Planning Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise advances the way people live and work. We bring together the brightest minds to create breakthrough technology solutions, helping our customers make their mark on the world.

Global Operations prioritizes putting customers and partners first by developing the workforce of the future. This involves strategic, inclusive, and collaborative working culture. At our core, we strive to uphold HPE’s values - to partner, innovate and act - we are an organization that plan, source, and provide quality customer and partner experiences.

**Planning Lead** is responsible for aligning with identified top accounts to understand volume requirements, potential transition risks and supply coverage. Partners with account teams and other key stakeholders to identify/implement opportunities for business process improvement and adapt to changes in the business and regulatory environment to maximize customer experience. Time horizon is typically focused on six months to one year for forecasting/planning. Planning Lead will participate in the process by which demand signals are developed, validated for alignment with transition plans, supply constraints identified, and an executable plan defined that meets financial and market share goals. Scope includes business execution processes related to lifecycle planning, account team relationships and Demand Planning. He/she will also review customer pipeline across the horizon and ensure those volumes are provided to Demand Planning. He/she will work with other Supply Chain Contacts to check supportability of customer requirements.

**In a typical day as a Planning Lead, you would**:

- Identify opportunities for process improvement, develop recommendations, and convert recommendations into compelling new business plans.
- Independently execute complex demand and supply matching activities at the highest level
**If you are**:

- 6-10 years of experience in a supply chain function.** Required**
- University degree or equivalent experience; **advanced university degree preferred.**
- Advanced communication and influencing skills; fluency in English language. **Required**
- Experience in more than one supply chain function.**Required**
- Advanced understanding of supply chain processes (plan, source, make deliver).
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of how to analyse business problems using Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), statistical analysis, and financial modelling.
- Superior project management skills, with capability to manage cross functional teams in multiple geographies that impact the organization.
- You have advanced knowledge of inventory modelling and analysis. **Required**
- Advanced internal and external relationship management skills.
- You have excellent leadership skills including team-building and conflict resolution and management.
**Highly desired knowledge and skills**
- Experience working with Sales Account Teams
- Identify and create superior analytical tools, models and methods for making key business decisions.
- Advanced understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), ATP, master scheduling and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP).
- Extensive understanding of the company's overall business strategy.

Join us and make your mark

We offer:

- A competitive salary and extensive social benefits
- Diverse and dynamic work environment
- Work-life balance and support for career development
- An amazing life inside the element Want to know more about it?

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HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT and Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to diversity and building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global diverse team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

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This role has been designated as ‘Edge’, which means you will primarily work outside of an HPE office