ROLE
* Business & Financial Analysis
* Provide forward-looking insights to strengthen sales forecasting and pipeline planning, in close collaboration with Demand Planning and Sales leadership.
* Analyze key sales and marketing drivers — such as customer value, product mix, market clusters, or new product initiatives — to identify growth opportunities and optimize go-to-market strategies.
* Deliver ad-hoc analyses and actionable insights that give sales leadership a clear view of business performance, market dynamics, and opportunities for improvement.
* Perform competitor and market intelligence reviews to identify strategic opportunities.
* Translate data into actionable insights and present recommendations to leadership, ensuring follow-through on implementation.
* Commercial Excellence & Sales Effectiveness
* Optimize sales processes by identifying efficiency bottlenecks and implementing improvements.
* Partner with commercial leadership on sales planning, and go-to-market strategies.
* Lead adoption of CRM and sales enablement tools, ensuring alignment between sales methodology and execution.
* Champion training and coaching efforts to improve pipeline conversion and customer engagement.
* Support customer-centric initiatives such as customer portfolio management and manage commercial excellence roadmaps (including QW, MLTOs).
* Drive the account and business planning process in close collaboration with account owners and sales leaders, ensuring clear action plans, measurable targets, and alignment with regional growth priorities.
* Contribute to pricing excellence by supporting pricing strategy and campaigns, collaborating closely with the regional pricing team, and providing market- and customer-driven business insights to refine pricing approaches.
* Strategic Execution & Stakeholder Collaboration
* Act as a bridge between regional teams and regional commercial teams and FP&A, ensuring alignment of strategies with local market dynamics.
* Participate in management team meetings: prepare business reviews, track decisions, communicate findings, and follow up on action items.
* Collaborate with Controlling on financial reporting, forecasting, and business case modeling (including Capex and NPD).
* Share insights across functions to create a holistic view of business performance, fostering cross-functional alignment.
* Reporting & Insights Delivery
* Deliver performance dashboards and business intelligence reports to leadership.
* Support continuous improvement of forecasting and reporting processes.
* Proactively flag risks, opportunities, and recommendations based on data trends.
* Own data governance and quality across sales systems, ensuring CRM and reporting accuracy and consistency of key commercial data.
Requirements
* 5+ years in Sales Operations, Commercial Excellence, Sales Analytics, or Sales Enablement within fast-paced, matrixed, and international organizations.
* Proven ability to convert data into actionable commercial insights and support strategic sales decisions.
* Advanced proficiency in CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce), Excel, and BI/reporting tools.
* Deep understanding of sales processes, methodologies, go-to-market models, and commercial business planning.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence at multiple levels across functions and regions.
* Strong business acumen with strategic thinking and collaboration mindset.
* Fluent in English; additional European languages advantageous.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in global B2B or industrial sectors.
* Familiarity with change management and sales transformation initiatives.
* Demonstrated ability to lead through collaboration and influence without formal authority.
* Experience supporting pricing strategy, account/business planning, or sales forecasting.