Short Term Forecast Manager

Who We Are 

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com. 

The Role 

 
Working within the Operations Forecast team at cap hpi, you will be a key part of Forecast team to produce data driven vehicle forecast valuations. You will have the primary responsibilty for setting accurate short term (0-12 month) vehicle forecast values on time, in line with the published schedule. You will be a major link between the cap hpi used value and forecast teams, managing vehicle relationships within ranges and sourcing market intelligence to support the team. As part of the forecast team, you will also hold/attend meetings with clients and OEM’s, gaining, understanding, and delivering market insight. Represent the company at industry events, contributing to industry thought leadership. Attend OEM launch events, to enable the setting of first forecasts on new products. Remote or Leeds Office based.  

What You Will Do 

Key Activities: 

Ensure future short term forecasts for passenger cars are of the highest possible quality, working to a target accuracy of within +/-0.5% per month. 

Publish monthly commentary by sector to explain the assumptions behind the view of the next three months. 

Conduct all monthly QC checks on short term forecast values and forecast dataset content, using established processes and reports, rectifying any issues before publication to customers. 

Analyse and amend forecast walk-up relationships to be in line with revised used market positioning or expected future market positioning, as appropriate. 

Monitor and manage relationships between current values and future forecasts each month, by reforecasting model ranges if relationships get too close or too far apart (using inter-product reporting)  

Participate in vehicle sector reviews in line with published schedule. 

Attend regular and ad-hoc review meetings with all customers to ensure they understand our forecast rationale: we resolve any queries and concerns they may have; and that we understand their key business needs and the dynamics of their part of the market, referring revenue opportunities to the Consultancy team. 

Ensure future car value forecasts are ready to issue on time to customers each month.  

Support the team in building forecast products and data files. 

Ensure forecasts for new model ranges and new model derivatives are set-up on forecasting system in time for monthly deadline. 

Key Outcomes: 

Improved accuracy of cap hpi’s published short term (0-12 month) forecast values. 

Forecast products delivered on time to customers. 

Support in maintaining cap hpi’s market leading valuation position. 

Provision of transparency on the forecast valuation process and assumptions for internal and external presentations. 

Queries are dealt with quickly and efficiently. 

What You Will Bring: 

Experience in the automotive industry is preferred.  

Strong analytical skills and proactive approach to data and problem-solving. 

Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve. 

Experience of working both independently and collaborating as part of a team. 

Excellent organization skills and ability to prioritize time. 

Adaptive learner who pays attention to detail. 

Persuasive communication skills. 

A keen desire to develop and improve, to learn new tools and techniques that can enhance yourself and the business. 

Strong visualization and presentation skills.