Contract Hire & Leasing Manager in Milton Keynes

At Mercedes-Benz Cars, we’re passionate about what we do. Whether we’re exploring ways to make motoring more sustainable, or pushing the boundaries of technology, innovation underpins everything we do.

We’re looking for someone highly motivated and agile, who has strong expertise in fleet sales, contract hire and leasing and who is highly customer-focused, able to adapt and reprioritise in a fast-moving environment. In this role you’ll work as part of a team managing the relationships, programmes and volume delivery with our Leasing Company partners in the UK.

What you’ll do:

• Drive growth by maximising Mercedes-Benz Cars penetration across key leasing partners
• Collaborate with leasing partner sales teams and the MBUK Corporate Sales team to unlock sub-channel opportunities and deliver fleet growth
• Drive excitement and advocacy for Mercedes-Benz products through targeted promotional activity and experiential events
• Act as the senior face of Mercedes-Benz Cars to assigned leasing partners, owning all corporate and business sales engagement
• Build strong relationships across MBUK internal sales, retailer network and leasing company teams to maximise sales, aftersales and premium service delivery
• Continuously optimise systems, processes and Salesforce records to deliver premium service, capture opportunities, and ensure accurate, timely reporting for leasing partners
• Represent your leasing partners by providing market insights, managing relationships responsibly, and analysing pricing and residuals to optimise MBUK fleet performance
• Lead Mercedes-Benz fleet growth, shaping the future of corporate sales with key leasing partners
• Drive high-impact initiatives, premium service, and tangible commercial results
• Represent an iconic brand in a fast-paced, dynamic market, making a real business impact

A strong track record of negotiating with senior industry stakeholders. A deep knowledge in fleet sales, contract hire and leasing. Highly customer-focused mindset, with the agility to adapt in a fast-paced environment. Decisive, self-driven and commercially minded, with sound judgement. Relentless about delivery, seeing priorities through to completion. Confident working remotely and leading within a virtual team. Exceptionally clear, persuasive communicator with customers and internal stakeholders.

What makes this role exciting

At Mercedes-Benz, we operate with integrity and therefore you are required to maintain ethical standards in accordance with our policies and adhere to the Company's Compliance Guidelines and Policies including Anti-Bribery and all relevant competition law.

What’s in it for you

As well as the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, with a great team and culture, we’ll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you’ll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague car schemes. On top of that, you’ll be able to join our pension scheme and you’ll get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you. We are pleased to be able to offer a hybrid working approach – achieving a great balance between remote and office working.

We’re here to support you – we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Mental health First Aiders, as well as flexible opportunities to support work life balance. We’ll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.

Who we are

Through the doors of Mercedes-Benz, you’ll find a passionate fleet operations team, dedicated to delivering outstanding performance and ensuring excellence in every aspect of our business. We know that to keep this team motivated, we need to ensure that everyone has equal opportunity. We celebrate a culture of appreciation and respect, where everyone is valued for who they are. We believe our backgrounds, experiences and cultures contribute to our shared experience and shape who we are and what we do. The diversity of our colleagues reflects the diversity of our customers. This diversity is the driving force behind our ideas.

What’s next?

Once you click apply, we’ll take you through to the Mercedes-Benz Group careers portal – this is our parent company site, so don’t worry, you’re in safe hands. Here, you’ll find a short application form to complete. Please be assured that we’re here to support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond, and reasonable adjustments are available to any candidates who need them. We’re also open to working flexibly and are happy to discuss flexible working options.

Due to UK legislation, we need to let you know that we can only accept applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

We care about your personal data. The General Data Protection Regulation provides you with more control and by submitting an application to us, we consider this to be an agreement to process your personal data in support of our recruitment and selection process. Data categories that we process in relation to your application are the ones that you provided as part of the application process. We process your personal data in relation to the application, in accordance with the legal requirements. Recipients of your personal data within our company are the managers of the specialist unit in charge of filling the position and the responsible colleagues from HR. Your application data is held within our secure application tracking system called Taleo – you’ll be given access to a candidate zone in this system where you can monitor and manage your application and see status updates. We will communicate with you, by email or phone throughout the recruitment process so that we can keep you updated and inform you of your progress through the recruitment process. You can also seek ‘job alerts’ once you are registered in Taleo and it’s possible your details may be returned in searches we conduct for new positions and we may contact you by email to let you know about them. We limit the storage of your data to the necessary period.