Temporary Sales Planning and Allocation Management Senior Executive until 12 April 2024 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East FZE

    Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East FZE
    Mercedes-Benz Cars Middle East FZE Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    1 week ago

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    Description

    Your Purpose:

  • Ensure acurate and timely sales planning.
  • Provide and monitor utilization of production allocations.
  • Support GDs steering with regards to sales and production planning.
  • Support GDs in Production Ordering and Logistics topics (escalations to HQ).
  • Provide required transparency on planning and prodction topics to the management.
  • Your Responsibilities:

  • Passenger Cars Forecast MBCME
  • Prepare, coordinate and aggregate the monthly planning/forecasting process with the GDs (PCF-Process)
  • Coordination with the Market Managers on GDs plan and corresponding production allocations.
  • Allocation Management MBCME

  • Manage all allocation topics for MBCME GDs within the GO-system and ensure production adjustments are done in a timely manner.
  • Monitor the booking situation across the GDs and ensure timely provision in case of any escalations.
  • Support during MBCME GDs production allocation booking process with involvement of HQ order management team.
  • Sales Planning MBCME

    Prepare the monthly KUFRI simulation for Production, Group Sales, Retail MBCME and ensure KUFRI plan is plausible, matches with the planned market ambition and product development.

  • Ensure timely and accurate planning per typeclass and seasonality.
  • Responsible for the monthly KUFRI Expectations analysis and submission on DRIFT
  • Align with MBGD management and OS team on planning topics (Prepare meetings, ensure relevant decisions).
  • Reporting, Analysis and Steering
  • Manage the Pipeline report enhancement and updates (Including factory stocks, shipments, landed stocks, mix, etc.)
  • Monitor the blocks situation and proceed with the required according to the block type.
  • Monitor other factors relevant for accurate and reliable planning.
  • Timely provision and preparation of adhoc management reports
  • Support involved teams (eg. FC, Sales Spoke, Reporting) with relevant planning information.
  • Sales Operations System – PCF module

  • Maintain the Master data for PCF planning on SOS according to shipment lead time, ISP factors for requirements, group sales and stock.
  • Responsible for GDs on boarding training for MBGD
  • Coordinate and communicate across MBGD and LATAM the deployed enhancements.
  • Understand and contribute to the enhancement of SOS-PCF according to the requirements, ensuring proper communication.
  • Part of the first support level for the GDs for any identified issues.
  • Operative Planning and Target Setting

  • Support in MBCME Market Alignment Discussions (MAD) process for Planning related topics.
  • Prepare and simulate the monthly target setting process and possible quarterly and yearly achievement for MBGD.
  • Prepare and discuss the yearly production allocations and Group Sales simulation for MBCME GDs
  • Asses the achievement of applicable KPIs according to the variable margin requirements.
  • Your Profile:

    Educational Background

  • Graduate/Post-Graduate degree in Business Administration, Engineering or similar, in combination with extensive automotive retail experience
  • Technical knowledge

  • Familiar with current Sales/Lead Management systems at retail level
  • Familiar with MBC product management and pricing processes
  • Automotive retail experience provides the ability to coach and steer dealers
  • Advanced Microsoft Office knowledge, mainly database including profound excel skills
  • Soft skills/individual competence

  • Strong negotiation/presentation skills required for interactions at all levels
  • Analytical approach
  • English is a must
  • Arabic, German is a plus