Senior Manager - Advanced Product Planning

Mission & Main Objectives:

• An opportunity to work at the heart of Product Strategy team in Nissan’s Advance Product Planning team.
• You will:

• Bring Nissan’s cars of the future and create competitive and innovative vehicle concepts.
• Understand customers and the emerging trends to satisfy their current and future unmet needs, drive the analysis and forecasting of future markets and competitors.
• Manage team member(s) in accordance with the Nissan Leadership Way

• This is an excellent opportunity to work in a diverse team, with global and regional functions and provides direct visibility to the top management.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Understand the future voice of the customer and collaborate with Advanced Product Planning counterparts in Japan.
• Understand the future customer needs & expectations, future market trends and future competitive landscape
• Work collaboratively with Global Product Planning teams to influence proposals
• Define exciting and innovative vehicles and powertrain, based on study of the future customer and emerging trends.
• Create and present new model concepts up to Regional and Global Executives
• Gather and analyze data from various automotive sources to support product & strategy recommendations
• Manage the Product Portfolio and Source of Sales
• Manage the competitiveness of product and powertrain in the upstream development phases
• Work with cross functional departments (Regional Product Manager, Cross Car Line, Sales & Marketing, Engineering, Design and Program Directors etc.)

Background & Experience (years)

Specific technical skills

• Bachelors degree in one of the following fields or related areas: Automotive Engineering / Product Design / Market Research & Customer Trends
• At least 12 years of working experience, automotive experience is a plus.
• Experiencing in Managing a team according to Nissan Leadership Way
• Proactive, Autonomous and achieve  deadlines.
• Professional experience in positions linked to Product Planning / Product Marketing / Customer Journey & Experience / Customer-Oriented Engineering is an advantage
• Professional experience in conducting market research and/or data analysis
• Experience working in project management and cross function teams
• Have an active interest in cars and the automotive industry
• Analytical skills to collect, consolidate and evaluate consumer and market data (JATO/NCBS/HIS…)
• Microsoft Office skills (EXCEL, PPT)
• Communication skills to convey ideas clearly, especially through powerpoint, and partner with diverse stakeholders and with executives
• Overall knowledge and understanding of automotive industry, trends and technologies
• Technical understanding of vehicle life-cycles
• Time management and organization to prioritize tasks for timely delivery
• Flexibility and adaptability in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment
• Creative Problem Solving; innovative thinking to tackle challenges
• Full and Valid driving license

Behavioural Competencies Required

• Communication skills both written and verbal
• Negotiation skills, storytelling for Proposals. Team management skills and team player.
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft office tools, advanced MS Excel capability is a strong advantage
• Evidence of positive contribution in a team environment
• Fluent in English – others languages an advantage
• Written and verbal fluency in English is a must, other language(s) are an advantage
• Interest and knowledge in automotive industry, mobility solutions and innovation in general with customer-centric mindset
• Integrity and ethical values
• Be passionate, creative, logical and use initiative skills to make strategies,