Business Planning Manager

The Manager of Business Planning is mainly responsible for managing, analyzing, and reporting the P&L of the business including the record and the forecasting. Also, there are some required analyses related to the P&L like the revenue, cost, and expense based on the historical record. This position reports to the Head of Operations or another member of senior management that the President of the Company may designate and will require travel of up to 20%.The candidate will be based out of San Francisco, California.

Responsibilities

• Assist in capitalizing on Axia Solar’s existing Direct to customer solar business to identify and manage;
• Setting and managing Business goals for the sales along with KPI
• Monitoring and supervising overall sales performance and in-depth data analysis
• Managing Sales and Operations data including revenue forecast (weekly, monthly and quarterly revenue forecasts)
• Developing hypotheses, and performing the data analysis to back them up
• Supporting Management decisions with internal and external research and analysis
• Deep analysis and comprehension of current customer, product, and market dynamics and needs; this is a critical function of the overall Q CELLS strategy in North America
• Manufacturing Facilities: US(GA),Korea, Malaysia, and China
• Assist with strategic planning for market expansion and area development in conjunction with the other departments;
• Collaborate with the Sales and/or Business Development teams to expand the business area for new commercial and new channels
• Be prepared to assist with all communications with Hanwha QCELLS headquarters, sales entities, and manufacturing facilities in the following locations: Sales Entities: Canada, Korea, Germany, Japan, and some others
• All other duties as assigned by the Head of Axia or upper management

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Korean speaking and writing capability preferred.
• Strong communication and computer skills
• Accounting and Finance knowledge
• Data analysis-related experience preferred.
• Advanced level of computer skills: Microsoft Office(Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook)
• Strong,professionalwrittenandverbalcommunicationandinterpersonalskills
• Ability to communicate effectively in meetings, calls, presentations, and emails.
• A willingness to travel at least 20% of the time.
• Ability to identify and develop key strategic partnerships.
• Must be comfortable interfacing outside the company, including executive presentations, negotiations, and contractual review.
• Must be self-motivated, creative, and possess strategic planning skills.
• High degree of professionalism and conduct