Business Planning Manager II (f/m/d)

Business Planning Manager II (f/m/d)

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2-3 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know diverse backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

   

Business Planning Manager role is responsible for defining, managing, and evaluating business plans to ensure they are operationally executable against defined strategic objectives. In this role, a person leads and partners with cross-functional teams to develop short-term (typically less than two years) business plans and supporting data-driven models. Prepares comprehensive implementation tactics, including execution plans, resource allocation plans, follow-up guidelines, assessment, and process accountabilities. Ensures that business activities are aligned with stated plans among different stakeholders. Sets business metrics, evaluates actual performance, and makes recommendations to business leaders on performance target achievement. Develops data-driven analyses to optimize resources and ensure that business plans can be translated into financial value. 

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Leads complex data and business analyses to develop business plans, and identifies recommendations and insights.
• Works independently to construct highly complex statistical and financial models to forecast business performance; coaches others on model development.
• Establishes the metrics required to measure business performance, and develops the process for identifying and addressing performance gaps.
• Manages complex, time- sensitive market research projects and prepares synthesized intelligence reports with clear implications.
• Leads cross-functional teams across the entire span of business planning activities.
• Contributes to priority projects by adding creative insights and developing recommendations.
• Partners with business leaders to develop business plans and proactively identify new opportunities.
• Develops go-forward business plan recommendations based on potential risks and returns.
• Identifies cutting-edge analytical tools, models, and methods for making key business decisions.

If you are…

• Good at partnering, innovating, and making things happen? Good start, you are aligned to our core values!

If you have these Skills, Expertise, Attitude and Education…

• Typically 6-10 years work experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance, or related functional area. Advanced university degree (e.g., MBA) or demonstrable equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge of research methodology for key business issues.
• Excellent analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data manipulation skills.
• Ability to leverage new analytical techniques to develop creative approaches to business analysis.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of how to analyze business problems using Excel, Access, statistical analysis, and financial modeling.
• Strong business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Very strong project management skills, including leading large, cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting.
• Developed leadership skills, including team-building, conflict resolution, and management.
• Ability to identify emerging trends from market and industry data.

J​oin us and make your mark!

This position can only be filled GOM BU internal.

We offer:

• Competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension scheme, insurances, company car depending on the role, bike and car leasing, and other fringe benefits)
• Work-life balance (flexible working time and hybrid workplace model, 30 vacation days, four HPE Wellness-Fridays, up to six months paid parental leave)
• Support for education, training, and career development
• Diverse and dynamic work environment

Part-time work or job-sharing is also applicable to thi