Business Operations Leader High Potential Industries, Strategy and Business Management at Oracle

Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages: English 

Preferred Qualifications

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Job summary

You will be a key part of the EMEA Technology Cloud Business Operations, supporting the Strategic Business Development organisation, focusing on high potential industries.

Your main objective is to provide first-class business support to enable the successful, efficient and effective operation of the business development ecosystem. This involves providing valuable programme management and strategic insight, acting as bridge between the key functions within the business development team and the geographies.

The responsibilities will include the following key areas:

Business Planning & Strategic Programmes:

• Drive the implementation, roll-out and success of strategic sales programmes
• Work with senior management to review and define optimal go-to-market models across different products and regions
• Compare with global and industry best practices for sales support ecosystem models

Business and change management initiatives:

• Act as an interface between the key functions to identify and resolve critical business issues
• Drive business improvement by reviewing and improving key business processes
• Project manage other important business operations projects as requested by senior business operations management and sales leadership
• Represent business operations in specific worldwide operations & projects
• Assist in the implementation of the governance into the teams

Business Insight and Excellence

• Define success criteria and business management metrics
• Facilitate data-driven and informed decision making and prioritization
• Translate business questions into actionable research
• Provide business insight and recommendations based on Sales programme KPIs to meet/overachieve business expectations
• Proactively highlight possible gaps and risk areas

Ultimately, you will be seen as a trusted Business Advisor, providing essential operational support as well as acting as a sounding board for other key business issues of concern.

Experience & educational/knowledge requirements

Essential:

• 4+ years of relevant work experience
• Fluency in English, second Language is a plus
• International mind-set
• Solid Process and Strategic Project Management experience
• Excellent relationship and senior stakeholder management skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including expertise with Vlookups and Pivot tables and complex formulaic problem solving.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to make fast and balanced recommendations
• Ability to structure problems and challenges and related solutions in an highly structured manner
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, cross-functional and dynamic environment
• Committed to deliver excellent service, developing contingencies as required.

Highly Desirable:

• Thorough knowledge of IT industry
• Experience in an a subscription based cloud organisation
• Knowledge of the Oracle organization, products and services

Detailed Description and Job Requirements

• Provides programs to improve operational efficiency, consistency, and compliance in support of the organization*s financial and tactical business objectives. Provides business practices and processes. Develops, communicates, and trains the organization on business practices and processes.
• Serve as a liaison with other divisions such as Finance, Contracts, HR, Legal, Shared Services, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, and Risk Management in an effort to ensure accurate and timely transaction processing. Collect, input, verify, correct, and analyze data to measure key performance indicator actual versus business objectives. Provide updates to management regarding budget to actual, informing them of deviations and opportunities. Provide management with economic impact and compliance issues surrounding key business decisions and/or deals. Communicate Oracle Business Practices to the organization and monitor process and approvals for full compliance. Drive implementation of new processes and procedures.
• Acknowledged authority within the Corporation.  Acts as a leader of large-scale company initiatives.  Viewed by peers as a leader and top contributor and by line management as a key business partner.  Ability to collect, organize, and display data in spreadsheet format. Follow-through skills necessary to get information from internal and third parties and have data errors/omissions corrected. For this, relationship management skills strongly desired. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to partner across functions. 4 plus years relevant work experience.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable). 

Detailed Description and Job Requirements

 Provides programs to improve operational efficiency, consistency, and compliance in support of the organization*s financial and tactical business objectives. Provides business practices and processes. Develops, communicates, and trains the organization on business practices and processes.

Serve as a liaison with other divisions such as Finance, Contracts, HR, Legal, Shared Services, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, and Risk Management in an effort to ensure accurate and timely transaction processing. Collect, input, verify, correct, and analyze data to measure key performance indicator actual versus business objectives. Provide updates to management regarding budget to actual, informing them of deviations and opportunities. Provide management with economic impact and compliance issues surrounding key business decisions and/or deals. Communicate Oracle Business Practices to the organization and monitor process and approvals for full compliance. Drive implementation of new processes and procedures.

Job duties are varied and complex utilizing independent judgment. May have project lead role. Attention to detail critical. Ability to collect, organize, and display data in spreadsheet format. Follow-through skills necessary to get information from internal and third parties and have data errors/omissions corrected. For this, relationship management skills strongly desired. Strong written and verbal communication skills to interact with management and possible clients desired. 5 plus years relevant work experience.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

We offer a competitive compensation based on your qualifications and experience. 

Job

: Business Operations

Location

: Austria

Other Locations

: Oman, Germany, Hungary, Denmark, Mauritius, Slovenia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Czech Republic, Croatia, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, Netherlands, Greece, Kuwait, Belgium, Cyprus, Norway, France, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Serbia, Jordan, Switzerland, Finland, Qatar, Ukraine, Cote d'Ivoire, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Senegal, Israel, Latvia, Egypt, Poland, Morocco, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Algeria, Slovakia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Estonia