The Sales Planning & Reporting Specialist plays a key role in supporting planning cycles across short-, mid-, and long-term plans. This position also collaborates on budget planning for Retail, Wholesale, and Order Intake. Additionally, the role involves providing support in quota allocation, assisting with production planning (VB/DP/QC), and contributing to the preparation of budgets for incentive programs and sales allowances.
Responsibilities and assignments
Tasks
- Analyze market trends, sales performance, and competitor activity to define targets and KPIs to support dealer network performance steering.
- Develop and maintain stock, supply chain, and performance reports/dashboards to enable decision-making.
- Produce management presentations and business cases for internal committees and dealer meetings.
- Monitor and manage the national CO₂ emission matrix in collaboration with Homologation and Product & Price teams.
- Manage quota allocation to dealers through systemic execution, ensuring transparency of guidelines and priorities according to Porsche AG requirements.
- Consolidate and submit mix change requests to PAG, ensuring feasibility and alignment with market demand.
- Coordinate communication of volume requirements between Porsche AG and the dealer network.
- Ensure balance between demand and supply, monitor order fulfillment, manage deadlines, and support dealers in the order-placement process while tracking quota consumption according to planning timelines.
- Track, coordinate, and process orders for special vehicles or special equipment configurations, ensuring feasibility with PAG and alignment with market priorities.
- Coordinate resolution of sequencing issues for vehicles with stop-order or unavailable equipment.
- Prepare reports, documentation, and tracking tools for incentive and sales allowance budgets.
- Monitor expenses and evaluate effectiveness and compliance with incentive programs.
- Provide primary support to the dealer network for the Order Management System (PVMS), including user management, usage assistance, and first-level troubleshooting.
- Act as focal point with PAG for system-related topics, managing updates, new feature rollouts, and user permissions for PBR and the dealer network.
Requirements and qualifications
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree and/or master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Economics or equivalent.
Experience
- +3 years working experience in sales planning, forecasting, projection and reporting in automotive industry (premium/luxury brands preferred).
- Planning and Organization
- Initiative and Creativity
- Conflict Management
- Analytical mindset
- Team oriented working attitude and intercultural understanding
Skills
- Proficient user of MS Excel (Macros, Power Point, Think Cell)
- Knowledge of Tableau or other BI / data analysis tools
- Experience with system rollout or digitalization projects (desirable)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Fluency in English language required