The Sales Planning Analyst serves as the key planning liaison between logistics and sales teams. This role focuses on facilitating sales forecasting activities for North America, and analyzing near-term customer order trends together with sales and logistics teams to ensure optimal resource planning.

Key Responsibilities

Manage weekly customer order analysis in cooperation with sales planning and logistics teams, including the processing of order variances in MRP

Work proactively with sales teams to manage the timely scheduling and coordination of customer requirements data updates / revisions in ERP and planning systems (incl. pricing master info, BOM-linkage, and vehicle : product relationships)

Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams involved in account management, logistics, and sales strategy / sales planning

Support business analytics initiatives, including order volatility smoothing, weekly / monthly revenue reporting automation, and sales forecast visualization / analysis

Assist Sales Planning leadership in analyzing root causes in monthly variances to forecast / budget (both vigente vs. planned figures, and changes in near term sales projections vs. previous projections)

Seek out and propose opportunities for continuous improvement of status quo processes / reporting,



leveraging combination of data analytics expertise and entrepreneurial mindset, together with latest available business process / business intelligence technology including AI, cloud analytics, and Office 365

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business Administration (required).

Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Automotive or Manufacturing industries.

Advanced English (required).

Skills & Experience

Education / experience in planning, forecasting, and / or logistics

Data analytics / business intelligence experience

Strong communication and presentation skills.

Solid understanding of automotive supply chain

Experience with cost structures, pricing analysis, and ERP systems preferred

Experience using agentic AI with data analytics is an advantage.

Data analytics / business intelligence experience

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office (Advanced)

Business intelligence: SAP Analytics Cloud is a strong plus; use with other leading ETL platforms incl.. Power BI, Domo, Tableau, SiSense, Qlik Sense, et al preferred

SAP APO and MRP

Proactive mindset with strong organizational skills

Ability to work cross-functionally and manage priorities

Customer-focused approach with a results-driven attitude

Continuous-improvement approach to daily functions

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📌 Sales Planning Analyst (Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 1ro.)
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📍 Santiago Mexquititlán Barrio 1ro.