Deputy Manager/Manager, Sales Planning

Role Overview

Drive robust production planning and car flow optimization, ensuring seamless alignment between plant output, dealer inventory, and retail demand. The role will also anchor regional performance tracking, improve WS (Wholesale) & RS (Retail Sales) efficiency, and enable data-driven decision-making across the sales network.

What You Will Do

Lead monthly and quarterly production planning, manage end-to-end vehicle flow, ensure balanced inventory across regions and dealerships, and drive initiatives to improve WS billing discipline and retail alignment.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, and high ownership and execution focus.

Requirements

• 8-15 Years of experience
• Strong understanding of automotive sales planning & distribution dynamics
• Expertise in production planning, allocation logic, and inventory management
• High proficiency in Excel (advanced functions, dashboards, automation)
• Excellent PowerPoint and storytelling skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
• High ownership and execution focus
• Strong stakeholder management (Plant, RSMs, Dealers, Leadership)

Benefits

• Improved WS–RS alignment (%)
• Reduction in inventory imbalance / ageing stock
• Improvement in forecast accuracy
• Enhanced regional throughput and retail conversion efficiency