Sales Planning Specialist

Daimler Trucks North America LLC; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Colleague car scheme

Flexible benefits pot

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Vans UK is seeking a Sales Planning Specialist to lead sales planning, forecasting and wholesale management. You will transform market data into strategic recommendations, shape volume planning and optimize retailer targets to support growth, while collaborating across teams to hit wholesale targets.

The role offers a hybrid working approach, a competitive salary, and a discretionary bonus structure.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical mindset and financial acumen required.
• Excellent Excel and Power BI skills expected.
• Ability to turn market data into strategic recommendations.
• Experience with sales planning and forecasting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Shape sales plans and forecasts to drive growth.
• Translate market and regulatory data into strategic recommendations.
• Lead volume planning and maximise future market potential.
• Optimise retailer targets and vehicle allocation for growth.
• Collaborate across teams to meet wholesale targets.
• Provide accurate, insight-led reporting for decision making.
• Present data-driven insights to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Financial acumen

Presentation skills

Communication

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Job Description - Sales Planning Specialist (MER00048B0)

Description

About Us

At Mercedes-Benz Vans, we deliver world-class vehicles and services that keep people and businesses moving across the UK. We’re ambitious, future-focused, and leading the shift to electric mobility with smart digital solutions and exceptional customer experiences.

Our culture is built on inclusivity, respect and equal opportunity, because our diverse backgrounds and perspectives drive our success. From our passionate colleagues to our trusted Dealer network, everyone plays a part in shaping the future of transportation.

It’s an exciting time to join us, why not be part of the journey?

How you’ll play your part

We're looking for someone who is driven, commercially minded and highly analytical, with a strong understanding of our products, customers and the wider competitive market.

In this role you’ll be responsible for leading sales planning, forecasting, production and wholesale management activities, providing strategic insight and performance reporting to optimise van sales, stock availability, retailer allocation and future business growth.

What you’ll do:

• Shape sales plans and forecasts that drive business performance and future growth
• Turn complex market, sales and regulatory data into clear strategic recommendations
• Lead volume planning and identify opportunities to maximise future market potential
• Help optimise retailer targets and vehicle allocation to support ambitious growth goals
• Collaborate across teams to deliver wholesale targets and keep vehicles moving efficiently
• Provide accurate, insight-led reporting that informs key business decisions
• Present confidently to senior stakeholders, translating data into actionable business insights

What makes this role exciting:

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future performance of our Vans business, using data, market insight and commercial expertise to influence strategic decisions, optimise sales performance and drive sustainable growth.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong analytical mindset with excellent financial acumen and advanced Excel and Power BI skills
• A solid grounding in numeracy, communication and problem-solving, with the ability to turn data into action
• Strong understanding of products, customers and the competitive market landscape
• Confident presenter who can translate complex data into clear, compelling insights and recommendations
• Highly organised, able to prioritise effectively and deliver quality work under tight deadlines

At Mercedes-Benz, we operate with integrity and therefore you are required to maintain ethical standards in accordance with our polices and adhere to the Company's Compliance Guidelines and Policies including Anti-Bribery and all relevant competition law.

What’s in it for you

As well as the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, with a great team and culture, we’ll offer you a competitive salary and discretionary bonus structure. We also hope you’ll love our products as much as we do, with access to our colleague car schemes. On top of that, you’ll be able to join our pension scheme and you’ll get a flexible benefit pot that can be used to find the benefits that are right for you. We are pleased to be able to offer a hybrid working approach – achieving a great balance between remote and office working.

We’re here to support you – we offer access to colleague wellbeing resources, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Mental health First Aiders, as well as flexible opportunities to support work life balance. We’ll also encourage your development, with the training and knowledge you need to reach your potential.

Who we are

Through the doors of Mercedes-Benz Vans, you’ll find a passionate team working to innovate and deliver top-tier commercial vehicles that drive business success. We know that to keep this team motivated, we need to ensure that everyone has equal opportunity.

We celebrate a culture of appreciation and respect, where everyone is valued for who they are. We believe our backgrounds, experiences and cultures contribute to our shared experience and shape who we are and what we do. The diversity of our colleagues reflects the diversity of our customers. This diversity is the driving force behind our ideas.

What’s next?

Please be assured that we’re here to support you throughout the recruitment process and beyond, and reasonable adjustments are available to any candidates who need them. We’re also open to working flexibly and are happy to discuss flexible working options.

Due to UK legislation, we need to let you know that we can only accept applications from those with the right to work in the UK.

We care about your personal data. The UK General Data Protection Regulation provides you with more control and by submitting an application to us, we consider this to be an agreement to process your personal data in support of our recruitment and selection process.

Data categories that we process in relation to your application are the ones that you provided as part of the application process. We process your personal data in relation to the application, in accordance with the legal requirements. Recipients of your personal data within our company are the managers of the specialist unit in charge of filling the position and the responsible colleagues from HR.

Your application data is held within our secure application tracking system called Taleo – you’ll be given access to a candidate zone in this system where you can monitor and manage your application and see status updates. We will communicate with you, by email or phone throughout the recruitment process so that we can keep you updated and inform you of your progress through the recruitment process. You can also seek ‘job alerts’ once you are registered in Taleo and it’s possible your details may be returned in searches we conduct for new positions and we may contact you by email to let you know about them. We limit the storage of your data to the necessary period. Contact us as [e-mail] for further information.

If you have any questions about any matter relating to data protection or the personal data that we process about you for the purpose of personnel recruiting, please contact the Chief Officer of Corporate Data Protection for the Mercedes-Benz Group at the following address: HPC W079 70546 Stuttgart, [e-mail] .