enhancing the customer journey.
• Drive maximum training uptake and engagement for annual targets.
• Guide teams to reduce complexity in interactions with stakeholders.

Skills

Excellent commercial awareness

Excellent presentation skills

Strong numerical and analytical skills

Influencing and negotiating skills

Good communication and stakeholder management

High accuracy / attention to detail

Self-motivated with drive

Strong problem-solving skills

Understanding of commercial business objectives

Customer orientation and commercial balance

Experience of multiple stakeholder management

Job description

About The Role

Group Commercial Services are recruiting for a Commercial Business Support Manager on a part time, permanent basis. This role is offered as a job share (23.5 hours per week) and will require coverage on Tuesday and Wednesday in the office and either Thursday or Friday remote if working 3 full days. 4 shorter days will also be considered including Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the office plus Friday remote.

Reporting to the Network People Business Partner, you will be responsible for supporting the Network People Business Partner in ensuring the customer journey for our Network and its delegates as they complete their learning requirements is a seamless experience, driving maximum training uptake and engagement to guarantee that we meet our annual training and business operations targets. You will guide and encourage teams within our supplier base and across the business to reduce complexity and ensure that our interactions with both the Network and our Brands is simple but effective in driving engaged learners who are accredited to high standards.

Skills & experience you can bring to the role:

• Excellent commercial awareness
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong numerical and analytical skills including the ability to derive insights from data to position compelling storytelling
• Influencing and negotiating skills with internal and network stakeholders
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills
• High accuracy / attention to detail
• Self-motivated with drive and tenacity to succeed
• Strong problem-solving skills and project management experience
• Demonstrate understanding of the commercial business objectives
• Ability to demonstrate customer orientation alongside balancing with commercial requirements
• Experience of multiple stakeholder management

What can we offer you?

Along with a competitive salary, car schemes (including cars for family members), discretionary bonus, enhanced pension contributions, healthcare cash plan, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, 4 x life assurance & health & wellbeing support, we also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit you and your lifestyle.

Group Retailer Learning Services

Based at the National Learning Centre in Milton Keynes, we train and develop UK retailer staff to deliver great customer service. We’re a centre of excellence for product and technical knowledge and customer experience, so join the team and you’ll be at the forefront of our technological developments and helping to put our customer-focused values at the heart of the network.

About The Company

Volkswagen Group

We’re driven by difference. With six big brands under one roof – each with its own history, designs and innovations – we’ve created some of the world’s most iconic vehicles, from luxury sports cars to family camper vans. Here, you’ll discover opportunities, explore ideas and tackle challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.

It takes a range of teams to make the Group successful. We all share the same aim: to deliver sustainable mobility for generations to come, while keeping the customer and their changing demands at the heart of everything we do.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join our industry as it undergoes the biggest transformation for over 100 years. With digitalisation, electrification and driverless mobility all coming to the market, we’re actively looking for people with new skills, knowledge, and outlooks. A brave new world demands brave, new, diverse people; so whatever your background, we would love to hear from you. We know that different perspectives and thought processes are vital as our industry goes through an exciting period of change.

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage the application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.