Capacity Analyst – Vehicle Rental Optimisation

Recruitment Avenue; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Capacity Analyst to support capacity planning through analytical processes. This hybrid role offers the chance to work three days from home and two days in the Luton office. The successful candidate will leverage advanced Excel skills to forecast and plan vehicle availability, ensuring optimal asset utilization and revenue maximization. With significant responsibilities, this role requires excellent analytical and planning skills, strong communication abilities, and a proactive approach to decision-making. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will directly impact business performance and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• University graduates with degrees in analytics, maths, or physics are welcome.
• Prior planning and analytical experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Forecast and plan future availability and capacity requirements.
• Maximise revenue and utilisation through effective planning.
• Ensure accurate forecasting and meet strict deadlines.

Skills

Advanced Excel (VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables)

Analytical Skills

Planning Skills

Presentation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Problem-Solving Skills

Commercial Awareness

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Analytics

Degree in Maths

Degree in Physics

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title: Capacity Analyst

Salary: £28K

Location: Hybrid role, three days working from home and two days in Luton office

Advanced Excel (VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables) is a MUST for this role

University graduates will also be considered and are welcome to apply that have completed a degree in analytics, maths or physics and has advanced Excel knowledge.

The primary function of the role is to support the capacity planning activity in the team, through an analytically driven process to ensure that our client plans the supply of the right vehicle in the right location at the right time to meet planned customer demand and support the optimisation of revenue and asset utilisation, while minimising cost.

The role is responsible for maximising revenue and utilisation by actively forecasting, planning, and delivering the fleet required to service demand.

The role requires excellent commercial awareness and strong analysis-based decision making capability.

The successful candidate will ideally have had prior planning and analytical experience, be an excellent communicator and be confident in making and accepting responsibility for decisions that impact the wider business.

A key analytical role within the organisation, with significant responsibility for delivering the right level of capacity for our customers and extensive scope to influence the development of Capacity Management.

Responsibilities:

• Forecast and plan future availability and capacity requirements.
• Ensure forecasting is accurate and strict deadlines are met.
• Understand demand and supply of car rental vehicles, e.g., advance reservations, fleet supplies and historic performance.
• Propose, implement, and assess actions to maximise revenue, combining knowledge of current business performance, market position and demand, resource availability and business channel mix.
• Respond with clarity and direction when resolving complex tactical and strategic situations as they arise.
• Contribute directly to the alignment of activities across different departments (Fleet, Operations, Corporate Sales) and to continually apply revenue management practices to improve business profitability.
• Ensure availability is in line with forecasted volume, RPD and revenue.

Key skills and attributes required:

• Excellent analytical and planning skills.
• Ability to summarise analysis in a concise manner using different mediums to illustrate key points.
• Strong presentation skills to all levels of management.
• Analytical mindset and a high degree of business acumen.
• Proven effective stakeholder management.
• Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint.
• Attention to details and organisational / planning skills are a must.
• Unafraid to make and be responsible for decisions under pressure without supervision.
• Quick learner, flexible and reactive to a changing environment and role over time.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively to meet tight deadlines and maintain a high standard of work.
• High level of commercial awareness as relates to the business.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.