Sr. Analyst, Sales Operations, Kensington
Date: Jun 24, 2025
Location: Lake Zurich, IL, US, 60047
Company: accobrands
At Kensington, we pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture that empowers us to think creatively, share our thoughts, collaborate, and voice our opinions. It’s how we’ve innovated, inspired, led, learned, and succeeded for 40 years. Headquartered in Burlingame, California, Kensington is a division of ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO), one of the world’s largest designers, marketers, and manufacturers of branded academic, consumer and business products, sold in more than 100 countries across the globe.
Job Summary
A Senior Analyst, Sales Operations plays a crucial role by aligning strategic planning, providing valuable analysis, and ensuring effective execution for Kensington. In this role, the Senior Analyst, Operations will aim to optimize sales operations, enhance performance, and identify and facilitate business growth opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning Analysis and Support
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- Develop, manage, and implement business planning tools and processes that assist in identifying and aligning organizational resources with our overall business goals and objectives.
- Data Analysis
- Analyze market trends, financial data, business performance, and sales data to forecast trends and develop actionable plans and recommendations. Identify new opportunities and facilitate informed decision-making using data-based insights.
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Collaborate with regional product management, sales, marketing, finance, global sourcing, North America supply chain, and other departments to ensure cohesive planning and execution.
- Performance Monitoring
- Track sales performance metrics and KPIs, providing insights and recommendations for improvement.
- Process Improvement
- Identify and drive initiatives to enhance sales processes, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.
- Risk Management
- Assess potential risks in sales and business operations and assist in developing strategies to mitigate them.
- Communication
- Facilitate effective communication within the regional and global teams to ensure alignment and transparency.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, or a related field
- 5+ years in sales operations, business operations, or a related role
- Proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling.
- Ability to develop and implement effective business plans.
- Solid experience in working with various departments to align strategies and objectives.
- Strong verbal and written communication abilities to facilitate collaboration and reporting.
- Familiarity with salesforce, data analysis tools, and other relevant software.
- Strong skills in identifying issues and developing effective solutions.
Salary Range: $84,630 - $96,000
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About Us:
You know our brands. You love our brands. You just may not know they are ours.
If you have touched a PowerA® gaming controller, a Five Star® notebook, a Swingline® stapler, a Quartet® dry erase board, or a Kensington® computer mouse, you have touched part of ACCO Brands Corporation. With annual revenues of over $2 Billion, ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO) designs, markets, manufactures and sells branded academic, consumer and business products globally. The power of our brands, our unmatched global customer reach, and our strategic market strengths put us in a position to achieve global leadership and growth. We're proud of our long history of industry leadership and innovation and are focused on delivering exceptional value to our customers by providing unique, cutting-edge, branded products.
Apply and build a successful future with ACCO Brands.
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More information about ACCO Brands, the Home of Great Brands Built by Great People, can be found at www.accobrands.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At ACCO Brands, we are committed to providing an environment of fairness and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical and mental disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. ACCO Brands believes that a diverse and inclusive work environment is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
AODA
Accommodation for applicants with disabilities will be provided in all parts of the recruiting process as required under the ACCO Brands Canada AODA policy. Applicants are asked to make their needs known in advance.
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