Business Planning Intern
Internship Bracknell (Bracknell Forest) Administration
Job description
Hewlett Packard Enterprise are passionate about developing people and that starts with our Interns!
When you join the HPE Intern programme you will be part of a sociable and supportive community of around 80 other Interns. The office is a relaxed, open plan environment with experienced and approachable colleagues who will constantly offer support to help you reach your full potential. The year will be more than just and internship as the responsibilities you hold will have an impact on HPE’s success. You will mix with all levels of employees and, where appropriate, be given the opportunity to shadow people, visit customers and go to events. It’s an exciting time to join HPE as we are embarking on a new chapter after the largest company split in history. HPE is a global market leading IT company, focused on providing the New Style of IT by delivering solutions around Cloud, Security, Mobility and Big Data. This role is part of Enterprise Group Technology Services, offering support services to our customers.
What’s the Job?
The position is split between two parts of the business, Business Planning Support and Attach Team Support
The Day to Day?
Business Planning Support
You will be working alongside the TS Business Planning and Strategy Manager who sits on the TS Support management team, meaning the successful candidate will be working on high profile tasks and projects with frequent senior management exposure.
This role will be to assist in all aspects of Business Planning for the year.
What will you be doing?
- Planning, scheduling and managing various meetings to ensure the smooth running of the business
- Assisting with the process of creating the annual business plan which defines the strategy for the coming year.
- Preparing monthly employee communication call and the ability to meet tight deadlines
- Become a custodian for certain projects, for example the intern recruitment process.
- Communicate and delegate tasks within the project scope to ensure deadlines are met.
Attach Team Support
You will also be supporting the TS Attach team. This team ensures that when an HPE product is sold it has support services “attached” to it. The team thrives on customer focus and sales efficiency. To maximise this, the successful candidate will provide the team with operational support.
What will you be doing?
· Working in a team to create partner review packages for Business Reviews.
· Working with the team to understand and customise their reporting needs.
· Building and pulling reports from HPE’s systems and providing these in a timely manner.
· Creating, analysing, and manipulating data using pivot tables in Excel to fit each task.
· Running weekly Forecast calls using a variety of reports.
· Micromanaging various initiatives and projects. This would involve:
Understanding the project brief and objective
Pulling together a team to work on the project
Planning and scheduling meetings
Driving the project to deliver the best results.
Desired profile
What about you?
Specific skills needed:
- Written and verbal communication skills (email, face to face, writing communications, presentations)
- Ability to use Microsoft Excel for reporting purposes, to manipulate data using pivot tables and look ups, create output such as graphs and charts and show data analysis skills.
- Has a good grasp of Microsoft PowerPoint and the ability/ willingness to learn more.
Personal skills needed:
- Ability to manage time effectively for two varied roles.
- Aspirations to have project management skills – at this stage the person would demonstrate the ability to organise themselves and others, be logical and methodical in the way they approach tasks.
- Confidence in being able to present ideas to higher management.
- The tenacity to look for simpler but better solutions.
Education
We are looking for high caliber candidates that are currently studying a business orientated degree at University and are on track for a minimum of a 2:1 grade.