Sales Strategy & Planning Business Partner (f/m/d) Storage BU Germany

Sales Strategy & Planning Business Partner (f/m/d) Storage BU Germany

  

This role has been designed as ‘Hybrid’ with an expectation that you will work on average 2 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 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 Description:

   

The Sales Strategy & Planning (SSP) team for Germany works closely aligned with the Sales Management Team to implement the HPE GTM strategy for Germany across the various sales organizations and achieve superior performance. This also includes providing efficient sales processes and tools.

This specific role focuses on the Storage Sales & BU for Germany.

In a typical day as an SSP Business Partner you:

• Lead complex data and business analyses to develop business plans, and identify recommendations and insights.
• Work independently to construct highly complex statistical and financial models to forecast business performance; coach others on model development.
• Establish the metrics required to measure business performance, and develop the process for identifying and addressing performance gaps.
• Manage complex, time- sensitive market research projects and prepare synthesized intelligence reports with clear implications.
• Lead cross-functional teams across the entire span of business planning activities.
• Contribute to priority projects by adding creative insights and developing recommendations.
• Partner with business leaders to develop business plans and proactively identify new opportunities.
• Develop go-forward business plan recommendations based on potential risks and returns.
• Identify 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 10+ years total experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance, or related functional area.

• Advanced university degree required (e.g., MBA) or demonstrable equivalent experience.

• Extensive knowledge of research methodology for the most challenging business issues.

• ​Excellent analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data manipulation skills.

• Ability to leverage new analytical techniques to develop creative approaches and insights.

• Extensive knowledge of how to analyze business problems using Excel, Access, statistical analysis, and financial modeling.

• Superior business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including negotiation and influence skills.

• Excellent project management skills, including leading large, cross-functional initiatives that impact the organization.

• Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting.

• Strong leadership skills, including team-building, conflict resolution, and management.

• Ability to lead multiple, large, time sensitive projects or work streams.

• Ability to identify emerging trends from market and industry data, and make clear and compelling business planning recommendations.

• Business proficiency in German and English language.

 Join us and make your mark!

We offer:

• Competitive salary and extensive benefits package (pension scheme, insurances, 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 this position.

HPE is:

• Ranked in the Top 3 in the Women's Career Index Germany in 2025 for the twelfth time (FKi Hall of Fame member)
• Named Gold Champion in Pride Index Germany in 2023
• Ranked 9th on Fortune’s 2023 list of Best Workplaces in Technology
• Ranked 5th on Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024
• Named a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion for the eighth year in row
• Recognized as one of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women by Seramount in 2023

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Additional Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Bias, Business Decisions, Business Development, Business Metrics, Business Performance, Business Strategies, Calendar Management, Coaching, Computer Literacy, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Design Thinking, Empathy, Follow-Through, Growth Mindset, Intellectual Curiosity (Inactive), Leadership, Long Term Planning, Managing Ambiguity, Personal Initiative {+ 5 more}

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. 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.

Let's Stay Connected:

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Job:

Business Planning

Job Level:

Master

    

    

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

   

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