Associate Sales Operations Analyst

canonical; Riyadh; Remote; USD 30,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking an Associate Sales Operations Analyst to join their dynamic team. This role focuses on enhancing sales operations, ensuring data quality, and collaborating with sales teams to drive business success. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, a problem solver, and passionate about technology and open-source solutions. With a focus on continuous improvement, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to impactful projects while working in a supportive and distributed environment. Join a company that values performance and provides a range of benefits to support your professional growth.

Benefits

Distributed work environment

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
• Experience in sales operations or related roles, preferably in tech.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operations of the sales function globally.
• Check opportunities for accuracy and provision orders.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Bachelor of Business Administration (Management)

Nationality: Any Nationality

Vacancy: 1 Vacancy

Job Description

We are hiring Associate Sales Operations Analysts to support a team of experts who help Canonical sales teams achieve their business goals. The Sales Operations team drives continuous process and data quality improvement to ensure orders are processed correctly. The successful candidate will be collaborative and demonstrate initiative in improving the way the team works, maintaining compliance and associated governance.

The success of the role is measured against increasing the velocity of deals and the quality of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) data used to drive key business decisions. The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented problem solver and team player who is passionate about the opportunity to partner with sales teams, is also passionate about our role in the technology industry bringing open source to a wider audience of innovators and enterprises, and will support the delivery of programs to enable Canonical's continued success.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails:

• Support all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the sales function globally
• Check opportunities for accuracy and provision orders on successful closure of a deal
• Support the Sales Operations Analysts and Manager to report on and improve sales data quality and processes
• Support the sales team globally on CRM and other sales operations systems
• Deliver sales metrics, dashboards and other ad-hoc analytical tasks
• Assist the team with automation and streamlining of the Lead to Order process

What we are looking for in you:

• An exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Experience working in an entry-level role in sales operations or related (e.g. financial analysis, sales analysis or sales order processing), preferably in the technology industry
• Energetic, thoughtful, systematic approach, focused on robust, repeatable and scalable outcomes
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work productively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization on a global scale
• Ability to work across team boundaries and communicate effectively
• Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

What Canonical offers:

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme