Senior Manager, Sales Strategy & Forecasting

AUTO1 Group; Belgique; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work up to 4 days/week

28 vacation days (+ after year 30)

Car purchase discount (Autohero)

Pension scheme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Auto1 Group, Europe’s leading digital automotive platform, invites applications for a Sales Planning & Performance role in Belgium. You will own budget planning, forecast analyses, and data-driven target setting across sales teams and countries.

We seek strong analytical skills, Excel/Sheets expertise, and fluency in English. Hybrid work from home up to 4 days a week is offered, along with vacation days and pension benefits.

Qualifications

• Several years of professional experience in Sales Strategy & Operations, Commercial Finance, Sales Controlling, Management Consulting or a comparable analytical function.
• Proven experience in budget planning & forecasting.
• Experience designing and implementing Sales incentive schemes and target achievement models.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work with complex datasets and business models.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets; experience with SQL.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across different seniority levels and functions.
• High level of ownership, business acumen and problem-solving ability.
• Fluent in English; other European languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own, coordinate and optimize the Sales Budget & headcount planning process, including capacity planning and workforce cost analysis.
• Manage regular forecasts, re-forecasts and scenario analyses to support business decisions.
• Develop and improve the Target and Achievement Model to ensure transparent performance measurement.
• Drive data-based target setting for countries, Sales teams and individual roles.
• Evaluate incentive models for target achievement, cost efficiency and fairness.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, HR/People.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Google Sheets

SQL

Stakeholder management

Ownership mindset

English fluency

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

SQL

Job description

Auto1 Group, Europe’s leading digital automotive platform, invites applications for a Sales Planning & Performance role in Belgium. You will own budget planning, forecast analyses, and data-driven target setting across sales teams and countries.

We seek strong analytical skills, Excel/Sheets expertise, and fluency in English. Hybrid work from home up to 4 days a week is offered, along with vacation days and pension benefits.