Planning Co-Op - Portfolio Planning & Dealer Development

General Motors; Victoria; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors Australia & New Zealand is seeking a proactive analyst to support the Portfolio Planning Director and Planning Manager in coordinating planning and program management activities to grow the business.

You will assist with data analysis, reports from systems like FCAI and Power BI, maintain vehicle content documents, pricing summaries, and dealer lists, and help with cost reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• Currently completing a Marketing / Commerce / Engineering degree.
• Experience in business strategy, organizational change or process revisions.
• Australian Driver's Licence.

Responsibilities

• Support Portfolio Planning Director and Planning Manager to manage Planning & Program Management activities
• Undertake special projects under the direction of the GM ANZ Dealer Development Manager
• Support GM Australia & New Zealand Portfolio Planning with portfolio data, reports and competitive product plans
• Develop & maintain vehicle content documents – S&O/PPC & Model line up summaries
• Develop & maintain pricing feature adjustments/comparably equipped summaries
• Research and maintain competitive product information
• Assist with development of accessory portfolio incl. part numbers and pricing
• Prepare detailed reviews of vehicle specs, brochures and training materials
• Manage key business records – meeting minutes, presentations
• Support cost reduction & efficiency initiatives for conversion business
• Assist in recovery action plans for programs
• Prepare program status reports for SLT
• Support Product Planning with urgent requests

Skills

Analytical thinking

Self-motivation

Confidential information handling

Attention to deadlines

Customer empathy

Teamwork

MS Office

Education

Marketing / Commerce / Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Position Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support GM Australia & New Zealand Portfolio Planning Director and Planning Manager to manage the Planning & Program Management activities required to grow the business
• Undertake special projects under the direction of the GM Australia & New Zealand Dealer Development Manage

GM Australia & New Zealand Portfolio Planning:

• Support Business Planning (BP) process with portfolio data as required, incl. competitive product plans & support GM BP review process
• Support development of future model volume estimate studie including generating reports from the FCAI volume reporting system ("Power BI)
• Develop & maintain vehicle content documents – S&O/PPC & Model line up summaries
• Develop & maintain pricing Feature Adjust/Comparably equipped summaries
• Research and maintain competitive (benchmark) product information.
• Support development of accessory portfolio, including maintaining part number and pricing for the Accessory Price Guide
• Complete detailed reviews of vehicle specification document, eg PDS, brochures, merchandising material, Corporate Affairs material, sales training material, Dealer Bulletins etc
• Manage & maintain key business records – meeting minute, presentations etc
• Order of pre-production vehicles & manage the vehicle ownership
• Support cost reduction & efficiency initiative for conversion business with Premoso
• Assist with the development of recovery action plans to address any threats to a particular program
• Assist in the preparation of program status reports (1 pagers) for issue to the GMSV SLT as required
• Support Product Planning team with confidential, "urgent" requests as required

GM Australia & New Zealand Dealer Development:

• Support Dealer Development Manager with special assignments
• Update and Issue the GMSV Dealer Master List, HSO Dealer Master List and the 'live' GMSV & HSO contact lists, on a weekly basis
• Create and issue the GMSV & HSO dealer list to Results Directly on a monthly basis.
• Assist with Dealer Entity Changes as required, including but not limited to: generating ASIC reports; updating Global Connect; filing (physical and electronically) of agreements
• Shared monitoring of the GMANZ.dealer network email inbox
• Support the Dealer Network Team with agreement renewals and utilising DocuSign for execution.

General:

• Be prepared to take on a wide variety of analysis and tasks, often with short notice and deadlines.
• Promote efficient, effective teamwork for optimum performance

Knowledge:

• Strong interest in cars and the motor industry
• Understanding of GMSV vehicle portfolio
• An interest in worldwide vehicle and social trends
• An interest in customer product needs and customers motivations and perceptions

Skills:

• Ability to logically analyze situations and trends and present recommendations, both orally and written.
• Self-motivated with strong action focus
• Ability to work with highly confidential information
• High level attention to detail and to deadlines
• Capable with the MS Office Suite of hardware.
• Capable of working well with other people, assertive when appropriate
• Empathy with the customer – capable of giving a balanced view on behalf of the customer

Experience/Education:

• Currently completing a Marketing / Commerce / Engineering degree
• Some experience in business strategy, organizational change and process revisions
• Australian Drivers Licensek

Competencies:

• Drive for Results
• Timely Decision Making
• Customer Focus
• Integrity & Trust
• Business Acumen
• Intellectual Horsepower

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