Business Planning and Operations Manager

Do you want to have full visibility into all Microsoft business segments in terms of business planning and operations? Would you like to have full end-to-end responsibility for driving the business scorecard targets, market share and subsidiary revenue? We may be looking just for You!

Why does the role exist?
The Business Planning Manager (BPM) is responsible for driving business excellence and cross-Subsidiary effectiveness by creating and orchestrating processes across all business groups within a Subsidiary on behalf of the Marketing and Operations organization (M&O). The BPM drives key decisions in overall Subsidiary-level business & marketing planning and governance, and provides business insight that enable cohesive strategic and share oriented decisions. Through measurement and metrics, the BPM provides increased transparency across all groups. The BPM provides increased integration and alignment across the business by supporting:the cross-Subsidiary planning, measurement & review of business operations & accountability, subsidiary scorecard reviews, and growth & share discussions.

How does the role add value?
The Business Planning Manager (BPM) role has responsibilities in four key areas: Business & Marketing Planning, Governance, Business Insights and Marketing Operations, as follows:

Business & Marketing Planning:
Leads business and marketing planning processes across the subsidiary as follows:
o FY Planning (ie annual planning): Works with teams across the Subsidiary to develop a planning process for landing revenue, share and scorecard targets within the resource allocations resulting in a plan that will drive success in the next fiscal year.
o Growth Planning: Creates process and prepare teams to determine the growth requirements and opportunities to achieve fiscal year targets.
o Marketing Planning: Works with marketing leadership and individual contributors across the Subsidiary to continually refine the marketing execution process.

Business & Marketing Governance:
o Governs key operational processes such as fiscal year planning (Subsidiary Business Planning Process), Mid Year Review (MYR), Rhythm of the Business processes (ROB).
o Develops and drives a process for keeping the FY Plan alive throughout the year.
o Drives all-up integration of Subsidiary business management and governance via sustained marketing planning and prioritization through Marketing insights.
o Leads and drives quarterly financial accountability.
o Leads and manages the Subsidiary Scorecard and Correction or Error (COE) process through the Rhythm of the Business (ROB).

Business Insights, Growth & Share Framework:
o Provides relevant business insights and knowledge across the Subsidiary through Marketing Intelligence data & analysis
o Supports marketing metrics reporting to achieve consistent evaluation of marketing impact.
o Supports M&O in business priorities and tradeoffs, as well as market-making investments to drive growth and share discussions.

- Financial annual bonus
- Mobile Phone and Laptop
- Above standard medical care
- Employee discounts on Microsoft products/services
- Suplementary pension/life insurance
- Flexible working hours
- Public transport allowance
- Meal vouchers
- 5 weeks of vacation
- Refreshment on the work place
- Culture/Sport allowance
- Sick Days
- Home Office
- and many others

This position is an internal agent position (contingent staff) and employed by Lugera & Makler in service of Microsoft