Volkswagen Group of America Hiring for Graduate – Sales & Supply Chain Analyst at Herndon, VA Full Time

United States-Virginia-Herndon

This is an accelerated graduate program designed for high potential, highly-mobile, and candidates with strong interest in the automotive industry, including automotive finance. The selected individual will rotate through three placements over an exciting 18 month period. This program is not a shadow experience and individuals will be exposed to hands on training in all aspects of the business.

The purpose of this role is to provide the employee with a broad-based immersion into Audi Sales Operations with rotations through key experiences in both headquarter based departments as well as field and dealer engaged teams. The analyst will be challenged to learn and proactively participate in projects and tasks focused on developing and analyzing data to create value added opportunities and solve problems. This role will also encourage and test the individual’s ability to positively interact and collaborate with various departments within Audi Sales Operations, the larger Audi of America business units as well as dealers and vendor partners to drive value and achievement of the Brand’s goals and objectives.

Rotation 1

• Support the development and presentation of the monthly sales recap and reconciliation
• Support the development and presentation of the medium term sales planning
• Support the monthly reporting and analysis of production, stock management and sales
• Actively participate in sales planning strategic project
• Support the daily management of logistics reporting and analysis
• Support the monthly development of wholesale objective development
• Actively participate in a Supply Chain/Logistics strategic project

Rotation 2

• Support the review and communication of monthly incentive programs
• Support the development and output of key reporting metrics on incentive program
• Support the development of presentations designed to review incentive strategy and tactics.
• Support the development and communication of monthly Certified Pre-Owned (CPO)programs
• Support the development of key CPO dealer messaging
• Support the development and deployment of key reporting

Rotation 3

• Support the Region Operations Specialist on daily tasks and liaise with HQ Sales Operations on forecasting, budget and report development.
• Support the Region with sales, inventory, and wholesale analysis to identify market trends and opportunities.
• Support the New Vehicle Sales Operations with allocations, loaner vehicle program requests, and accessory assignments
• Support the Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) business with vehicle market share and pre-owned inventory analysis
• Prepare presentations for internal and dealer meetings that demonstrate key business objectives for each meeting
• Develop and automate reports for field and dealer network that will help track KPIs to be used to help improve conversations with dealers and improve insight on current trends
• Work shadow ASM, ASM and AD on dealer visits and complete Contact Reports post visit.

Program Start Date: Monday, July 24, 2023

Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ degree in Business Administration – Management, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain & Operations or equivalent
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Analytics and reporting tools – Excel and Tableau.
• Automotive and analytical experience preferred, but not required
• Solid GPA
• Graduation Date no earlier than Fall 2021

Required Skills:

• Attention to detail
• Willingness to ask questions and take on new challenges
• Energy, enthusiasm and a willingness to learn and challenge themselves

Work Flexibility:

We require an individual who is willing and able to learn quickly, adapt, travel and potentially relocate.

Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/exp