Junior Product Manager

Nissan Motor Corporation; Maple Cross; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Overview of Company

We are the Sales & Marketing Headquarters for Nissan in the UK. It is our aim to ensure that the Nissan brand and product portfolio are successfully communicated in order for us to maintain our strong presence in the UK marketplace. To do this, we ensure that we achieve excellence throughout our sales operations & distribution in the UK, and deliver on our customer promises. Our key functions are Aftersales, Marketing, Network Development & Customer Quality and Sales; finally, our support functions are integral in enabling everyone to deliver their overall strategies. All our employees have the opportunity to gain great autonomy, experience, and international exposure in our stimulating, diverse, and dynamic environment. Our continued success is driven by our ability to produce high quality vehicles, at a competitive and accessible value and we want you to join us in defining how we shape the future of innovation in mobility, connectivity and electrification.

Overview of Marketing:

Nissan has a strong reputation for innovation. It is the responsibility of our product marketing, communications and marketing planning teams to ensure that the Nissan brand and product portfolio are successfully communicated and maintain a strong presence in the UK marketplace. Nissan continues to optimise product development and deliver highly innovative technology creating truly state-of-the-art vehicles. The teams work closely with world renowned advertising and PR agencies to support the delivery of exciting initiatives.

Overall Purpose of Role:

The mission of the Regional Business Unit Product Executive is to support the Product Section Manager in providing data analysis to support vehicle line performance, understanding the product and competitive arena, and facilitating decision making processes with timely and accurate information.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support the Product Section Manager in building a long term product strategy according to lifecycle and performance priorities of the portfolio.
• Support product presentations and events.
• Propose, create & maintain vehicle specification in line with customer demand and competitiveness requirements.
• Daily order take monitoring.
• Input into annual, quarterly reforecast, monthly and weekly performance management cycle (from Business Plan to weekly tactical).
• Propose actions to seize opportunities, countermeasure risks.
• Monitor competitive customer offers.
• Interrogate residual value and central pricing reports (ViVa, TPVa).
• Validate Nissan Europe pricing files in line with local direction.
• Monitor demand/sales mix performance vs supply.
• Propose countermeasures.
• Monitor consumer offer uptake and spending vs campaign assumptions.
• Propose countermeasures to risk.
• Ensure implementation of launch strategy when relevant.
• Validate all product communication and brochure assets.
• Provide expert product knowledge/advice as required.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office package.
• Bachelor Degree in business desirable.

Mandatory Previous Experience

• Exposure to either Campaign Planning, Business Planning or Marketing.

Desirable Previous Position

• SPM (Sales Performance Management) Sales Operations, Product Management, Product Planning or Field Experience (Retail or Corporate).
• Campaign Planning.
• Business Planning.
• Marketing.
• Field Experience (Retail or Corporate).

The Support We Give You

We firmly believe that investment in our employees is integral to their growth and success. As a member of our team, you will have access to many of our benefits - because we want you to feel cared for, supported, and engaged at Nissan. Alongside comprehensive career development and learning opportunities, you will also have access to a wide range of employee benefits.

Diversity and Inclusion

NMGB’s aim is for employees to be able to work in a worry-free, “best-self” manner, pursuing their careers regardless of gender, orientation, ability, heritage or any other factors.