Position Summary

Primary responsibility will be to support the sales team in reporting and analyzing sales results and maintaining the reporting tools for the team. Demonstrated strong quantitative and analytical skills are required for this position.  Additional reporting and analysis experience is also an asset.

The Important Stuff

• Maintain forecasting and variance database, review inventory constraints with on a weekly basis
• Handset Demand Planning & Pricing analysis
• Conduct detailed analysis around account performance
• Directly manage handset inventory for national retailers, setup new stores openings.  Manage and approve all pricing and promotion activity for national retailers
• Approve all retail shipments based on defined channel strategy and delivery timeframes.  Work with account team and supply chain to Manage allocation of handset inventory for product launches and end-of-lines.
• Prepare and validate plan vs. actual performance reporting and develop insight into trends
• Prepare commentary of sales and competitive performance.
• Participate in the monthly inventory ordering process by providing analysis of trends and channel specific strategies
• Coordinate with account managers and finance to report consumer offers and retailer compensation
• Report monthly OPEX weekly SBNA results
• Report handset mix by channel

EXPERIENCE/TRAINING:

• Undergraduate Degree required.  Business degree preferred
• Demonstrated analytical/problem-solving background.
• 5 years experience in a Demand Planning/Sales Planning environment
• Advanced Excel Skills a must.
• Strong verbal and written skills a must.
• Knowledge of databases / reporting systems (Cognos, Peoplesoft)
• Reporting and analysis in a sales environment or similar a plus