Senior Manager, Sales operations; UKI

About Us

Shark Ninja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market, and developing one consumer product after another has allowed Shark Ninja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains.

Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 3,600+ associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world.

As we continue to grow, we are excited to add a Senior Manager, Sales operations to our global team. Position based in London (Hybrid - 3 days a week).

The Senior Manager, Sales operations will report to the Head of Commercial, Planning and Analytics and play an integral role in the execution of our product strategy into retail. This role will lead a high-performance team of Sales operations managers managing various countries to ensure all internal KPI’s are met. This role is the primary resource for leading operational functions associated with driving revenue and margin for assigned retail accounts.

This position plays an important role monitoring real time business issues, interpreting data and suggesting immediate action plans to address issues or take advantage of opportunities. The Senior Manager will be expected to form relationships and work with the global Sharkninja team to implement best practices and processes from the North American side of the business.

• Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Sales Operations Managers (SOMs) to achieve individual and team targets while providing ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance the skills and capabilities of the team.
• Maintain a strong focus on both forecast accuracy and attainment (revenue and POS), to ensure we are following through on commitments made to the organization and our retail partners.
• Bring best practices on forecast rigor, rooted in Sharkninja Success Drivers and Leadership Principles by collaborating with operations directors across the Sharkninja global business.
• Predict and prevent stock risk associated with long lead times, tent pole events, by finding solutions to ensure there is minimal impact on the business performance.
• Drive governance on the need for future planning (rolling 12-18 month forecast) during each budget cycle.
• Collaborate and connect between Country, Region and Global on forecasting and strategy, align on expectations and execute within the EMEA business.
• Work closely with Global Demand Planning on allocation vs. forecasting to ensure EMEA gets its fair share and reduce potential stock outs.
• Be the subject matter expert and train the Sales operations managers and the Sales teams to utilize SFO (internal forecasting tool) to enter and manipulate forecasts as necessary.
• Utilize inbound flow and outbound requirements and work with country sales leads to develop SKU/Country/Account allocation, update SFO, while working with cross functional teams to ensure future inbound planning is adjusted as necessary.
• Become a leading resource on customer specific requirements and communicate the same to cross functional teams to ensure on time execution.
• Train the SOMs to utilize market data and weekly trends (POS or shipments) to help identify risks and opportunities for the business, allowing us to remain nimble and provide a reliable demand projection to the business.
• Work very closely with customer demand planning teams, sales director/account manager and CP&A on all aspects of forecasting, inventory planning, orders, and supply chain management.
• Be the conduit between Demand planning, Supply planning, Product development, Brand marketing with Sales.
• Lead monthly forecast meetings with county leads to align on overall budget and changes.
• Collaborate with internal teams plan promotions based on inventory availability and seasonality and ensure the SOM team works with sales to enter uplifts during…