Specialist Vehicle Build Manager
- Full time
- Trowbridge
- Customer Service & Operations
circa £56,000 (DOE)
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Do you have leadership experience with a good understanding of the build and supply chain management processes for commercial vehicles? Have an eye for detail and experience of ensuring financial and compliance controls are adhered to?
If your answer is 'yes' to all of these, keep reading.
Want to know a little about us?
At Novuna Vehicle Solutions, we're passionate about building a better tomorrow. Which is why we're lighting the way in the electric vehicle revolution. From family cars to HGVs, we're helping customers of all kinds on their journey to carbon-free mobility.
We're proud to be a Top 50 Inclusive employer. We're a signatory of the Women in Finance and the Race at Work Charter and we're Disability Confident Committed.
What does the role involve?
Reporting into our Strategic Remarketing Manager you'll provide leadership to our specialist vehicle build team who manage the build process of our commercial vehicles, ranging from cars converted for commercial use, to LCV's, all the way through to our most specialist HGV's and plant equipment. You'll ensure robust operational processes are put in place to deliver complex builds in a timely manner in line with our customers expectations and also ensure that checks and balances are clearly implemented, whilst adhering to the highest standard of organisational governance.
Some of your key duties will include:
- Ensuring that new vehicles and plant are delivered on time, within budget and to the agreed specification to the customer
- Delivering and managing a robust supply chain framework that includes manufacturers, dealers and third-party suppliers
- Creating, documenting and maintaining robust operational structures, systems and best practice processes within the department
- Enhancing the customer experience through continuously improving customer service, improving product quality, reducing build times and driving cost improvement initiatives
Please note we adopt a hybrid approach to our ways of working which for this role would be 3 days per week in our Trowbridge (Wiltshire) office.
What are we looking for?
To be considered for this role we'd like you to ideally have experience of working within the commercial vehicle industry with a good understanding of the build and delivery process, working with manufacturers, suppliers, body builders and converters. You'll have experience, and be comfortable with, working closely with finance and risk teams to ensure financial and compliance controls are both adopted and adhered to.
Also, we're looking for the following:
- People management experience with the ability to provide leadership
- Experience of stakeholder facing activities with a pragmatic approach that delivers outstanding customer service and operational delivery
- Ability to drive continuous improvement activities that have quantifiable business impact
- Process orientated with an ability to drive outstanding outcomes and minimise risk
What can we offer you?
At Novuna we take our people promise seriously. If you join us, you'll have a chance to make a difference, opportunities to learn, and time to shine.
In addition to a market-benchmarked salary our offer to you includes:
- A brand new EV of your choice from a range of leading manufacturers or a cash allowance
- An annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of your salary
- Up to 10% employer pension contribution
- Flexible hybrid working with free onsite parking and EV charging
- 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays and the option to buy/sell 5 days
- Full wellbeing package including BUPA, digital GP service, 24/7 employee assistance, plus wellbeing events throughout the year
What's the next step?
Interested? Start your application today and see what Novuna can offer you.
Novuna has been named one of the top 50 most inclusive employers for the fourth year running and this is also reflected in our recruitment process. We are committed to ensuring our application process is inclusive and accessible to all candidates.
We're Disability Confident Committed, so if you're a person with a disability, if you're neurodivergent, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.
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