# Sales Planning & Reporting Specialist

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Cologne
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Be the first to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team as a Sales Planning & Reporting Specialist. As a key member of our Marketing & Sales department, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our products and market presence.

We are looking for a data professional who can analyze complex numbers and create actionable reports and forecasts for strategic decision-making. If you have a passion for data analysis and want to make a real impact, then we want to hear from you!

**Responsibilities:**

- Plan, manage, and monitor budget, business plan, and forecast to contribute to our goal achievement and support strategic financial planning.

- Develop our data landscape further by creating, optimizing, and automating data-driven reports in the Marketing & Sales area to ensure efficiency and transparency.

- Drive sales success by continuously developing, monitoring, and adapting the dealer incentive model to align with strategic goals.

- Translate data into concrete initiatives by identifying proactive growth areas, developing tailored measures, and supporting cross-functional sales projects and growth initiatives.

- Stay ahead of the market by conducting thorough market and competitive analyses to provide strategic recommendations and maintain our competitive edge.

**Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree in (Business) Informatics, Economics with a quantitative focus, or a comparable field.

- Relevant experience in quantitative data analysis, data science, or market analysis.

- Strong analytical and communication skills, as well as the ability to think creatively and critically.

- Expert knowledge of MS Office applications and the Microsoft Power Suite.

- Excellent knowledge of common data analysis tools, including Python, SQL, Google BigQuery/Dataform.

- Good knowledge of the automotive market (desirable).

- Excellent English language skills in writing and speaking.

**What we offer:**

- A dynamic work environment in a global company

- International collaboration and exciting challenges

- Flexible working models and development opportunities

- A culture of diversity and equal opportunities

Ford is committed to diversity and equal opportunities for all and opposes any form of discrimination or harassment based on gender, marital status, partnership, parental status, ethnic origin, skin color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion/worldview, gender reassignment, and age.

## Skills

### Required
- data analysis
- data science
- market analysis
- MS Office
- Microsoft Power Suite
- Python
- SQL
- Google BigQuery/Dataform

### Nice to have
- automotive market
- English language skills

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