Posted almost 5 years ago

Job Title: Strategy & Operations Trainee
Location: Dublin, Ireland.

Role Description
This is your time to shine! Salesforce.com is looking for a Strategy & Operations Trainee to support its Strategy and Operations team in EMEA, where you will work closely with Senior Sales Strategy Analysts and Directors to support all steps of our business planning, develop in-depth analyses and build reporting tools to track the performance of the business, generate actionable insights for our sales leaders and assist on a number of transformational initiatives.

If you have a strong analytical and consultative mindset, this is a great start for your career. With such quick turnaround, we don’t want our trainees to sit on the sidelines and enjoy the view - we want you to change the way our customers connect their business to the world!

You will be based in Dublin under a 12-month contract with the possibility of a permanent position, upon successful evaluation of your performance and contribution, within Salesforce after 12 months supporting our Cloud Sales organization from the London Office.

Your Impact
- Work closely with our sales forecasting tools - taking responsibility for updating and improving forecasting methodologies using Microsoft Excel, Salesforce.com and other Business Intelligence tools to track the business.
- Assist other team members to execute all steps of Salesforce’s Go-to-Market strategy in EMEA (market segmentation, headcount planning, implementation of sales territories, quota setting).
- Help to drive quarterly business reviews, strategic projects and transformational initiatives through pulling & analyzing data and summarizing key findings into PowerPoint presentations.
- Run different types of ad-hoc analyses to meet requests from other stakeholders inside the team or from sales leaders sitting in the regions.


Requirements

- Recently graduated in an analytical discipline such as engineering, computer science, business administration, commerce, economics, finance, etc.
- 0-2 years of experience (previous internships will be appreciated), ideally in management consulting or in business operations for an online / SaaS company.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with Business Intelligence tools would be a plus.
- Fluency in English is required, ability to conduct business in another European language is beneficial but not required.


- Ability to demonstrate strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
- Entrepreneurial drive and a “getting things done” attitude to achieve goals in a fast-paced environment.
- An outgoing, open personality with a clear desire to learn and develop.

About Salesforce

Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. We are the fastest growing of the top 10 enterprise software companies, one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies according to Forbes, and one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. The growth, innovation, and Aloha spirit of Salesforce are driven by our incredible employees who thrive on delivering success for our customers while also finding time to give back through our 1/1/1 model, which leverages 1% of our time, equity, and product to improve communities around the world. Salesforce is a team sport, and we play to win. Join us!

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