Senior Planner, Vehicle Planning

Although this position has some exposure to adverse working conditions (i.e. tied to computer and daily schedule, glare, monotonous and repetitive tasks and multiple and/or conflicting deadlines) the exposure is generally considered minimal. The work environment is safe and no precautions are necessary. 

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.

The Senior Planner – Vehicle Planning plays a crucial role in optimizing sales volumes via allocation. Success in this role relies on strategic planning, collaborative efforts with key stakeholders, and a keen understanding of market dynamics.

The following position function statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. The position function statements reflect expectations of the fully trained, proficient incumbent who meets all performance criteria.

• 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.

People are our most valuable assets, and diversity and inclusion are the key to maximizing the power of each individual member of our team.  When everyone belongs, the power of NISSAN is undeniable.  Our Corporate Diversity Initiative aims to improve business results by ensuring that our workplace and core businesses meet the unique needs of our employees and customer base.

Nissan is committed to creating a culture where everyone belongs and employees, customers, and partners feel respected, valued, and heard.  We have over 10 Business Synergy Teams (BSTs) across the U.S. and Canada that connect employees – with shared characteristics or interests – build allies, and foster a company culture where all employees feel supported and included.

Nissan also values inclusion in all areas of our business as we strive to mirror the diversity of our customer base and the communities where we do business. We are committed to procuring innovative goods and services, retailing our products and communicating from a diverse perspective which will help us continue to offer our customers competitively designed, market-driven products.

Join us as we carry our commitment to diversity and inclusion into the future.

Salary Range:

This compensation range represents the minimum to midpoint base salary rates at Nissan for jobs assigned to this particular grade level. Please note that an employee’s base salary may occasionally be set above the midpoint of the salary band for this grade level, in recognition of the employee’s unique skills, work experience, education, work location, or market conditions. Compensation decisions also consider internal equity and comparisons with the base salary rates of other employees with similar backgrounds working in comparable roles. Note: Bonus, benefits, and other forms of variable compensation are not included in the base-salary range shown above.