Sr. Analyst - Vehicle Planning

Overview

Who we are Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like  one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream.

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now or in the future. You should not apply for this role if you will require Toyota to assist with immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future.

Toyota’s Product Planning & Strategy (PPS) Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Vehicle Planner on the Toyota Car & CUV Team. The primary responsibility of this position is to play a leading role in creating and executing vehicle strategies that support the Toyota Car & CUV lineup. Reporting to the Manager – Toyota Vehicle Product Planning, the person in this role will serve as the vehicle subject matter expert, product planner for his/her product lines and working cross-functionally throughout TMNA and TMC organizations.

• Perform detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis independently to understand and quantify the wants and needs of our target customers and market opportunities
• Developing compelling business cases that provide detailed analysis on product concepts, specification requirements, volume forecast, pricing strategy, grade hierarchy, target customer, and feature content
• Serve as the project and product planner to lead and manage market research teams and TMC counterparts to uncover market trends and target customer needs
• Collaborate and negotiate proposals with key stakeholder groups until consensus is reached
• Effectively and concisely communicate product concepts and action plans to senior management and stakeholders in the global organization
• Manage product lifecycle on the vehicles assigned by generating ideas on how to best maximize sales and profit while meeting customer needs
• Continuously working with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), located in Japan, to represent U.S. market needs throughout the product development process and providing timely information required to keep projects on their development timeline
• Collaborate and represent PPS in core product development and marketing processes with various cross-organization operational departments including:
  Engineering, Enterprise Strategy, Distribution, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Design, and SPAD

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience
• Experience in pricing, product planning, sales planning, marketing strategy, strategic planning, consulting and/or other related discipline(s)
• Experience in negotiation discussion and strategy
• Working proficiency in Microsoft Office skills (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• Ability to leverage your experience to promote cross-departmental alignment to ensure consistent application of processes and programs, in a quality-driven environment
• Exceptional professional interpersonal skills, interacting and building relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization, internally, externally, and globally
• A high degree of intellectual curiosity, confidence, analytical thinking, energy…