Total 2 financial advisor job vacancies in Manufacturing / Production category in Buckinghamshire, MK1 1DF

Product Integration Manager
Full Time - 35 hours per week (Hybrid) Fixed Term Contract until September 2025

Milton Keynes
Salary from £46,237 - £50,000 depending on skills and experience

Benefits: Company Car, Bonus, 27 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme, Healthcare and much more!

Closing Date: 22nd October 2022

The Product Integration Manager is responsible for efficiently implementing new products, services and digital assets within VWFS internal areas, VWGroup Brands, Retailer Networks and 3rd parties.

As a Product Integration Manager within VWFS you would be responsible for the liaison between the department and its internal and external stakeholders to ensure that all products, services and digital assets are seamlessly integrated into existing VWFS systems and processes. The role also provides necessary project management support and ongoing support and maintenance for Product Owners in the delivery of new products, services and digital assets.

About the role

• Responsible for supporting the delivery of VWFS products, services and digital assets and integrating them into the core VWFS systems and processes through the liaison with core functional areas of the business.
• Responsible for diagnosis and triage of any issues when the product, service or digital asset is live in the market.
• Work closely with the Product Owners to support the day-to-day management of activities.
• Working collaboratively with VWG Brands; internal stakeholders and the Retailer Network to create and manage integration roadmaps that prioritises all activities.
• Proactively work with colleagues from across the business in identifying integration impacts and efficiencies across multiple areas of the business and implement solutions to deliver great customer outcomes.
• Being the liaison between key retailer partners, brands and VWFS in relation to all product team activities
• Support the effective and efficient delivery of new products and services by providing technical knowledge and expertise from VWFS' existing product portfolio, processes and systems.
• Develop and proactively manage a close relationship with other Product Integration Managers to identify and manage when product activities overlap, and subsequently manage these dependencies.
• Provide SME input and leading practice knowledge into business wide data sharing best practices, security and methodology in conjunction with other key stakeholders
• Assist in the procurement, management and review of all third-party suppliers including purchasing and budgeting

About you

• Relationship skills - ability to develop and sustain positive and co-operative working relationships with a broad variety of company and partner personnel
• Excellent team player, able to interact cross-functionally at different levels within the organisation
• A proactive approach with the ability to react appropriately and effectively to changing circumstances and demands
• Proven track record of consulting, negotiating and influencing without authority
• Strong stakeholder management skills at all levels of the organisation
• Strong negotiating & influencing skills with the ability to influence decision makers up to senior management level
• Agile approach and ability to keep up with the pace of change, learn fast and adapt to the new conditions quickly and effectively
• Obsessed with the customer and continuously looking to deliver exceptional customer experience and customer value.

What's in it for you?

We are passionate about employee development by offering ongoing support and training to help people meet their career aspirations. Whether that is to become the next leader within our business or to develop your current tool kit of skills, we support many cross-functional opportunities. We want you to achieve your full potential and enjoy a successful career with us.

About Volkswagen Financial Services

Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

Volkswagen Financial Services is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us, and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you being your 100% self during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can.

As part of our hybrid working arrangements, we are giving our colleagues the opportunity to work a minimum of one day in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected and you can work in the office more if you'd prefer.

Product Manager

Full Time - 35 hours per week, Milton Keynes (Hybrid)

Starting salary from £54,100 - depending on skills and experience

Benefits: Company Car, Bonus, 27 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme, Healthcare, 2 Loan Cars for family and much more!

Closing Date: 7th May 2024

At VWFS UK our Fleet division is changing, we are on an exciting transformational journey with large growth plans to enable our business to be the market leader and clear choice for corporate customers to partner with for all their funding and fleet needs.

We are looking for a passionate Fleet Product Manager to manage the end to end product life cycle for Electric Vehicles. You will use your customer and market insight knowledge to develop and launch new propositions whilst continually developing the current portfolio to meet our customer requirements.

Reporting in to the Head of Fleet Development, you will interface with many key stakeholders across the business to provide regular product updates.

This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, customer centric individual looking to develop their career in an evolving industry.

What you will be responsible for…

• Own and drive technical products and services from inception to completion, including management and prioritisation of proposition roadmap. Ensure product delivery runs smoothly, on time and within budget and meeting commercial targets.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to understand what customers, retailers, brands, other VWFS departments and HQ want from new products and translate this into technical product requirements to be delivered
• Share advice and guidance to internal teams ensuring they are confident and empowered to lead on Electric Vehicle topics with their customers
• Work closely with the wider teams to identify resources, skills and training required to develop and integrate technical products in to our proposition
• Work closely with the wider Marketing Team to conduct detailed market analysis and customer research to determine new markets to develop suitable products
• Act as the customer voice to identify stakeholder requirements from new products and translate this into workable concept and commercial proposition
• Contribute to the definition of segment strategies and roadmaps to Identify key customer and market insights
• Work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to shape, build and deliver successful go-to-market plans for new propositions.
• Drive commercial performance of all propositions and products and support business objectives
• Closely monitor and respond to competitive activity by identifying emerging opportunities
• Support new sales and key account opportunities with subject matter expertise, positioning VWFS Fleet as the number one provider for all their net zero and zero emission transition needs

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience of:

• Previous end to end Product Management experience
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to influence senior decision makers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex data
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Excellent team player, able to interact cross-functionally at different levels within the organisation
• Knowledge and experience of financial services or fleet business processes desirable but not essential
• Demonstrable commercial design experience with skills to unlock potential ideas whilst understanding the key assumptions,
• Good understanding of product development and relating to exceptional customer journeys/outcomes.
• Analytical and commercially aware
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management experience
• Good technical knowledge of and experience with Electric Vehicles/Commercial Vehicles - ideal but not essential

What's in it for you?

We are passionate about employee development by offering ongoing support and training to help people meet their career aspirations. Whether that is to become the next leader within our business or to develop your current tool kit of skills, we support many cross-functional opportunities. We want you to achieve your full potential and enjoy a successful career with us.

About Volkswagen Financial Services

Our mission is straight forward, we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. What does that mean? To make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing. We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers.

Volkswagen Financial Services is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a statement for us and we are nurturing an environment where everyone can be their 100% self. If there is anything we can do to support you being your 100% self during our recruitment process, please let us know and we will support you as best we can.