Senior Product Planner

Location(s): Franklin, TN

Job Schedule: Full-time

Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree

Sponsorship: No

In this role, you will lead a team responsible for transforming vehicle concepts into market-ready products, guiding strategy from early ideation through launch and in-market support. By balancing customer insights, market dynamics, and business objectives, you will help ensure the achievement of North American sales, market share, and profitability goals.
As a Senior Planner within the Advanced Product Planning team, you are going to be part of a close-knit agile group in meeting business objectives with analysis & stories rooted in customer needs, market data, forecasts and research.

A Day in the Life:   

The responsibilities listed are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties for this role. Additional tasks may be assigned, as needed, to support business objectives.

• Analyze market, consumer, and demographic trends to identify emerging customer needs and future mobility opportunities
• Lead customer and market research initiatives to develop actionable insights that influence future vehicle and portfolio strategies
• Develop data-driven business cases and strategic recommendations to guide product portfolio decisions and secure alignment across regional and global stakeholders
• Identify and define new market opportunities, including future products, segments, and whitespace growth areas
• Partner with cross-functional, regional, and global teams to drive upstream product planning activities, build consensus, and resolve issues to advance key priorities
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, departments and regions/locations to appropriately support Product Planning within various points of the upstream vehicle development process.
• Engage in weekly communication and negotiation with local and global counterparts to drive priorities forward and close open issues

Who We’re Looking for:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
• Job Knowledge and Skill:
  • Strong data analysis with insight identification with ability to translate to vehicle implication
  • Ability to communicate and negotiate with NML using excellent oral/written/presentation communication and interpersonal communication skills
  • Strong business acumen, strategic and critical thinking skills
  • Demonstrated ability to develop clear and compelling story line
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively deliver presentations to executive management
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Product Planning phases of vehicle development
• Ability to perform work onsite at Franklin, TN – HQ
• Up to 25%. Day and overnight travel, including evening and weekend travel and periodic extended trips, both domestically and internationally

What You’ll Look Forward to at Nissan:

Career Growth and Continuous Learning Opportunities: Benefit from diverse career paths, cross-departmental moves, and innovative learning platforms. Enhance your skills through seminars, leadership training, and tuition reimbursement programs, all while playing a vital role in shaping the future of transportation. From day one, you'll have the support to tackle challenges and contribute to impactful solutions across our organization.

Rewards: Be supported with a Comprehensive Benefits Package, including medical, mental health, parental leave, retirement savings & unique Nissan perks, including discounts on lease vehicles as part of our Employee Lease Program and a Vehicle Purchase Program (VPP). For more information, access our Nissan Benefits Overview Guide.

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