Business Planner

Daikin Hellas, subsidiary of Daikin Europe Group, was founded in 2006 and has established itself as a market leader in air conditioning and heating solutions as well as commercial refrigeration systems. With its two offices, in Athens and Thessaloniki, Daikin Hellas focuses on offering high quality products, excellent services and impeccable customer service.

Are you an experienced and market savvy Business Planning professional seeking to make your next step in your career? If you want to join an expanding and ambitious multinational company, while seeking to challenge yourself, learn and grow your career, this is a great opportunity to join us as a Business Planner!

The responsibilities of the Business Planner among others will include:

• Conduct comprehensive market research to identify trends, monitor competitor activities, and identify new business opportunities within the HVAC-R industry.
• Assimilate information from multiple stakeholders to summarize the big picture and provide recommendations to drive and enhance business performance.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to understand business situation and develop data driven insights and KPIs to support future estimates, measure performance and drive sustainable growth.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the Sales as well as external partners to foster collaboration and drive consensus on strategic priorities.
• Ensure that strategic priorities and long term planning is aligned with mid and short term priorities.
• Develop and maintain weekly/monthly/quarterly dashboards, reports, written recaps and presentations that communicate business performance, insights and actionable recommendations.
• Contribute to the forecasting process in a timely and accurate manner, by gathering and combining data (budget, historical data, market trends) from departments involved and performing a detailed break-down in cooperation with key stakeholders to ensure alignment and accuracy of data.
• Assist with the budget preparation; analyzing data collected and combining them with all available information (such as historical data, information on new products, prices, sales volumes, etc.).

Requirements

The ideal candidate should have:

• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role is required.
• MSc or MBA in Business Administration, Business Analytics, Finance, Statistics, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of data mining, modeling, and analytical methodologies.
• Experienced manipulating data with Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office is required.
• Good working knowledge of SAP will be a plus.
• Excellent command of the English language.

Job-Specific Skills:

• Aptitude for numbers and advanced analytical skills.
• Able to understand strategic business challenges and use analytical approaches to breakdown the detail into tangible actions to meet business objectives.
• Ability to communicate with key stakeholders at multiple levels and functions, such as when gathering information, persuading, communicating options, or resolving issues.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team with a passion for excellence.
• Market awareness; someone who can understand trends, consumer behavior, and is able to conduct a competitive landscape analysis.
• Ambassador across the organization for best practices in Business Planning in general.

Benefits

What We Offer:

• Be part of an enthusiastic and passionate team.
• Work experience in an international leading company.
• Great opportunity to leverage and develop your business knowledge and skills.
• Competitive Salary Package and Annual Performance Bonus.
• Comprehensive Private Health Insurance.
• Private Pension Plan.
• Ticket Restaurant Card.
• Special Employee Offers and Discounts.
• Hybrid Way of Working: a mixture of office-based and remote working.

Please note that the "Business Planner" role is based in Athens, Greece.

Become part of our Group and Join our Mission by Applying for the role of Business Planner within the Daikin Hellas’ team today!

Daikin Europe is a subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd. and the leading provider of heating, cooling, ventilation, air purification, and refrigeration technology. The company designs, manufactures and brings to market a broad portfolio of equipment, as well as tailor-made solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). To date, Daikin EMEA has over 12 000 employees across more than 59 consolidated subsidiaries. It has 12 major manufacturing facilities based in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Austria, and the UK. Our aim is to drive sustainable and effective solutions, sparking a good climate for the generations to come. And all this can only be achieved because of our People. 

Good climate starts with people 
Our employees are the beating heart of our company. At Daikin, you get to work in a positive environment backed by trust, creativity and continuous improvement. Together, we create our top-quality solutions by empowering talented teams. You will get plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. We are deeply committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace culture that reflects the communities we serve. Good climate starts with people.