Senior Planning Analyst

Europcar Mobility Group; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Starting on 6 weeks holiday

Free parking

Pension and life insurance

Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Leave

Discounted car hire rates

EE mobile discount 20%

Accor hotel rates after 12 months

Cycle2Work

Eye tests

BUPA support services

Career progression

Job summary

Europcar Mobility Group seeks a Senior Fleet Planning Analyst to support the Fleet Planning Manager in creating UK & Ireland fleet plans. The role is hybrid, with two days at the Leicester HQ and remote work the rest of the time.

Responsibilities include monthly fleet plans, KPI optimisation, and coordinating with procurement and RCM teams while maintaining data accuracy in planning tools.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work with numbers and data.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Detail-oriented with accuracy in planning documents.

Responsibilities

• Producing monthly fleet plans in Google Sheets / Excel.
• Optimising the fleet to hit KPIs such as utilisation and costs.
• Reviewing and improving the current fleet planning process.
• Liaising with procurement and RCM to optimise infl eets and defleets.
• Ensuring information accuracy in Greenway/Rentway.
• Preparing monthly fleet planning decks for Senior Management.
• Conducting ad hoc analysis as required.

Skills

Numerical skills

Proactive and hardworking

Time management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Google Drive

Google Mail

Business Objects

Greenway

Rentway

Job description

Senior Fleet Planning Analyst

Location: Leicester / Remote

About the role:

To support the Fleet Planning Manager in creating fleet plans for the UK & Ireland. To ensure consistency and clarity of information and all supporting planning documents.

This is a hybrid role within the Financial Control & Reporting department, working twice a week from the Leicester HQ office and the remaining time working from home.

Benefits:

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Starting on 6 weeks holiday (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Free parking is available for colleagues who request a parking space in advance, subject to availability
• Pension and a life insurance scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Leave (subject to service and earning qualifications)
• Discounted car hire rates across our network
• 20% discount on EE mobile phone contracts*
• Discounted hotel rates through the Accor Group after 12 months service*
• Cycle2Work*
• Free annual eye tests
• Confidential legal and support service through BUPA
• Career progression and development

*forms part of current non contractual benefit offering

Main duties:

• Performing monthly fleet plans in Google Sheets / Excel
• Optimising the fleet to achieve key fleet KPIs – risk share, SIPP mix, utilisation rate, fleet cost
• Reviewing the current fleet planning process in IE and recommending improvements where needed
• Liaising with the fleet procurement team and RCM team to optimise infleets and defleets
• Ensuring consistency and accuracy of information in Greenway/Rentway
• Performing Group Rotation plans and liaising with the Group teams to explain any variances
• Performing reconciliations between Procurement, RCM and Planning files to ensure consistencyPerforming supporting analysis on the fleet – excess penalties, out of buyback, early returns
• Performing depreciation rate analysis and feeding the outcomes into GWY/Rentway
• Supporting the fleet controlling team in the forecasting process to optimise fleet costs
• Preparing monthly fleet planning decks to the Senior Management team
• Recommending optimal courses of action in the monthly fleet plans to ensure maximisation of EBIDTA and utilisation rates
• Supporting the Group team in implementing new planning tools
• Performing any ad hoc analysis as requested

Key skills and attributes required:

• Energetic, proactive, hardworking with a willingness to learn
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Confident working with numbers
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Attention to detail
• MS Office skills, especially Excel (pivot tables, IF statements, vlookups and graphs)
• Google Mail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Business Objects will be a plus
• Strong motivational skills with the ability to work on your own initiative or as part of a team