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Automotive Training Programme Manager
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Training Programme Manager – Automotive Retail
Learning & Development | Automotive Retail | South UK (Hybrid) | up to £60,000 + Bonus
Kineo Connect is working with a leading international automotive consultancy to appoint a Training Programme Manager. This is a rare chance to join a business that partners with some of the world's most prestigious automotive brands, shaping the capability, customer experience and performance of their retail networks across the UK and beyond.
If you're a strong programme manager who enjoys managing senior stakeholders and building learning that actually changes how a retail network performs, this one is worth a look.
Please note: automotive retail experience is essential for this role. Whether that's from a dealer network, an OEM, or a consultancy, you'll need a genuine understanding of how a retail network operates. Applications without an automotive background are unlikely to progress.
At a glance
- Location: South UK — hybrid working, 2-3 days per week in the office/onsite
- Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week — permanent
- Salary: up to £60,000 per annum + £6,000 performance bonus
The Opportunity
Our client is a well-established consultancy operating across Europe, with a client base that includes household names in the premium and luxury automotive space. Their UK operation is growing, and they're looking for a capable Programme Manager to take ownership of a portfolio of training and L&D programmes, managing each one from initial scoping and budgeting through to delivery and evaluation.
You'll be the senior point of contact for major clients, working alongside their L&D and retail teams to understand where the skills gaps are and to shape learning that closes them. The culture is flat, fast-moving and genuinely collaborative, a business where your ideas will be heard and your impact will be visible.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Owning training and L&D programmes across multiple premium automotive brands and clients, keeping each one on track operationally and financially
- Leading budget and margin management for every programme, from initial proposal through to final delivery
- Acting as the senior client contact, building trusted relationships and protecting a high standard of service at every touchpoint
- Partnering with clients to identify skills gaps and shape learning solutions, including content development and programme design
- Overseeing the quality of training content and materials, and managing the smooth delivery of learning rollouts
- Planning and allocating resource across workstreams, and facilitating workshops and sessions yourself where needed
- Presenting programme results, insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Negotiating terms with external training partners, and validating third-party costs and invoicing
- Leading and developing your project team
Who We're Looking For
This role is suited to a programme manager with real automotive retail experience, from a dealer network, an OEM, or a consultancy background. An understanding of how learning and performance work within a retail context is essential; without it, you're unlikely to be considered.
Beyond that, we're looking for someone who is:
- An experienced programme or project manager, comfortable running complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives
- From a learning & development, training, or content development background
- Confident managing senior client relationships and keeping big stakeholders aligned
- Commercially aware, comfortable with budgets, margins and supplier negotiations
- A strong communicator who can adapt their style for senior audiences and operational teams alike
- Highly organised and solution-focused, able to keep several programmes moving at once
- Educated to degree level in business, social sciences, or a related field, or with equivalent experience to match
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What's On Offer
- Up to £60,000 base salary plus a £6,000 performance-related bonus
- Hybrid working — 2-3 days per week in the Hampshire office
- 25 days annual leave plus UK Bank Holidays
- Company pension plan
- Private healthcare
- Cash-back healthcare scheme
- Access to a structured in-house Academy for ongoing professional development
- The chance to work on genuinely impactful projects for high-profile automotive clients
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If this sounds like the role you've been waiting for, we'd love to hear from you. Get in touch with the team at Kineo Connect to find out more, or send your CV to conor.horton@kineorecruitment.com
Kineo Connect | Specialist Automotive & Retail Recruitment | www.kineorecruitment.com
All applications are handled in strict confidence. Kineo Connect is a specialist recruitment agency operating across automotive and retail performance sectors.
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