Vehicle Distribution Reporting Specialist

Nissan Motor; Maple Cross; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Supply Planning team member to optimize new vehicle supply and support the dealer network. The ideal candidate has proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Tableau, along with strong data analysis and problem-solving skills. The role involves managing new vehicle orders and reporting, as well as enhancing supply chain processes. This position offers extensive growth opportunities and a supportive work environment with a focus on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Attractive car ownership scheme

Flexible working practices

Comprehensive health & wellbeing offerings

Team building days

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office packages and advanced Excel skills.
• Experience in developing reports using Tableau and automating processes.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage reports for new vehicle orders and deliveries.
• Enhance processes to match supply with customer orders efficiently.
• Lead critical development projects for automating distribution reporting.
• Support logistics and dealer network in managing new vehicle orders.

Skills

Proficient in Microsoft Office packages

Experience with Tableau

Advanced Microsoft Excel

Data analysis

Problem-solving

Process documentation

Tools

Tableau

Office 365 (Power BI / Power Automate / Power Query)

Job description

Overview of Company

We are the Sales & Marketing Headquarters for Nissan in the UK. It is our aim to ensure that the Nissan brand and product portfolio are successfully communicated in order for us to maintain our strong presence in the UK marketplace. To do this, we ensure that we achieve excellence throughout our sales operations & distribution in the UK, and deliver on our customer promises. Our key functions are Aftersales, Marketing, Network Development & Customer Quality and Sales; finally, our support functions are integral in enabling everyone to deliver their overall strategies. All our employees have the opportunity to gain great autonomy, experience, and international exposure in our stimulating, diverse, and dynamic environment. Our continued success is driven by our ability to produce high quality vehicles, at a competitive and accessible value and we want you to join us in defining how we shape the future of innovation in mobility, connectivity and electrification.

Overview of Sales

These teams ensure that we achieve excellence throughout our sales operations in the UK and deliver on our customer promises. Our teams of experts continually monitor activity and manage our sales and service delivery, to ensure that we are maximising our performance. We work hand in hand with our dealers to deliver success – through supporting new product tours, VIP promotional activities, and our dealer excellence programme – we create and sustain the Nissan marketplace of the future.

Overall Purpose of Role

The primary function of this role is to ensure new vehicle supply is optimised to deliver Nissan’s Customer First objectives. Working within the Supply Planning and Distribution team, this role focuses on supporting the Nissan Dealer Network and liaison with our logistics partners (NDS) to ensure the smooth transition of new vehicle orders through the journey from order placement to production, delivery and vehicle registration.

The team has a significant focus on development of improved dealer processes and programmes, simplification and automation of reporting, with opportunities to support both Supply and Distribution teams with a variety of development projects.

This role provides fantastic opportunities to grow technical and operational skills, business acumen and commercial awareness due to the pivotal role supply and distribution has in achieving company objectives (volume, market share, customer satisfaction). A cross-functional mindset and an open communication style are essential, alongside strong organisation and data analysis skills.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and distribute reports relating to new vehicle order bank and deliveries.
• Define, enhance and implement processes to ensure continued improvement of matching supply to customer orders.
• Owner of several critical development projects, involving automation of Distribution reporting utilising Tableau and Office 365 (inc. Power BI / Query and Power Automate), and improvement of Dealer facing stock reporting
• Dealer Stocking Programme management and development of supporting reports

Operational Support for :

• Management of new vehicle orders in pipeline and Nissan Distribution Services (NDS)
• Management of orders in the dealer network – logistics, order swaps & error checks.
• Provide ordering, logistics and registration support to dealer network
• Support for logistics related model activity including new model launches, technical holds and vehicle enhancement.

Skills and Experience

• Proficient in Microsoft Office packages, with proven experience working with Tableau and Office 365 development tools (Power BI / Power Automate / Power Query)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Analysing data
• Problem-solving
• Process documentation

The Support We Give You

We firmly believe that investment in our employees is integral to their growth and success. As a member of our team, you will have access to many of our benefits - because we want you to feel cared for, supported, and engaged at Nissan. Alongside comprehensive career development and learning opportunities, you will also have access to a wide range of employee benefits. This includes an attractive car ownership scheme, flexible working practices, comprehensive health & wellbeing offerings and team building days. And if that doesn’t whet your appetite, we’re also really proud of our flexible benefits scheme, every employee has the opportunity to flex their benefits to suit their lifestyle; from increasing your Private Medical Insurance cover to embracing our cycle-to-work scheme, we’ve got you covered.

Diversity and Inclusion

NMGB’s aim is for employees to be able to work in a worry-free, “best-self” manner, pursuing their careers regardless of gender, orientation, ability, heritage or any other factors and at the same time able to choose from various workstyles to suit their stage of life or background.

NMGB has a huge focus on how we can ensure we benefit from a rich diversity in our workforce and to understand the best ways to support everyone who works for us. Our partnerships with Pride 365 and Valuable 500 have helped to educate us and open our eyes to ensuring everyone is welcomed and understood.

Maple Cross Hertfordshire United Kingdom