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Graduate Business Planner

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Graduate Business Planner

Job Summary

This role is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and monitoring of strategic business plans and initiatives within the organization. The role assists in conducting thorough market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and threats. The role supports the formulation of statistical and financial models for forecasting and helps in defining KPIs and metrics to measure business performance.

Responsibilities

  • Supports data and business analysis to develop business plans, including revenue and demand projections, workforce optimization, and channel management.
  • Assists the development of statistical and financial models for forecasting and reporting.
  • Defines the metrics required to measure business performance, and compares actual data to forecasted values.
  • Executes market research projects and gathers intelligence on current industry, technology, competition, and consumer trends.
  • Supports the execution of priority projects with direction, aligned to business planning.
  • Helps in ensuring that business activities are aligned with stated plans among different stakeholders.
  • Supports communication of the plan and progress to various stakeholders, including senior management, employees, and external partners.
  • Ensures that all business plans and initiatives adhere to legal and ethical standards, while also monitoring regulatory changes and compliance requirements.
  • Suggests business plan recommendations based on thorough assessments of potential risks and returns.

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£35,000/yr

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Education & Experience Recommended

  • Four-year Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
  • Typically has 0-2 years of work experience, preferably in strategy, planning, operations, market research, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Knowledge & Skills

  • Analytics
  • Business Intelligence
  • Business Strategies
  • Competitive Intelligence
  • Customer Insights
  • Dashboard
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Visualization
  • Economics
  • Market Intelligence
  • Market Research
  • Marketing
  • New Product Development
  • Power BI
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • R (Programming Language)
  • SQL (Programming Language)
  • Statistics
  • Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)
  • Thought Leadership

Cross-Org Skills

  • Effective Communication
  • Results Orientation
  • Learning Agility
  • Digital Fluency
  • Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

Impacts own work and acts as a team member by providing information, analysis, and recommendations in support of team efforts.

Complexity

Learns to apply basic theories and concepts to work tasks.

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Disclaimer

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

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Business Planning

Schedule

Full time

Shift

No shift premium (United Kingdom)

Travel

Relocation

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For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal"

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Location

Reading, England, United Kingdom

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