Planner, Advanced Product Planning

Location: Franklin, TN

Job Schedule: Full-time hybrid

Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree

Sponsorship: No

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We are currently looking for a Planner, Product Planning to join our Product Planning organization in Franklin, TN.

The Product Planning team works on the realization of next generation of vehicles for Nissan North America. This involves working from a vehicle concept to create a tangible output to market, and in-market support in order to ensure the achievement of North American sales and profit goals. 

As a member of the RPM team, the Product Planner guides and manages programs through the planning and lifecycle phases through a product’s life. This is a collaborative position that interfaces with NML, Design, Engineering, Marketing, & Manufacturing. By leveraging their skills, experience and learnings from both their team and customer, the ideal Planner is one who can handle work autonomously while being accountable for their high-quality output and consistent evolution as they grow to be a key member of the organization.

As a Product Planner, you will support development of product plans and strategies in cooperation with affiliates based upon consumer, product and market data analysis; initiate changes to these plans and strategies as necessary to ensure appropriateness, given changes in the market environment and/or corporate objectives. Candidates should be flexible multi-taskers with a passion to understand customers and have a general understanding of fundamental US customer automotive motivations, the US market, and the overall Nissan Marketing & Sales business model. In addition, they should possess strong creative and analytical skills and be driven to deliver high quality results where accuracy must be assured.

The following job function statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. The job function statements reflect expectations of the fully trained, proficient incumbent who meets all performance criteria.

Essential Job Functions

• Perform data mining and analysis to extract focused customer insights to deeply understand the market and customer

• Creates robust proposals using storytelling with clear, data driven, and compelling proposals to drive decision-making

• Create a compelling product concept and/or Strategic Platform planning that capitalizes on macro trends & unmet customer needs by incorporating

  • Nissan Brand intention

  • Vehicle expression

  • Strategic advantage

  • Overall future competitiveness

• Develops volume and MSRP proposals for future products based on competitive and consumer market trends

• Collaborates with other teams, departments and regions/locations to appropriately support Product Planning within various points of the process; in this case - upstream development of assigned projects

• Participate in multiple nighttime meetings each week with global counterparts to advance priorities and resolve open issues

• Maintain detailed knowledge of assigned vehicle(s) and competitive set

• Review PR and Marketing materials for accuracy

• Support development of grade strategies and specifications

• As necessary, performs other related duties of which the above are representative

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university plus at least 3 years of experience in a related area (work must include broad base of analytical aptitude in utilizing historical, statistical, and empirical data in the automotive sector)

• Experience in creating clear and compelling data-driven presentations using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (tables & charts, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUM & IF functions).

• Work must include broad base of analytical aptitude in utilizing historical, statistical, and empirical data

• Must be proficient at proposal storytelling, by developing a robust, clear, data driven and compelling proposal.

• Strong understanding of total Product Planning lifecycle

• Experience using and analyzing syndicated automotive marketing data sources strongly preferred – examples include AutoKnowledge, Autoplanner, S&P Catalyst, JD Power PIN, mTAB, Strategic Vision NVES.

• Experience working in cross-functional and cross-cultural teams is highly desired, and a willingness and interest to do so is necessary.

• Excellent interpersonal, listening, negotiating, and communication skills.

• Up to 10% Day and overnight travel, including periodic evening and weekend travel

Career Growth and Continuous Learning Opportunities: Benefit from diverse career paths, cross-departmental moves, and innovative learning platforms. Enhance your skills through seminars, leadership training, and tuition reimbursement programs, all while playing a vital role in shaping the future of transportation. From day one, you'll have the support to tackle challenges and contribute to impactful solutions across our organization.