Senior Sales Operations Analyst I

MaxLinear • Irvine, CA

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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. This includes monthly forecasting for all regions, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and continuous improvement. You will 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. The role also involves supporting corporate forecasting, improving alignment and communication, and performing revenue, sell-through, and forecast accuracy analysis. Additionally, you will support Adexa demand planning maintenance, enhancements, and defect resolution, analyze distributor data, and develop reports/dashboards for margin, inventory turns, bookings, billings, backlog, and POS data. You will also standardize QBRs, track partner progress, and aggregate results, support broad market forecasting, and develop reporting to measure channel forecast accuracy and drive improvements. Further responsibilities include supporting channel promotions and partner programs to drive growth initiatives, identifying gaps in the samples process and coordinating improvements, and administering third-party manufacturer rep commission programs, including preparing monthly commission calculations and forecasts, ensuring accurate and timely payments. This involves commission variance analysis to identify drivers of payment changes, supporting audit and management review, and maintaining commission input files that feed the Alteryx model, ensuring accuracy and integrity. Finally, 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

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior