General Motors

Builds cars, trucks and SUVs for drivers

Planning Co-op - Portfolio Planning & Dealer Development

Corporate StrategyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

InternshipPort Melbourne, AustraliaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

Currently completing a degree in Marketing, Commerce, or Engineering.
Some experience in business strategy, organizational change, and process revisions.
An Australian driver's license.
A strong interest in cars and the motor industry.
Understanding of the GMSV vehicle portfolio.
An interest in worldwide vehicle and social trends.
An interest in customer product needs, motivations, and perceptions.
Ability to analyze situations and trends logically and present recommendations orally and in writing.
Ability to work with highly confidential information.
High attention to detail and deadlines.
Capability with the Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to work effectively with others and be appropriately assertive.
Ability to provide a balanced view on behalf of the customer.

Responsibilities

Support the GM Australia & New Zealand Portfolio Planning Director and Planning Manager with planning and program-management activities required to grow the business.
Undertake special projects under the direction of the GM Australia & New Zealand Dealer Development Manager.
Support the Business Planning process with portfolio data, including competitive product plans, and support the GM Business Planning review process.
Support development of future model volume estimate studies, including generating reports from the FCAI volume reporting system using Power BI.
Develop and maintain vehicle content documents, including S&O/PPC and model lineup summaries.
Develop and maintain pricing feature-adjustment and comparably equipped summaries.
Research and maintain competitive product information.
Support development of the accessory portfolio, including maintaining part numbers and pricing for the Accessory Price Guide.
Review vehicle specification documents in detail, including product disclosure statements, brochures, merchandising material, Corporate Affairs material, sales training material, and Dealer Bulletins.
Manage and maintain key business records, including meeting minutes and presentations.
Order pre-production vehicles and manage vehicle ownership.
Support cost-reduction and efficiency initiatives for the conversion business with Premoso.
Assist with developing recovery action plans to address threats to a program.
Assist in preparing program status reports for the GMSV senior leadership team as required.
Support the Product Planning team with confidential urgent requests as required.
Support the Dealer Development Manager with special assignments.
Update and issue the GMSV and HSO Dealer Master Lists and live GMSV and HSO contact lists weekly.
Create and issue the GMSV and HSO dealer list to Results Directly monthly.
Assist with dealer entity changes, including generating ASIC reports, updating Global Connect, and filing agreements physically and electronically.
Share monitoring of the GMANZ dealer network email inbox.
Support the Dealer Network Team with agreement renewals and use DocuSign to execute agreements.
Take on a variety of analysis and tasks, often at short notice and under deadlines.

Job Description

Position Tasks and Responsibilities:

Support GM Australia & New Zealand Portfolio Planning Director and Planning Manager to manage the Planning & Program Management activities required to grow the business
Undertake special projects under the direction of the GM Australia & New Zealand Dealer Development Manage

GM Australia & New Zealand Portfolio Planning:

Support Business Planning (BP) process with portfolio data as required, incl. competitive product plans & support GM BP review process
Support development of future model volume estimate studie including generating reports from the FCAI volume reporting system (“Power BI)
Develop & maintain vehicle content documents – S&O/PPC & Model line up summaries
Develop & maintain pricing Feature Adjust/Comparably equipped summaries
Research and maintain competitive (benchmark) product information.
Support development of accessory portfolio, including maintaining part number and pricing for the Accessory Price Guide
Complete detailed reviews of vehicle specification document, eg PDS, brochures, merchandising material, Corporate Affairs material, sales training material, Dealer Bulletins etc
Manage & maintain key business records – meeting minute, presentations etc
Order of pre-production vehicles & manage the vehicle ownership
Support cost reduction & efficiency initiative for conversion business with Premoso
Assist with the development of recovery action plans to address any threats to a particular program
Assist in the preparation of program status reports (1 pagers) for issue to the GMSV SLT as required
Support Product Planning team with confidential, “urgent” requests as required

GM Australia & New Zealand Dealer Development:

Support Dealer Development Manager with special assignments
Update and Issue the GMSV Dealer Master List, HSO Dealer Master List and the ‘live’ GMSV and HSO contact lists, on a weekly basis
Create and issue the GMSV and HSO dealer list to Results Directly on a monthly basis.
Assist with Dealer Entity Changes as required, including but not limited to: generating ASIC reports; updating Global Connect; filing (physical and electronically) of agreements
Shared monitoring of the GMANZ.dealer network email inbox
Support the Dealer Network Team with agreement renewals and utilising DocuSign for execution.

General:

Be prepared to take on a wide variety of analysis and tasks, often with short notice and deadlines.
Promote efficient, effective teamwork for optimum performance

Knowledge:

Strong interest in cars and the motor industry
Understanding of GMSV vehicle portfolio

An interest in worldwide vehicle and social trends
An interest in customer product needs and customers motivations and perceptions

Skills:

Ability to logically analyze situations and trends and present recommendations, both orally and written.
Self-motivated with strong action focus
Ability to work with highly confidential information
High level attention to detail and to deadlines
Capable with the MS Office Suite of hardware.
Capable of working well with other people, assertive when appropriate
Empathy with the customer – capable of giving a balanced view on behalf of the customer

Experience/Education:

Currently completing a Marketing / Commerce / Engineering degree
Some experience in business strategy, organizational change and process revisions
Australian Drivers License

Competencies:

Drive for Results
Timely Decision Making
Customer Focus
Integrity & Trust
Business Acumen
Intellectual Horsepower

About GM

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About the Company

General Motors

Builds cars, trucks and SUVs for drivers

General Motors designs, builds and sells cars, trucks and SUVs for individual drivers and commercial fleets, with gasoline and electric models across mainstream and luxury markets. Its Chevrolet and GMC brands cover pickups and utility vehicles, while Cadillac focuses on luxury and Buick sells passenger vehicles. The group sells vehicles and replacement parts mainly through independent dealers, which handle customer sales, maintenance and repairs. Its captive finance subsidiary, GM Financial, earns revenue from vehicle loans and leases and also finances dealer inventories. General Motors traces its roots to 1908 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Detroit, MI
Founded: 1908

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