Sales Ops Manager - Commercial Expansion & Forecasting

SharkNinja; Needham (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical insurance

dental insurance

vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan with matching

employee stock purchase program

life insurance

short-term disability insurance

long-term disability insurance

generous paid time off

company holidays

Job summary

SharkNinja in Needham, MA is seeking a Sales Operations Manager for the Commercial Expansion Team. This hands-on role owns forecasting, inventory, and trade spend, building the systems and cadences that drive distributor, retailer, and e-tailer performance.

You will create monthly rolling forecasts, dashboards, and deep-dive analyses, partnering with demand and supply planning, channel management, and sales to optimize inventory and promotions, and present to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years in buying, planning, sales operations, or sales management, ideally in consumer products or wholesale/distributor channels.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills; comfortable building and maintaining forecasting models and dashboards.
• Working proficiency in PowerPoint for building leadership- and customer-facing presentations.
• Clear written and verbal communicator, comfortable presenting to both internal leadership and external customer teams.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, resource-lean environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and comfort operating independently with limited hand-holding.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting & planning: Manage assortment, forecast, pricing, and promotions at the SKU level within the internal forecasting tool.
• Create and present a monthly rolling forecast consensus presentation to cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Partner with demand planning, supply planning, channel management, and sales on forecasting, inventory planning, order management, and supply chain execution.
• Coordinate distributor domestic and import order timing with supply chain, aligning on planning and availability dates.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Forecasting

PowerPoint

Communication

Multitasking

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Forecasting tools

EDI/POS reporting tools

Job description

SharkNinja in Needham, MA is seeking a Sales Operations Manager for the Commercial Expansion Team. This hands-on role owns forecasting, inventory, and trade spend, building the systems and cadences that drive distributor, retailer, and e-tailer performance.

You will create monthly rolling forecasts, dashboards, and deep-dive analyses, partnering with demand and supply planning, channel management, and sales to optimize inventory and promotions, and present to leadership.