Location
Farnborough, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
We believe in creating an environment where you, our placement student, can learn and develop during your time with us and where you are given your own areas of responsibility from the start. Our experts and mentors will treat you as part of the team from day one, encouraging you to bring your own ideas to the table and giving you the opportunity to show what you can really do.
Our Summit ONE in Farnborough is home to the National Sales Company for the BMW Group in the UK, as well as BMW Group Financial Services which offers retailers, corporate, and private customers a range of customised financial services. Alphabet (GB) Ltd. as a leading provider of Business Mobility Services is also located in Farnborough. We decided in November 2020 to bring together BMW Financial Services and Alphabet to stay relevant to our customers and continue to succeed in a rapidly changing business environment.
Within our self-contained campus, we offer a modern way of working with an empowering office culture, some aspects of which include:
• Our work persona shift – being yourself is effortless and so increases efficiency. For this reason, we allow our employees to express themselves through the way they dress.
• Flexible working hours - working flexibly improves mental perspective and increases sustained productivity. This means our leaders maintain balance, not burnout, through focusing on output, not attendance.
• The opportunity to get involved with our continued support of our house charity with a variety of fundraising events throughout the year.
• Throughout our offices, there are open creative spaces which hold facilities such as table-tennis tables to encourage innovation and employee engagement.
BMW UK, National Sales Company, Farnborough - Sales Steering and Planning - 13 Month Placement (July 2024)
We are looking for a confident and eager to learn individual to join our Sales Steering and Planning team, responsible for steering, planning, and optimising BMW UK’s future and current sales results (volume & profit). We are also responsible for creating market, segment, and competitor forecasting to guide BMW UK's volume aspirations. Our role relies on a close working relationship with Sales Channel owners, Finance, and Marketing to identify opportunities and risks, using a data-driven approach to steer volume, product, channel, and discount levels.
What will you be doing?
· Taking responsibility for our weekly forecast process by collating data supplied by Channel Owners.
· Creating monthly sales steering reports including competitor forecasts and run-rate reports.
· Partner the Production Planning and Ordering team to provide support during peak periods in the month.
· Partner the Channel Planning Manager, supporting in tasks such as availability planning and technical hold reporting.
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