Commercial Planning and Analytics Manager

at  SharkNinja

Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high-quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do.
Our mission to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world allows our employees to be thinkers and tinkerers, designers and doers, creators and number crunchers, and makers of things they love. As we continue to grow, we are excited to add a Commercial Planning and Analytics Manager to our global team.

ATTRIBUTES & SKILLS:

• Experience in a previous commercial-oriented role
• Financial forecasting experience is desirable
• Advanced MS Excel
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders at various levels
• Strong organisational skills and problem-solving mindset
• Team player
• Eagerness to learn and can do attitude
• Experience in BI toolkit such as Domo/Power BI/Tableau would be beneficial

HERE ARE SOME OF THE EXCITING THINGS YOU’LL GET TO DO:

• Business partnering: working closely with Sales Directors & Account Managers, supporting commercial decisions through the provision of actionable insight and challenging assumptions
• Monthly forecasting: liaising with stakeholders to generate accurate forecasts that are based on robust data and assumptions. Preparation of monthly pack for US sign-off
• Performance reporting: with support from the Commercial Analysts, owning the process of all reporting, taking responsibility for the accuracy of the reporting
• Retailer engagement: sharing analysis and insight to support joint business plans and growth-driving initiatives
• Business case development: working with Account Managers and Sales VPs to ensure business cases are built on robust assumptions, all costs are considered and returns delivered achieve the desired hurdle rate
• Activity effectiveness evaluation: agreeing on success measures for sales driving activity and completing post-completion evaluations
• Annual budgeting: working with commercial stakeholders to prepare a budget for the coming year
• Ad hoc analysis as needed

YOUR ROLE in leading our SUCCESS DRIVERS & representing our UNIQUE MINDSET

• Lead us to be “RARELY SATISFIED”
• Make things better each day; “PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION”
• Use your knowledge of our consumer, understand that “DETAILS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE”
• Deliver something great; “WINNING IS A TEAM SPORT”
• Be clear and honest, “COMMUNICATING FOR IMPACT