Analyst, Sales Incentives & Planning

Kia Corporation • Mississauga, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Analyst, Sales Incentives & Planning is responsible for developing, evaluating, and optimizing incentive programs that drive sales growth, profitability, and strategic business objectives. This role delivers data-driven insights, analyzes market trends, and works closely with other departments (Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Distribution) to design effective, customer-focused incentive structures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Economics, Marketing, Analytics, or a related field.
• 3-5 years business related experience in incentive planning, sales operations, financial analysis, or similar analytical roles, ideally in the automotive industry
• Strong verbal/written communication skills
• Strong Excel/Word/Power Point skills
• Ability to multi-task in a very fast paced environment
• Attention to detail and deadline oriented

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with SAP an asset
• Bilingual in French and English is an asset

Responsibilities

• Support the development of sales incentive programs aligned with business goals.
• Prepare presentation materials for monthly incentive review meetings.
• Provide recommendations on incentive strategies based on market conditions, competitive benchmarks, and historical performance.
• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Marketing, and Product teams to ensure incentive programs support revenue targets and strategic priorities.
• Send incentive program communications to stakeholders and prepare files for Kia.ca and internal portals.
• Build dashboards and KPI reports to track incentive performance by region, product line, and channel.
• Prepare executive summaries highlighting insights, key findings, and recommended actions.
• Analyze RV, competitor incentives and market trends to identify opportunities for program enhancement.
• Utilize analytical tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, etc.) to support modeling, reporting, and data management.
• Conduct variance analysis comparing forecasted versus actual incentive impacts.

Benefits

• Subsidized on-site company catered lunches and a hot beverage program.
• Employer-paid company health benefits, spending allowance, and RRSP matching program.
• Flexible work schedules and summer hours.
• Vehicle programs.
• Employee development programs and tuition reimbursement.
• SMART Casual Dress code.
• Employee lease and car purchase discounts; Friends of Kia discounts.
• On-site gym, ping-pong, basketball, and badminton court.
• Other company-provided perks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level