.Business Planning Manager IThis role has been designated as 'Edge', which means you will primarily work outside of an HPE office.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. We're solving the world's most complex challenges, and our people are at the forefront of progress.**Business Planning Manager I**In a Sales Planning role at HPE, you'll play a part in building the future - one big idea at a time. You will help provide data analytics support to sales incentive design. Conduct and summarize complex data and business analyses to develop insights and conclusions on the effectiveness of sales incentive design and on-top sales bonuses.**_ How you´ll make your mark: _**- Helps provide data analytics support to sales incentive design.- Helps launch sales incentive design and on-top sales bonus programs by providing data analysis and data insights and does necessary follow-ups to ensure timely and quality implementation.- 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.**_ About you:_**- Experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance, or related functional area.- First level university degree.- 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, SQL, Access, statistical analysis, and financial modeling.**:- Knowledge and experience in** Power BI**,- Databases and data extraction tools is a plus.- Strong business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility **preferably in sales compensation.**:- Very strong verbal and written communication skills.- Developed relationship management skills.- Ability to lead cross-functional teams