OverviewWho We're Looking ForToyota's Product Planning & Strategy (PPS) Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Vehicle Planner on the Toyota Car & CUV Team.
The primary responsibility of this position is to play a leading role in creating and executing vehicle strategies that support the Toyota Car & CUV lineup.
Reporting to the Manager - Toyota Vehicle Product Planning, the person in this role will serve as the vehicle subject matter expert, product planner for his/her product lines and working cross-functionally throughout TMNA and TMC organizations.
What You'll Be Doing - Perform detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis independently to understand and quantify the wants and needs of our target customers and market opportunities
- Developing compelling business cases that provide detailed analysis on product concepts, specification requirements, volume forecast, pricing strategy, grade hierarchy, target customer, and feature content
- Serve as the project and product planner to lead and manage market research teams and TMC counterparts to uncover market trends and target customer needs
- Collaborate and negotiate proposals with key stakeholder groups until consensus is reached
- Effectively and concisely communicate product concepts and action plans to senior management and stakeholders in the global organization
- Manage product lifecycle on the vehicles assigned by generating ideas on how to best maximize sales and profit while meeting customer needs
- Continuously working with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), located in Japan, to represent U.S. market needs throughout the product development process and providing timely information required to keep projects on their development timeline
- Collaborate and represent PPS in core product development and marketing processes with various cross-organization operational departments including: Engineering, Enterprise Strategy, Distribution, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Design, and SPAD
What You Bring - A Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional work experience
- Experience in pricing, product planning, sales planning, marketing strategy, strategic planning, consulting and/or other related discipline(s)
- Experience in negotiation discussion and strategy
- Working proficiency in Microsoft Office skills (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
- Ability to leverage your experience to promote cross-departmental alignment to ensure consistent application of processes and programs, in a quality-driven environment
- Exceptional professional interpersonal skills, interacting and building relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization, internally, externally, and globally
- A high degree of intellectual curiosity, confidence, analytical thinking, energy and drive to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
- Proven ability to quickly assimilate complex data, methods, and procedures as well as formulate concrete recommendations
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Proficiency in statistical analysis tools such as mTAB, PowerBI, Power Information Network (PIN), Polk, JATO, or other relative statistical analysis tools
- Ability to work flexible schedule to accommodate conference calls with TMC counterparts
- Ability and willingness to travel occasionally (up to 10%) throughout the U.S. and Japan
- This position requires driving. A motor vehicle record that's acceptable by company standards is required for this position
Added Bonus If You Have - MBA or advanced degree
- Automotive engineering or technical background
- Japanese language skills
What We'll BringDuring your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
- Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
- Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
- Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute (if applicable)
- Paid holidays and paid time off
- Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more
- Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
