Job Description
Location: Bangalore / Gurgaon / Mumbai
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
As a Sales Operations Associate, you will act as an adviser to executives in the global sales and operations team. You will be responsible for cracking the most important strategic issues facing our talent solutions business and running normal operational reporting for the region.
Responsibilities:
Lead projects with key stakeholders and cross-functional partners to make data-driven decisions on topics including: forecast modeling, territory optimization, product mix analysis and process improvement
Play a vital role in driving our annual strategic planning from Territory planning to financial planning process through data-driven recommendations
Gather requirements and project manage changes to our processes and sales technology that result in improvements in sales rep productivity
Gain management confidence in work so that the insights you produce are utilized in executive and board-level presentations
Establish strong working relationships with business operations, sales management and systems teams to achieve objectives without management involvement.
Partner with sales executives on all operational and strategic requests.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
4+ years of experience in management consulting, sales operations or data analytics
2+ years of experience working in/with sales organizations
Preferred Qualifications:
MBA degree in business or related field
Experience with financial modeling and data analysis
Experience with Salesforce.com, SQL/relational databases, Hadoop and reporting tools like Tableau
Expert knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
Excellent communication, project and time management, writing and presentation skills with the ability to confidently interact with senior management
Ability to see beyond the numbers to drive sound decision making
Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks and work within deadlines with little supervision
Ability to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
Willingness to get hands dirty and work on operational tasks (The role is a good mix of strategy & operations)
Suggested Skills:
Excel, PowerPoint, SQL
Strong Communication & Stakeholder Management
Problem Solver
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