Strategic AI Commercial Operations Analyst
Job Summary
The Strategic Commercial Operations Analyst plays a key role in driving the evolution of sales analytics within Institutional Europe. The position focuses on the development and deployment of advanced AI-driven sales analytics solutions leveraging modern BI platforms and machine learning techniques to support data-driven decision-making.
This is a hands-on analytical role responsible for transforming fragmented data into scalable user-friendly digital solutions (primarily Power BI) and delivering actionable insights that shape business strategies.
Key Responsibilities
Performance Analytics & Insight Generation
- Deliver actionable insights to support:
- Sales performance
- Pipeline health
- Growth and retention initiatives
- Identify trends risks and improvement opportunities
- Support leadership with clear data-driven recommendations
AI-Driven Analytics Development
- Utilize advanced analytics techniques to extract valuable insights from large and complex datasets supporting strategic decision-making
- Spearhead the implementation of machine learning models to:
- Automate data processes
- Enhance predictive analytics
- Improve forecasting pipeline analysis and performance tracking
- Apply appropriate ML methodologies (e.g. clustering decision trees neural networks) understanding their strengths limitations and business applicability
BI & Digital Tool Development
- Design and develop end-to-end reporting solutions primarily in Power BI
- Translate business requirements into intuitive decision-oriented dashboards
- Ensure solutions are easy to use scalable across countries aligned with business priorities
Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Business Statistics Data science or related field
- 56 years of experience in business intelligence business analytics or similar roles
- Strong expertise in:
- Power BI (or similar BI tools)
- Data modelling and visualization
- Mandatory: Proven experience applying AI and machine learning tools to sales analytics development
Skills & Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to translate complex data into clear actionable insights
- Experience working with fragmented and complex datasets
- Solid understanding of sales processes and performance drivers
- Strong knowledge of machine learning techniques including: clustering decision tree learning neural networks
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Nice to Have (Optional): Previous experience coordinating or mentoring team members
About Ecolab:
At Ecolab we prioritize our talent-first philosophy by creating the most capable and diverse team to excel at ournearly threemillion customer sites. Building on a century of innovation our 48000 associates help deliver comprehensive science-based solutions data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety maintain clean and safe environments and optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food healthcare life sciences hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. Our solutions not only enhance operational efficiency but also contribute to sustainability and public health making a positive impact on the world. We are committed toeliminatingunnecessary complexities and embracing a beginners mindset continuously seeking new perspectives and innovative solutions to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.
Ecolabs commitment to diversityequityand inclusion (DE&I) reflects our longstanding value of working together to integrate diverse perspectives to challenge ourselves reach our goals and dowhatsright.
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