Senior Commercial Sales Analyst

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Job Description

SUMMARY: 

The Senior Commercial Sales Analyst will partner with cross-functional teams across Accuray to support commercial analytics, digital sales tools, pricing excellence, and continuous improvement for the global equipment and services portfolio with a heavy emphasis on the America’s Region. This leader will be responsible for supporting Salesforce data integrity, order, revenue and margin analytics, enhancements, reporting, change management and training activities. Additionally, this leader will provide tactical business support by preparing, reviewing, and processing quote requests, cancellation letters, contract amendments, and subsequent sales orders.

REPORTING TO/DEPARTMENT: 

Reports to the Senior Director, Global Commercial Operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• America’s Commercial Analytics
  • Provide data-driven, key commercial insights for decision-making.
  • Develop and deploy a set of key commercial KPIs to serve as the true north for success with the commercial organization.
  • Lead quarterly and monthly analytics spanning Orders, Revenue, Margin and Backlog in support of Sales leadership teams.
  • Prepare, review, and process quote requests, cancellation letters, contract amendments, and subsequent sales orders, as well as assist in RFPs and distributor agreements, as needed.
• Digital Sales Tools, including Salesforce and SAP
  • Use systems knowledge to seamlessly disseminate data and insights across the organization in a timely fashion to foster growth.
  • Work cross-functionally with the primary objective of enabling field team and Sales leadership to make effective, analytically driven, and strategic operating decisions.
  • Support data management and integrity by monitoring data hygiene, performing regular data cleansing and data standardization.
  • Develop and maintain operational training materials and deliver new hire and ongoing Sales training.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Continually explore opportunities for process improvement across the Global Commercial Organization by identifying inefficiencies, implementing change management solutions, and tracking progress through planning, process, and tool improvements.
  • Support business scalability by leading ongoing simplification initiatives and standardization of global processes through global best practice sharing.
• Pricing Excellence
  • Support price book management through close collaboration with Finance, Product, Marketing, and Commercial teams.
  • Launch price book enhancements in the appropriate source system(s) and ensure end user teams understand the changes.
  • Assist in development and management of profitability analysis and decision support tools.
  • Assist in establishing a global process for pricing excellence that spans price setting, price getting, price netting, and associated infrastructure, aligning appropriately with region dynamics.
  • Enable the regions with all necessary tools required for value-based pricing framework and put firm process in place to avoid price leakage.
  • Ensure that pricing process is being governed through the right delegation of authority, approvals, and operating mechanisms.
  • Design and develop dynamic pricing analytics to allow the regions to make better pricing decisions based on customer needs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years in sales or related operational functions (e.g., deal desk, revenue operations, internal product management)
• Detailed understanding of sales processes and sales reporting
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to influence change across organizations and garner support to continually streamline and improve inefficient practices that impact the sales process
• Strong project management, strategic, analytical skills as well as financial acumen
• Demonstrated experience with operational readiness initiatives at a leadership level
• SFDC, SAP, and advanced Excel experience required
• Must be positive, proactive, enthusiastic, a self-starter, and able to effectively work as part of a team
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with all levels of management
• Proven ability to problem-solve, multitask, and manage time effectively
• Can operate in a fast paced and changing environment with numerous competing priorities
• Must be detailed oriented and have exceptional organizational skills
• Strong discipline in financial concepts with highly effective critical decision-making skills
• Results-focused with a track record of consistent and progressive achievement
• Flexibility to work early and late hours to collaborate with global team members as needed

To qualify for this position, candidates must be able to furnish proof that they are authorized to work in the country they are applying on a permanent basis without sponsorship.

EEO Statement

At Accuray, our commitment to patient-first outcomes drives an inclusive and collaborative work environment where the best ideas rise to the top — and everyone works to push them further. We value diversity in both the professional and personal backgrounds of our employees, as this variety adds rich energy to every team, every project and every work day. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin – including individuals with disabilities and veterans.