Canon are looking for a Business Planning Specialist, this is an exciting opportunity to join the team where you will have full ownership of the creation and continual update, improvement and expansion of all sales reporting elements to manage and improve the business.
What we give
With Canon, you'll get the support and encouragement you need to grow, from people who share your ambition. We'll invest in your professional development to help you learn and progress in your role with us. You'll find leaders who give you the freedom to explore new things and a team where knowledge is shared openly.
At Canon we have a clear vision: to be committed to creating a more inclusive and equitable culture where employees are valued and can thrive personally and professionally.
Canon also has a strong commitment to sustainability, encompassed by our Kyosei philosophy of living and working together for the common good, focused on reducing our environmental impact and creating opportunities to make positive social contribution.
Here are some of the benefits we offer at Canon to support our employee’s wellbeing:
1. Salary: between £39,360 and £46,305 dependent on experience plus 10% bonus
2. Annual Bonus and annual pay review
3. Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.
4. Flexible core hours – starting anytime between 07:30am and 10am and finishing any time after 16:00, providing the standard 7.5 hours have been worked.
5. Minimum of 25 days of personal holiday per year with up to 5 days of available holiday purchase
6. Generous Pension Scheme
7. Private Healthcare and wider medical plan
8. Up to 38% Discount on Canon products
9. Flexible benefits policy
10. Free parking on site
11. Excellent Subsidized restaurant
12. Highly Subsidised Costa Coffee on site
13. Multi-Faith room
14. Discounted rates at Nuffield Health Gym
15. Partnership with Mental Health First Aid UK with a network of mental health champions
16. Great transport links - Elizabeth Line and Stockley Park low-cost Shuttle Bus
17. Learning & Development Opportunities
You will be part of an energetic and innovative environment with more than 50 different nationalities at our state-of-the-art EMEA HQ at Stockley Park, Uxbridge.
What we ask
18. Create product performance reports and analyse the sales progression and results for office products.
19. Engage with Product Management, Sales to highlight challenges and propose counter measures when performance deviates from the plan.
20. Manage pricing information to update price change or new product price with product planning in system, database and administration.
21. Take a role to manage budget process and administration (e.g. setup the budget infrastructure, schedule/process management and so on).
22. Manage the support process to have the right communication and accurate information with each stakeholder.
Skills:
23. Expert in Microsoft Excel, Power Query and Power BI report development and data visualisation (Microsoft Power BI certification desirable).
24. Knowledge of MS access and tools and techniques such as SQL data connections and DAX to automate, as far as possible, the gathering, processing, and presentation of reports in systems.
25. Technical proficiency regarding database design development, data models, techniques for data mining, and segmentation.
26. Strong analytical skills for the efficient designing and implementing of reports and processes and the ability to adhere to timescales whilst ensuring all data and reports are accurate, current, complete, and consistent.
You will need
As a Business Planning Specialist:
27. You will have previous experience in a similar position, demonstrating experience of analysing requirements and developing reports and data frameworks.
28. Have experience of managing remote stakeholders across multiple regions and cultures.
29. You will be highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver assignments on time
30. A strategic thinker with the ability to see the bigger picture
31. Business English (Written and Spoken)
32. Competent in business software such as Word and Power Point.
33. Available to travel to all CEMEA countries if required.
You will:
34. Act as a Team Player
35. Apply Business Acumen
36. Communicate effectively
37. Apply Strategic Thinking
38. Create Solutions to Problems
39. Drive & Manage Change
40. Focus on the Customer
41. Negotiate & Influence