Senior Sales Operations Analyst I
About The Position
MaxLinear is seeking a Senior Sales Operations Analyst I to support MaxLinear’s global sales organization. In this role, you will focus on critical forecasting, channel operations, and sales analytics processes. You will be responsible for monthly forecasting for all regions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement. You will also own revenue forecast consensus meetings, including preparation and presentation of variance analyses, and ensure forecasts actively drive customer orders and support responses to supply chain constraints. Additionally, you will support corporate forecasting, improving alignment and communication, and perform revenue, sell-through, and forecast accuracy analysis. You will support Adexa demand planning maintenance, enhancements, and defect resolution. You will analyze distributor data and develop reports/dashboards for margin, inventory turns, bookings, billings, backlog, and POS data. You will standardize QBRs, track partner progress, and aggregate results. You will support broad market forecasting, ensuring regional teams are driving bookings to forecast, and develop reporting to measure channel forecast accuracy and drive improvements. You will also support channel promotions and partner programs to drive growth initiatives and identify gaps in the samples process and coordinate improvements. Furthermore, you will administer third-party manufacturer rep commission programs, preparing monthly commission calculations and forecasts, ensuring accurate and timely payments. This includes commission variance analysis to identify drivers of payment changes, supporting audit and management review. You will maintain commission input files that feed the Alteryx model, ensuring accuracy and integrity. You will develop, maintain, and deliver training for channel partners and internal stakeholders, and optimize customer support routing for RFQs and product inquiries.
Requirements
- Analytical, process-driven, and effective at partnering cross functionally
- Experience with revenue forecasting and management
- Meticulous attention to detail, data management capabilities, and driven to improve process
- Proficiency in financial reporting or business intelligence tools
- Strong modeling skills
- Advanced PowerPoint and MS Excel skills (vlookup, pivots, sumifs, macros)
- Ability to work with and understand the needs of multiple stakeholders
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
- Bachelors + 6 years of experience, or Masters + 3 years of experience
Nice To Haves
- Adexa, Hyperion planning, E2Open or other demand planning experience a plus
Responsibilities
- Own critical forecasting, channel operations, and sales analytics processes
- Monthly forecasting for all regions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement
- Own revenue forecast consensus meetings, including prep and presentation of variance analyses
- Ensure forecasts actively drive customer orders and support responses to supply chain constraints
- Support corporate forecasting, improving alignment and communication
- Perform revenue, sell‑through, and forecast accuracy analysis
- Support Adexa demand planning maintenance, enhancements, and defect resolution
- Analyze distributor data and develop reports / dashboards for margin, inventory turns, bookings, billings, backlog, POS data
- Standardize QBRs, track partner progress, and aggregate results
- Support broad market forecasting, ensuring regional teams are driving bookings to forecast
- Develop reporting to measure channel forecast accuracy and drive improvements
- Support channel promotions and partner programs to drive growth initiatives
- Identify gaps in the samples process and coordinate improvements
- Administer third-party manufacturer rep commission programs, preparing monthly commission calculations and forecasts, ensuring accurate and timely payments
- Commission variance analysis to identify drivers of payment changes, supporting audit and management review
- Maintain commission input files that feed the Alteryx model, ensuring accuracy and integrity
- Develop, maintain, and deliver training for channel partners and internal stakeholders
- Optimize customer support routing for RFQs and product inquiries
Benefits
- health care benefits
- 401k savings plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
