Business Planner

Job Description

Are you driven by data, strategy, and business impact? Do you enjoy translating complex business data into clear insights that steer management decisions and drive sustainable growth? Are you comfortable operating at the intersection of strategy, sales, finance, and operations? Then this role of Business Planner might be the right next step for you.

What You’ll Do

As Business Planner, you are responsible for defining and managing a robust business intelligence and planning structure that serves as a primary source for senior management and regional business strategy. You will collect, analyze, and report regional performance data, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and enabling timely course corrections to achieve growth and profitability targets.

You’ll be responsible for:

Regional business planning & forecasting

• Setting up, monitoring, and continuously improving dynamic dashboards to steer regional performance for all Canon Production Printing (CPP) business groups, with a focus on individual product performance
• Supporting placement planning and revenue planning based on product roadmaps (budget and mid-, and long term planning)
• Supporting development of regional business plans, budgets, targets, and forecasts, translating global strategy into realistic, value-driven growth and profitability targets

Market & performance analysis

• Analyzing regional market trends across business groups, customer segments, and competitive dynamics
• Monitoring KPIs and performance versus plan, identifying risks and opportunities, and proposing corrective actions
• Supporting product lifecycle management, including MIF (machines in field) management, phase-in/phase-out planning and regional/local stock considerations

Business case & scenario development

• Building robust business cases and scenario analyses for strategic initiatives, pricing decisions, and portfolio choices
• Supporting pricing strategies and value propositions by calculating the potential impact on unit, revenue and margin planning
• Supporting go-to-market strategies and channel expansion plans for new platform products

Cross-functional alignment & steering

• Acting as a key integrator between strategy, sales, marketing, operations, and finance
• Supporting alignment of priorities and enabling fact-based decision-making across the organization

Management reporting & decision support

• Preparing clear, insight-driven monthly reports and presentations for regional and senior management
• Enabling proactive steering through timely, data-driven insights

Who You’ll Work With

You will be part of an international organization with a flat hierarchy and a strong cross-functional mindset. You will collaborate closely with regional teams, marketing, business planning, and sales/service teams globally.

What You Bring

We are looking for a proactive, analytical team player with a strong business mindset:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or Industrial Engineering
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in business planning, strategy, or commercial controlling in a complex B2B environment
• Experience working with regional or multi-country responsibilities
• Strong analytical and financial skills, including data modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and business case development
• High proficiency in Excel and Power BI (or similar BI and financial planning tools)
• Strong understanding of market dynamics, competitive positioning, and value-based pricing
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable regional plans
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; comfortable influencing without direct authority
• Structured, proactive, and independent way of working, with a high level of ownership and integrity
• Fluent in English (spoken and written); Japanese is a plus

What You’ll Get From us

• 38 vacation days
• Extra 13th month (8.6%), holiday allowance (8%), and commuting allowance
• Hybrid working to support a healthy work-life balance
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Laptop and smartphone
• Attractive (e-)bike lease plan

Career opportunities

This role offers strong visibility and impact across the organization and provides an excellent platform to further develop into senior business planning or strategy roles.

About Canon Production Printing

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.