Senior Vice President Latam For Volvo Financial Services

Senior Vice President Latam for Volvo Financial ServicesLocation: Curitiba, BR, 81260-900
Position Type: Professional
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Volvo Financial Services (VFS) is seeking a Senior Vice President (SVP) Latin America. You will report directly to the President Volvo Financial Services and be a member of the VFS Executive Management Team, based in Curitiba, Brazil. You will chair the Latin America Credit Committee and be a voting member of the VFS Global Executive Credit Committee.
The SVP Latin America is responsible for providing leadership and direction for the VFS businesses across the Latin America region, managing both the Market Brazil and other markets in Mexico, Peru, and Chile.
This position takes full responsibility for driving and executing competitive strategies to achieve VFS business objectives while ensuring alignment with the global strategy of VFS and the Volvo Group. You will manage the development and execution of business plans across the region, focusing on achieving sales and profitability targets while ensuring seamless strategic integration between VFS and the respective Business Areas (BAs).
Who are you?As the SVP, you have a strategic mindset, business acumen, and the courage and integrity to lead and inspire in a dynamic global environment. We believe the successful candidate has an effective level of ambition and ability to understand the team and corporate objectives, demonstrates superior verbal and interpersonal communication skills, can handle confidential information, and works with a high level of integrity and ethics.
In many of our markets, VFS has won the "Great Place To Work" award, where great work is done. By interacting with each other as an on-site business, we build relationships that allow us to work together more efficiently and form stronger bonds with our colleagues and customers.
In this role, we believe it is the right mindset that will make a difference. If you, besides your genuine interest in working with people in Transforming Together, also have a positive, service-oriented, and collaborative mindset and take a proactive approach to handling all responsibilities, then we would welcome you to apply for this role.
Your key responsibilities include:Operational Accountability: Responsible for all market operations, commercial results, and customer relations to systematically manage deliveries, finance penetration, managed assets, operating income, expenses, investments, and headcount to ensure business performance. You will oversee and support your team in meeting these goals, intervening when necessary.Legal Responsibility: Ensures compliance and adherence to legislative standards and regulatory requirements, as well as Volvo policies and guidelines when leading and supporting business initiatives. For necessary legal obligations, the position may be required to act as a legal representative.Strategic Leadership: Collaborate with functional colleagues to develop and implement VFS's global strategy, ensuring its success across diverse markets. Provide market input to support the continuous development of the VFS strategy.Relationships with Internal Stakeholders: Strengthen the relationship and collaboration between BAs, fostering aligned strategies for business development. Proactively identify and drive initiatives that help BAs achieve their market share objectives. Represent VFS in local Country Management Team (CMT) of Truck Divisions, Business Areas, and Group Functions.Coaching and Development: Inspire, guide, mentor, and develop Managing Directors (MDs), Country Managers (CMs), and their succession pipelines to build their leadership, skills, and competence. Equip them to fulfill their responsibilities, including employee engagement, diversity, well-being, as well as strategy implementation, commercial and financial performance, and enhancing BA, dealer, and customer relationships.Change Agent: Foster agility, resilience, and a growth mindset within the organization. Act as a change leader, making critical decisions and recommending actions when necessary to drive market success and alignment with strategic objectives.Market Performance Oversight: Continuously assess business performance and market leadership. Take decisive actions when performance gaps are identified. Regular one-on-one interactions to maintain clear expectations for MDs and CMs to provide transparent reporting on their markets, operations, and results. Leverage local market resources for decision-making and reporting, keeping ad-hoc materials to a minimum.What's in it for you?We offer a solid and competitive compensation package and benefits, plus you will enjoy a diverse working environment with a culture of care and inclusion. As an investment, we support your personal development and growth to achieve your career aspirations.
Volvo Financial Services is an on-site business, and we understand that you might need occasional or temporary flexibility, which your leader is equipped to manage and fits well with our culture, as being together enables us to build upon our innovative and collaborative culture, as well as develop you for continued success.
Ready for the next move?For more information: We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.
Who we are and what we believe in
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group's leading brands and entities.
At Volvo Financial Services, we are working together to shape the world we want to live in. As the captive finance arm of the Volvo Group, VFS provides financial services and solutions that meet the needs of our customers' evolving business. Through our dedication to innovation, we support society in its adoption of sustainable transport and equipment solutions. VFS is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, and serves Volvo Group customers and dealers in more than 50 markets.
Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school, and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead, we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.
Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world's most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility, and connectivity.
Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care, and mutual respect.
If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.

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