Volume Planning Lead

INEOS Automotive – Built For More

Story so far

Since we started our journey to build a no nonsense 4X4, we’ve come a long way. We’ve established INEOS Automotive as a serious contender in 4X4 development and manufacturing. We’ve partnered with some of the biggest names in the automotive industry. We’ve made our way from vision to prototype. We’ve secured a world-class production facility and delivery team. We’ve delivered Grenadiers to customers all around the world. We’re building our double cab pick-up, the Quartermaster.

People and Culture

Easy never changed anything. Not in manufacturing, science, engineering or energy – and certainly not elite sport. At INEOS we tackle every challenge head-on, and we help extraordinary athletes achieve extraordinary things. When it comes to making positive change, we know nothing gets done without grit, rigour and humour. Our Automotive team consist of around 1500 employees, 10 locations and 44 nationalities, we’re an international team working together to challenge the ordinary.

If this sounds like you, let’s talk.

The Volume Planning Lead is responsible for managing all aspects of the European regional sales plan from liaising with central HQ right through to the creation of the wholesale and retail plans. This includes forecasting sales / orders taken and ensuring that customer demand levels are managed effectively through production availability. This is a position which will enable the successful candidate to develop and define inventory, forecasting and targeting methodology to support the achievement of business objectives.

Duties include:

• Define and implement the EU sales forecasting process with the HQ teams and retailer network 
• Establish short-term, mid-term and long-term forecasting models to project future sales, highlight any risks to the business plan and support Manufacturing with production planning by providing on-going feedback on customer demand levels 
• Establish a weekly sales forecasting meeting to highlight to management how the business is tracking against its targets, whilst also allowing any tactical decisions to be made in a timely manner  
• Establish the monthly sales planning cycle which will involve, defining the required attendees from the business, the cycle and purpose of meetings and defining the key monthly planning milestones and deadlines for the Commercial team 
• Manage the on-going monthly planning cycle and any sales volume reforecast submissions to the business

Qualifications:

• Experience working within the automotive industry essential
• Previous experience working within a sales planning environment essential
• A good understanding of the retail, wholesale and production planning required
• Experience working across multiple markets is beneficial
• Ability to work in a high-growth and fast-paced environment
• Experience managing projects
• Previous experience with SAP desired

If the role sounds of interest and you want to learn more please apply. Please include a covering letter that supports your application along with any other supporting information.

If your application is successful one of the team will be in touch to arrange an initial conversation!