27 Oct
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Geely Auto Australia
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Sydney
27 Oct
Geely Auto Australia
Sydney
About the role
This is a National Training Manager role responsible for developing and executing comprehensive training strategies aligned with business objectives across sales, product, dealer networks, and aftersales. You will oversee end-to-end training frameworks, manage training budgets and resources, lead content development and delivery, and ensure training effectiveness across employees and dealers.
Key responsibilities:
Product Planning & Launch Execution
- Lead the planning and execution of new model introductions (NPI), facelifts, and lifecycle actions
- Manage the cross functional go-to-market execution, ensuring readiness across Sales, Marketing, Aftersales, Supply, PR, and Dealer Network teams
- Oversee accuracy and approval of product marketing materials, product communication frameworks, launch messaging, campaign narratives, and customer-facing content
Product Positioning, Pricing & Commercial Strategy
- Develop business cases for current product introductions, including volume, revenue, margin, and investment assumptions
- Ensure alignment between pricing strategy, brand positioning, dealer commercial viability, and market competitiveness
- Analyse and forecast product profitability and contribution margin across the lifecycle, balancing cost, specification, pricing, and market expectations
Market Intelligence, Consumer Insights & Competitive Strategy
- Lead deep market analysis covering customer needs, competitor positioning, pricing, consumer behaviour, media trends, and emerging market opportunities
- Translate market intelligence and customer insights into actionable product and pricing strategies
- Develop a reporting structure to provide regular strategic recommendations and insights to senior leadership regarding market direction, customer trends, and competitive landscape changes
- Identify and propose solutions for portfolio gaps and opportunities across segments, powertrains (ICE/Hybrid/EV), customer demographics, and price positioning
Volume, Demand & Retail Performance Strategy
- Support volume planning, demand forecasting, and mix strategy for allocated model portfolio in collaboration with Sales and Supply teams
- Align product strategy with supply constraints, production allocation, retail targets, and business objectives
- Support optimisation of model mix, variants, pricing actions, and tactical campaigns to balance volume growth and profitability
Customer Experience, Brand Experience & Product Localisation
- Adopt a customer-centric approach across both product planning and product marketing activities
- Capture and utilise structured dealer feedback, customer insights, market research, and frontline retail intelligence in product decisions
- Support local product strategy, ensuring alignment with customer expectations, ownership experience, and market usage scenarios
- Ensure customer experience, product features, and ownership journey are aligned to brand strategy and competitive positioning
HQ & Global Stakeholder Management
- Coordinate with HQ and global counterparts regarding product roadmap, specifications and launch timing
- Please note this is a 2 years fix-term position, with strong potential to transition to permanent employment, subject to business needs and individual performance.
📌 National Training Manager (Automotive/OEM) (Sydney)
🏢 Geely Auto Australia
📍 Sydney