Senior Manager, Integrated Business Planning

What you’ll do

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:

• Architect Scout Motors’ Sales & Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework, designing the end-to-end process that connects commercial strategy, industrial rigor, and financial planning across the enterprise.
• Lead the alignment of stakeholders and decision-makers across Sales, Production, Finance, and Operations to create an agile, data-backed planning cadence that supports rapid scaling.
• Develop and evolve long-term demand forecasting models and planning systems that bridge customer insights with supply capabilities—balancing global ambitions with local market needs.
• Define and champion planning systems and tools, partnering with IT and data teams to enable transparency, scenario planning, and executive-ready insights.
• Drive the executive planning rhythms, ensuring that Scout’s leadership team has the visibility and insights needed to make confident, integrated business decisions.
• Incorporate dynamic market signals — from reservations and configuration trends to field intelligence and macroeconomic indicators — to create and refine forecasts and drive competitiveness.
• Identify and secure useful data, and translate it into strategic actions, ensuring every planning cycle advances Scout’s commercial and brand objectives.
• Mentor and inspire a cross-functional planning team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Champion innovation and simplification, turning complexity into clarity in a fast-evolving business environment.

Location & Travel Expectations:

• This role will be based out of the Scout Motors corporate headquarters in Charlotte, NC. #LI-Remote
• The responsibilities of this role require attendance at in-person meetings and events occasionally.
• Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.

What you’ll bring 

We expect all Scout employees to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset. You’ll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You’ll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals. Here's what else you'll bring:

• 10+ years of experience leading OEM sales forecasting, demand planning, or integrated business planning within automotive or comparable manufacturing environments.
• A proven ability to build planning capability from scratch—designing frameworks, processes, and systems that scale.
• A strategic mindset with strong analytical and technical depth, comfortable leveraging data tools and systems to inform decisions.
• A track record of driving cross-functional alignment across Sales, Production, Finance, and Retail operations in high-growth or transformational contexts.
• The confidence to influence and engage executive leadership, simplifying complexity into strategic narratives and actionable decisions.
• Experience creating and refining forecasts using multiple diverse data points, with a view toward adapting artificial intelligence and automation over time.
• A bias for collaboration and innovation—you build bridges, not silos, and see ambiguity as opportunity.
• Strong project leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and deliver across multiple high-impact initiatives.
• A desire to shape the future of an iconic American brand as it redefines capability and electrification in the modern era.

What you'll gain

The benefits of joining Scout include the chance to build products and a company from the ground up.  This is a chance to create something new and lasting – with an iconic brand at its foundation.  In addition, Scout provides competitive compensation and benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Program specifics are detailed in company policies and employee benefit guides, select highlights:

• Competitive insurance including:
  • Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with:
  • An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including:
  • 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
  • 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
  • Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
  • Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Corporate Vehicle Program with:
  • Eligibility for 1 assigned vehicle
  • A mobility stipend

Pay Transparency

This is a full-time, exempt position eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program. Final salary offered will be determined based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience. The annual performance bonus program is preset and not candidate dependent.

Initial base salary range =     $150,000.00 - $181,250.00

Internal leveling code: M7