About the role
The Sales Compensation and Planning Team is a results-driven and innovative group within Go-to-Market Revenue Operations. By working closely with business partners, Sales Compensation, Finance, and IT teams, you will support and enhance NetApp's global planning capabilities through the design, development, and maintenance of Anaplan models.
In this role, you will help translate business requirements into scalable Anaplan solutions that support sales planning, territory and quota management, forecasting, and operational reporting. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to improve processes, ensure data accuracy, and deliver an exceptional end-user experience.
We are looking for an experienced Anaplan Model Builder to join our Sales Planning Operations Team. This position will play a critical role in developing, enhancing, and supporting Anaplan applications that enable planning and decision-making across NetApp. The ideal candidate combines strong Anaplan modeling expertise with a passion for process improvement and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and enhance Anaplan models that support sales planning, territory and quota management, sales compensation, and reporting processes.
- Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into scalable Anaplan solutions.
- Support model testing, validation, and deployment activities to ensure solution quality and accuracy.
- Collaborate with IT and data teams to integrate data from multiple source systems and maintain data integrity across planning processes.
- Monitor model performance and proactively identify opportunities to improve usability, efficiency, and scalability.
- Develop and maintain clear documentation, including model architecture, business processes, data flows, and operational procedures.
- Provide ongoing support to end users by troubleshooting issues, answering questions, and enabling successful adoption of Anaplan solutions.
- Participate in Agile development activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, testing, and release management.
- Apply Anaplan best practices and modeling standards to ensure maintainable, high-performing solutions.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence and support NetApp's commercial objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience in business systems, sales operations, revenue operations, finance, or planning.
- 3+ years of hands-on Anaplan Model Builder experience, including experience building and enhancing Anaplan models in a production environment.
- Anaplan Model Builder Certification required; Advanced Model Builder Certification preferred.
- Strong understanding of Anaplan modeling principles, data hubs, modules, lists, actions, and UX pages.
- Experience supporting Territory & Quota Planning, Sales Planning, Revenue Operations, FP&A, or related planning processes.
- Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into functional solutions.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and software delivery processes.
- Experience working with Salesforce Sales Cloud and other sales operations systems is preferred.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work effectively with large datasets.
- Experience with data integration technologies and understanding of data management best practices.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across business and technical teams.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while delivering high-quality results.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Model Builder Certification.
- Experience supporting sales compensation, territory planning, quota planning, or forecasting processes.
- Knowledge of Salesforce, Snowflake, Power BI, or other enterprise planning and reporting platforms.
- Experience working in a global technology or SaaS organization.
- Familiarity with revenue operations and go-to-market business processes.