Sales Operations Analyst | Tech-Giant | Up to €78K | Amsterdam

Job Title: Sales Operations Analist | Amsterdam

Note: for this position you are only eligible if you have a Dutch or EU Citizenship/Passport or Partner visa without TWV. Highly-skilled migrant visa, sponsorship or relocation is not possible.

Would you like to..

• use your analytical skills to help develop the best Sales Compensation Strategies for a word-wide operating company?
• make a direct impact on the performance and motivation of different sales teams and with this help to realize a 5 billion yearly profit within the upcoming 2 years?
• utilize your keen attention to detail and excellent communication skills to ensure timely and accurate integration of new Sales Operation optimizations?
• and on top of that, work in a beautiful office in Amsterdam with complimentary breakfast, lunch, and snacks?

If yes, then keep reading because this opportunity is for you!

This company has been a global leader in the delivery industry for a long time. 

They operate in more than 60 countries and hundreds of cities worldwide! In the Netherlands they are active in more than 60 cities and with their insights into data they help companies become even more successful.

Worldwide, their service is used almost 15,000,000 times per day. Since the Pandemic, the need for delivery companies has increased worldwide. They have made good use of this and it is expected that they will make a profit of 5 billion per year within 2 years! If you want to work for a highly innovative and hugely successful global market leader, this is your new employer.

Your new employer is located in the heart of Amsterdam in one of the most modern offices in Amsterdam. There is a 600m2 gym, a yoga studio, a huge roof terrace and a canteen where professional chefs make breakfast, lunch and evening food for you (sushi, pasta, soups, sandwiches and much more! In a hip, young and driven team, you work together with the team to achieve and celebrate successes.

Your team helps to set up a good compensation strategy and is very valuable for the company and all of your colleagues. The sales incentive plans that your team creates with your help are a very critical tool for the Go-To-Market strategies, and will of course reward and motivate your sales colleagues.

The role of Sales Operations Analyst

This is a multifaceted position that requires a combination of analytical, strategic, and communication skills. So, what will you be doing?

• Analytics: with your analytical skills you will provide critical performance reporting and sales insights to key stakeholders. For example the IT team or architects that need your insights to implement the ideas you come up with. How? Utilize data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement in the sales strategies using the largest databases you’ve ever seen and use your SQL skills to get the date you need.
• Growth: a big thing within this company is the growth mindset. Continually improve and automate current sales compensation processes and assist in the changes in this strategy with the business goals in the back of your head. We don’t want the sales team to be less motivated, do we? 😉
• Strategy: collaborate with sales leadership to set performance targets for sales teams. Based on your analytical insights you can recommend actions for improvement based on data, which we all know is power. If during your analyses you come up with new ideas on how to optimize the overall efficiency in the operational teams then your ideas are also very much welcome!
• Systems: your new employer works with the newest tooling and has huge databases, so it is safe to say that this is tech heaven for you! In this role you’ll work together with the IT Engineering teams en system architects to make sure that all the ideas are well implemented. For example a new cloud-bases sales compensation platform that they’re working with called Xactly.

In this role there is much room to develop yourself and grow into the role because your new employer believes in development and wants to guide you in the right direction. Not yet familiar with all that is asked in this job description, but highly motivated to learn? Don’t be afraid to apply anyway! 

What we need from you as the new Sales Operations Analyst:

• Minimum of 2 years experience in Analytics, preferably in a Sales environment: compensations, pricing or operations analytics
• Bachelor’s degree in for example Economics, Business, Mathematics, Finance, Accounting
• Tool experience: Google Sheets, Excel, SQL, Hive, Salesforce, Xactly
• Analytical & data-driven mindset and not afraid to use it!
• Strong quantitative skills, attention to detail and focus on accuracy
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to positively and effectively connect with internal partners a.k.a. stakeholder management!
• A track record of sophisticated problem solving and an ability to deliver consistently;
• Background in Sales analytics is preferable, working with compensation methods and KPI’s

What will you get in return:

• Salary up to €78,4K per year, but this is depending on your experience
• The opportunity to work at an international, fast-growing company
• Hybrid way of working
• A detailed learning path with training, goals and activities
• Access to the talent academy program to develop personally and grow.
• Nice benefits such as free breakfast and lunch, free snacks and drinks and very nice free drinks and fun team outings
• Most modern high-end office of Amsterdam

Does this sound like your new job?

​​​​​​Apply now through the button on this page or email Babette Zimmerman.

Note: for this position you are only eligible if you have a Dutch or EU Citizenship/Passport or Partner visa without TWV. Highly-skilled migrant visa, sponsorship or relocation is not possible. 

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