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Overview

Who we are

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

_To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time._

Who we’re looking for:

Toyota’s Product, BEV and Mobility Planning and Strategy Department is looking for a passionate and highly-motivated Senior Analyst – Toyota Truck Product Planning.

The primary responsibility of this position is to play a leading role in creating and executing vehicle strategies that support the Toyota truck vehicle lineup.

Reporting to the Manager Toyota Truck Product Planning, the person in this role will serve as the vehicle subject matter expert, product planner for his/her product lines and work 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, and TTC (Toyota Technical Center) in Michigan 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

+ Experience in pricing, product planning, sales planning, marketing strategy, strategic planning, consulting and/or other related discipline(s)

+ A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience

+ Working proficiency in Microsoft Office skills (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

+ Experience in negotiation discussion and strategy

+ Exceptional professional interpersonal skills, interacting and building relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization, internally, externally, and globally

+ Proven ability to formulate concrete recommendations based on data & intuition

+ Ability and willingness to travel occasionally (up to 10%) throughout the U.S. and Japan

+ Ability to work flexible schedule to accommodate conference calls with TMC counterparts

Added bonus if you have

+ MBA or other advanced degree or similar experience

+ Familiarity with statistical analysis tools such as mTAB, PowerBI, Power Information Network(PIN), Polk, JATO, or other relative statistical analysis tools

+ Project Management Certification(s)

What we’ll bring

During 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

+ 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)

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members’ efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to [email protected] .