Regional Planner

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

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 varied 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 Family Definition: Defines, manages, and evaluates business plans to ensure they are operationally executable against defined strategic objectives. 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.  Management Level Definition: Applies developed subject matter knowledge to solve common and complex business issues and recommends appropriate alternatives. Works on problems of diverse complexity and scope. May act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process. Exercises independent judgment to identify and select a solution. Ability to handle most unique situations. May seek advice in order to make decisions on complex business issues.

Manages complex data and business analyses to develop business plans and make recommendations. Works independently to construct complex statistical and financial models to forecast business performance. Defines the metrics required to measure business performance, compares actual data to forecasted values, and develops the process for identifying and addressing performance gaps. Manages complex, time- sensitive market research projects and synthesizes data and information to identify relevant trends and next steps. Works with cross-functional teams across the entire span of business planning activities. Contributes to priority projects with complex analyses and assists in developing recommendations. Works closely with business leaders to develop business plans based on historical and forecasted data and reports. 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.

Required: Typically 4-6 years experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance, or related functional area. First level university degree. Knowledge and Skills: Demonstrated knowledge of research methodology and the ability to manage complex data requests. Excellent analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data manipulation skills. Ability to learn and draw on new analytical techniques to develop creative approaches to business analysis. Extensive knowledge of Excel, Access, statistical analysis, and financial modeling. Strong business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility. Very strong verbal and written communication skills. Strong project management skills. Developed