Senior Planner, Vehicle Planning

Nissan Motor Corporation • Mississauga, ON

1d • CA$91,573 - CA$119,436 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Senior Planner – Vehicle Planning, you will be responsible for optimizing vehicle flow and allocation across all regions for both retail and fleet channels. Your responsibilities will encompass strategic planning, vehicle allocation management, and carflow simulations, in close collaboration with Regional General Managers (RGMs) and the Manager, Fleet Operations. The position focuses on balancing retail and fleet demand by understanding the distinct dynamics of each channel and executing allocation strategies that maximize sales throughput, volume performance, and profitability.

Requirements

• Previous experience in automotive sales planning, carflow management, or related roles.
• Proficiency in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is an asset.
• A strong level of proficiency in Excel is essential for data analysis, modeling, and reporting. Knowledge of advanced Excel functions and data manipulation is required.
• Familiarity with Tableau is an asset, enabling enhanced data visualization and analysis for strategic decision-making.
• Familiarity with power BI is an asset, enabling enhanced data visualization and reporting to support strategic decision-making.
• Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation to make informed decisions, with an added advantage of VBA expertise for automation and process improvement.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and RGMs.
• Ability to develop and implement strategic plans aligned with sales objectives.
• Capacity to adapt to changing market conditions and swiftly adjust carflow strategies accordingly.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• A robust professional background spanning 5-7+ years in automotive sales planning or related roles, combined with advanced skills in Excel, will be instrumental in successfully optimizing carflow and sales planning within the designated region.

Responsibilities

• Implement a balanced allocation strategy.
• Collaborate on planning initiatives aimed at maximizing sales throughput while maintaining equilibrium in the allocation process.
• Collaborate with RGMs and regional teams to address allocation gaps and priorities.
• Support fleet product allocation and maintain appropriate inventory levels to optimize free cash flow and deliver best in class order to delivery performance, ensuring vehicle availability and delivery timing requirements are met.
• Create, Oversee and maintain customer ordering processes (commercial accounts) and dealer order assignment to drive operational efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
• Assist the manager with ad hoc requests and Carflow simulations.
• Maintain the Carflow on a monthly basis (i.e. actual carflows update, future FY template set up, supporting file update, etc.).
• Review the monthly allocation with sales VP and key stakeholders to seek alignment.
• Report allocation results to the key stakeholders (i.e. dealer declines, additional order matching, national tagging progress).
• Maintain the orders, OBank, Order Preview, Order confirmation system.
• Fleet Reporting, Performance Analysis, fleet accruals & Business Support.
• Produce and maintain weekly and monthly reporting, including sales estimates.
• Analyze monthly sales results and prepare insights for senior management and the Global Fleet Team.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package, including medical, mental health, parental leave, retirement savings & unique Nissan perks, including discounts on lease vehicles as part of our Employee Lease Program and a Vehicle Purchase Program (VPP).

What This Job Offers

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