INFINITI Senior Planner Contest & Incentives

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager of INFINITI C&I Planning and Development, this role serves as the department's C&I SME for multiple assigned models who supports the planning, development and implementation of new vehicle incentive programs. Develops ad hoc C&I analyses/presentations, incentive analyses (including competitors) and tracks current incentive programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Interfaces with various departments for the planning, development and implementation of new vehicle incentive programs
• Performs tracking and post analysis of program performance
• Maintains costing and planning tools for assigned models
• Produces Competitive Incentive C&I reports, analysis, and presentations for assigned models
• Acts as C&I SME working with cross-functional teams during design, testing, and implementation for projects as deemed appropriate
• Assists with monthly, quarterly and fiscal year new vehicle incentive program planning and development
• Assists in programing VIMS with monthly incentive offers and compiles consolidated matrices by region to support monthly program launch
• Assists in programing monthly incentive offers in the DIME tool
• Interacts with following departments: Sales Regions, CMM, Sales Operations, Finance, Accounting, Marketing Communications, Pricing, Legal, IFS, IS, Purchasing, external vendors and agencies
• As necessary, performs other related duties of which the above are representative

Requirements

• Knowledge of retail sales processes and the role of incentives
• Strong analytical, presentation and strategic thinking skills
• Must be able to multi-task
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent negotiation and cross-functional relationship building skills required to effectively balance priorities from various functional teams
• Six or more years of directly related professional level experience
• Experience in developing and analyzing standard and ad hoc reporting tools as well as analyzing numerical data to tell a story to end users is required
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline
• Advanced Excel skills required
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, other PC applications, and various outside data sources to produce non-standard, creative outputs

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA preferred
• VBA programming and Tableau is a plus
• Regional Dealer contact experience preferred, but not required