Sales and Operations Planning

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 93,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellbeing

Personal & Professional Development

Unconditional Inclusion

We are a force for good

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Sales & Operations Planning Program Manager to act as a cross-functional liaison among Sales, Demand Planning, Finance, and Supply Chain. The role focuses on aligning opportunities with supply capabilities and guiding product configurations, lead times, and demand readiness to support sales growth.

You will translate sales opportunities into actionable demand plans, maintain data accuracy, and drive process alignment across SFDC, quoting systems, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 3–5 years experience in strategy, planning, operations, or related area.
• Strong proficiency with Power BI and Excel; ability to analyze data and drive insights.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between Sales, Demand Planning, Finance, and Supply Chain.
• Advise on product configurations and fulfillment strategies based on capacity and lead times.
• Support opportunity planning across strategic and emerging engagements.
• Communicate updates to Demand Planning to aid forecasting and execution.
• Drive data integrity between SFDC, quoting systems, and planning platforms.
• Partner with opportunity owners to synchronize quotes, forecasts, and opportunities.
• Review demand placement in planning systems and assign requirements to locations.
• Resolve planning and data discrepancies affecting forecasting or fulfillment.
• Support BOM management and readiness activities when integrations are incomplete.
• Identify process improvements to strengthen sales-to-planning connections.

Skills

Power BI

Excel

Analytics

Data modeling

Communication

Project management

Leadership

Market analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce (SFDC)

Quoting systems

Planning platforms

Job description

Sales and Operations Planning This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work 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 Summary

The Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Program Manager serves as a critical liaison between Sales, Demand Planning, Finance, and Supply Chain teams, ensuring customer opportunities are aligned with supply capabilities and operational planning processes. This role provides strategic guidance on product configurations, lead-time considerations, and demand readiness, enabling sales teams to effectively support customer requirements and drive business growth. The position plays a key role in translating sales opportunities into actionable demand plans while maintaining data accuracy and cross-functional alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of coordination between Sales, Demand Planning, Finance, and Supply Chain organizations.
• Advise sales teams on optimal product configurations and fulfillment strategies based on capacity, lead times, and customer requirements.
• Support opportunity planning across both strategic and emerging customer engagements, ensuring timely operational guidance.
• Communicate opportunity updates and readiness status to Demand Planning teams to facilitate demand forecasting and execution.
• Drive data integrity and process alignment between Salesforce (SFDC), quoting systems, and planning platforms.
• Partner with opportunity owners to ensure quotes, forecasts, and opportunities are accurately synchronized.
• Review and validate demand placement within planning systems, ensuring requirements are assigned to the appropriate manufacturing and supply locations.
• Resolve planning and data discrepancies that could impact forecasting accuracy, supply commitments, or customer fulfillment.
• Support bill of materials (BOM) management and opportunity readiness activities when system integrations or automated processes are incomplete.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and help strengthen the connection between sales execution and operational planning.

Education and Experience Required

At least 3-- 5 years of work experience in strategy, planning, operations, finance, or related functional area. Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Power BI (Power BI Desktop, Power Query, Power BI Service).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (v/x lookups, macros, visualizations, etc.).
• Extensive knowledge of research methodology for key business issues.
• Excellent analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data manipulation skills.
• Ability to leverage new analytical techniques to develop creative approaches to business analysis.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of how to analyze business problems using Excel, Access, statistical analysis, and financial modeling.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Very strong project management skills, including leading large, cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong relationship management skills, including partnering and consulting.
• Developed leadership skills, including team-building, conflict resolution, and management.
• Ability to identify emerging trends from market and industry data.

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.

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