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A Bit About The Role
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At Vodafone, we’re committed to providing you with a friendly workplace environment where you can manage home and work balance through our flexible working practises. We value the diversity of thought, perspective and backgrounds our people bring to work with them every day. Our vision is to create a better future for Aotearoa New Zealand through remarkable technology that simplifies lives and businesses. We support our communities through the Vodafone New Zealand Foundation with an ambitious goal to halve the number of disadvantaged young people in Aotearoa by 2027.
Reporting to the Head of Sales Enablement, the Strategy and Planning Lead is a key contributor of the development and execution of the Enterprise strategy, working with the Enterprise Director and Enterprise Leadership team to facilitate the strategic planning process, support prioritisation of initiatives, advocate for process rigour and to articulate the Enterprise strategy to the wider business, to in turn drive high quality customer outputs.
Forming part of our new Sales Enablement function, the Strategy & Planning Lead will be part of a high-performing, commercially savvy team, with a broad role remit including stakeholder involvement up to Senior Leadership Team and Exec level.
As Strategy and Planning Lead you’ll also hold accountability for facilitating the quarterly business planning process for the Enterprise business unit and interlocking with the support functions to ensure the prioritisation of critical enablers for the enterprise team from other business units that deliver to Enterprise.
What Will I Be Doing?
Supporting the Enterprise Director in the development of the Enterprise strategy, together with the Leadership team. Facilitating the quarterly business planning process for Enterprise, ensuring that initiatives are aligned to the Enterprise and company strategy, including interlock with the 18-month rolling forecast. Developing analysis and interpretation of threats and opportunities to help guide and support senior leaders’ decision making. Co-authoring materials that help to articulate the Enterprise strategy to the wider business and the board, including effective presentation decks and powerpoints. Acting as a trusted interlock with supporting business units e.g. Strategy, DX, Commercial, Transformation, Finance to represent Enterprise and prioritise work that enables delivery of the Enterprise strategy.
What Will I Bring?
Strong financial and commercial acumen with a demonstrated track record of experience performing senior commercial, strategy or finance roles. Exceptional communication, collaboration and presentation skills, capable of understanding complex data and simplifying it into effective stories suitable for exec and board level consumption. Business planning expertise with a high level of organisation and influencing skills. Creative problem solving and critical thinking, highly investigative and comfortable self-analysing data. Experience of working in an Enterprise Sales environment is advantageous however not essential.
At Vodafone, performance is not only about what we deliver within our role, but also how we deliver it. We are Fanatical about customers; we Simplify & act now; we Own it; and we Front up with feedback. Our behaviours are demonstrated from the front by our people who live them every day.
Joining the Vodafone whanau will stretch you, stimulate you and provide opportunities you’ve been seeking to expand your career. You’ll engage in unique workplace experiences, be exposed to exciting and innovative technology, and gain opportunities for learning beyond Aotearoa
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Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.
