Title:  Planning & Initiatives Lead

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Planning & Initiatives lead to join the GTM Planning & Business Operations team within the Chief Commercial Officer org (CCO) . The Chief Commercial Office is a cross-functional team within the GTM organization that tackles key challenges facing our customers, partners, and go-to-market teams by identifying and addressing opportunities and threats to NetApp’s business with the primary outcome ensuring the effective long-term growth of revenue and profits.    

In this role, you will work closely with a diverse set of strategic and operational stakeholders to drive the planning, integration, and implementation of the GTM strategy. The daily tasks will include setting priorities, planning, fostering cross-functional engagement within GTM, and ensuring accountability through the right programs and review cadence. The candidate should have experience in leading strategic business programs in cross-functional environments and in building scalable mechanisms to support growth, in addition to strong business acumen and collaboration skills.

Job Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead strategic planning initiatives, drive business decisions, and integrate implementation plans to support NetApp's growth objectives
• Develop and implement a planning cadence that drives effective annual and quarterly planning, as well as post initiative evaluations to capture lessons learned and process improvement opportunities
• Analyze existing process gaps and define solutions to close them.  Drive towards simple, scalable solutions
• Build accountability cadence to drive quarterly and annual business reviews for the organizations’ key initiatives, determine the right systems and tools to support the organization in monitoring and managing KPIs
• Assist teams in responding to, investigating, managing, and resolving complex issues and escalations
• Report on organization priority status, progress and outcomes to senior leadership and stakeholders
• Collaborate with team members and key stakeholders to implement initiatives and org priorities effectively

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Proactive and self-motivated attitude, with a willingness to learn and take on new challenges
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in business operations or strategic planning, with at least 3 years in a Global Sales organization
• Proven track record of driving operational excellence and improving business processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to excellence.

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