Analyst, Strategic Planning Operations

About Us

SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact peoples lives in homes around the world. the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham Massachusetts with more than 3600 associates the companys products are sold at key retailers online and offline and through distributors around the world.

Our purpose is to positively impact peoples lives every day in every home around the world! We work very hard to provide our consumers with high quality exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation and are looking for great people with great ideas who want to build the next big thing and develop while they do.

The Strategic Planning Operations (SPO) team are world class communicators that are part of the SharkNinja Strategic Sales and Analytics (SS&A) team. The Strategic Sales & Analytics team is responsible to report on the health of the business identify market opportunities and develop the assortment strategies across each of SharkNinjas categories. The Strategic Planning Operations team efficiently drives the monthly operating model of SS&A. The Analyst Strategic Planning Operations will be responsible for ensuring that weekly and monthly actions that support the Operating model are flawlessly executed. The Analyst Strategic Planning Operations will also contribute to the Global Obsessed with Winning Playbook to ensure that all regions are excelling and optimizing their drumbeat. The SPO team drives the SS&A readiness for the new product launch strategies and the Analyst Strategic Planning Operations will support global new launch strategies by ensuring that milestones are met and forecast beacons are established. This is an excellent position for a highly motivated team member who will learn to operate with urgency escalate risks and drive resolutions. This role reports to the Senior Director Strategic Planning Operations.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with other functions to actively facilitate the interaction of cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that products are winning in the market
• Ensure the success of weekly cross-functional meetings designed to quickly identify risks to performance driving team accountability to actions & tactics required to course correct
• Identify weekly and monthly deliverables to the SS&A teams
• Identify areas for improvement and leverage insights from other regions to drive optimizations to the Monthly operating model.
• Tracks SS&A strategy readiness for new product launches and drives closure to the forecast beacons.
• Act as the Process Center of Excellence for the Strategic Sales and Analytics organization
• Establish global best practices and document in playbooks

Education and Experience:

• Obsessed with Winning Mindset
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• 1 years Program management or Category/Sales analysis experience
• Experience desired in some combination of commercialization sales analytics new product launches or program management
• Advanced Microsoft Excel / Office skills
• Excellent written verbal and communication skills
• Cross-functional leadership skills and ability to influence cross-functional partners
• Possess a strong bias to action and accountability
• High energy with a positive attitude
• Detail oriented with strong organizational and time management skills able to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines

The Analyst Strategic Planning Operations is a hybrid position working 3 days in our Needham MA headquarters.