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Job Summary:
Daikin Austria is seeking a Sales Planning Analyst who will support sales planning and business management activities through data analysis, reporting, and project coordination. The role involves data gathering, validation, and analysis to provide actionable business information to various stakeholders, enhancing sales productivity and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
• Prepare and maintain recurring sales, margin, inventory, profitability, customer, and product performance reports.
• Collect, validate, organize, and reconcile data from ERP, sales reporting, inventory, pricing, and other business systems.
• Collect and compile external market intelligence — market share, economic indicators, and permit/housing data — from industry associations, housing associations, and third-party research providers.
• Analyze sales trends, customer activity, product performance, market indicators, and program adoption rates.
• Assist with annual budget development, forecast updates, target-setting exercises, and performance tracking.
• Support pricing, rebate, and margin analysis by compiling data, identifying trends, and preparing management summaries.
• Maintain dashboards, scorecards, KPI reports, and standardized reporting tools for management review.
• Track and report on strategic product and growth program initiatives and other company priorities.
• Assist with quote tracking, win-rate analysis, customer segmentation, dealer activity reviews, and follow-up reporting.
• Conduct inventory analysis — excess and slow-moving inventory, vendor/category performance, and inventory turns — and identify branch-balancing opportunities for Purchasing and Operations review.
• Prepare presentations, supporting schedules, and business summaries for leadership meetings, branch reviews, vendor meetings, and corporate requests.
• Assist with account maintenance, territory alignment, ship-to/account cleanup, data integrity initiatives.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Strong analytical, quantitative, problem-solving, and data organization skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookup functions, conditional formulas, data cleansing, and report development.
• Ability to organize, analyze, and interpret large datasets and identify trends, anomalies, and business opportunities.
• Ability to capture and document business and reporting requirements from multiple sources.
• Ability to prepare clear reports, summaries, dashboards, and presentations for management review.
• Strong written/verbal communication, organization, project coordination, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while collaborating effectively across departments.
• Experience using Excel in a professional environment required.
Preferred:
• Working knowledge of Power BI, SQL/data extraction concepts, ERP systems such as P21, CRM tools, or reporting platforms preferred; this is a business analysis and reporting support role, not a data-science or data-engineering position.
• Understanding of wholesale distribution, sales operations, inventory management, pricing, margin, profitability, and external market/industry data concepts preferred.
• 1-3 years of experience in business analysis, sales operations, inventory planning, financial analysis, reporting, distribution operations, or a related analytical role preferred.
• Internship or early-career experience involving data analysis, reporting, forecasting, inventory management, or business process improvement is beneficial.
• Exposure to Power BI, SQL, ERP systems, or reporting platforms preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting, Data Analytics, Supply Chain, Marketing, or related field preferred.
Company:
Daikin Airconditioning Österreich gehört zu Daikin Airconditioning Central Europe und wurde 1999 mit Sitz in Wien, Österreich, gegründet. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Vösendorf, AUT, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.