Commercial Strategy & Planning Associate

Uber Uber · Consumer · Mexico City, Mexico · Operations

This role focuses on Sales Operations and Commercial Strategy & Planning, supporting core GTM processes like forecasting, pipeline analysis, territory design, and quota setting. It involves collaborating with stakeholders to identify operational gaps, executing compensation planning, and participating in strategic planning to drive business goals. The role requires strong analytical capabilities, data fluency, and proficiency in tools like Excel, SQL, and CRM systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support and manage core GTM processes such as forecasting, pipeline analysis, territory design, and quota setting
  2. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify operational gaps and recommend scalable solutions
  3. Execute and enhance processes for compensation planning, tracking, and payout (as applicable)
  4. Participate in strategic planning and support leadership with insights and recommendations
  5. Drive cross-functional project execution aligned with business goals

Skills

Required

  • Business & Functional Expertise: Understands the sales lifecycle, sales compensation plans, and key operational levers impacting sales performance and efficiency
  • Strategic Thinking & Execution: Aligns daily work to business objectives and improves operational outcomes.
  • Analytical Capability & Data Fluency: Ability to manage and navigate complex sales data (e.g., pipeline, bookings, forecast) in a way that generates meaningful insights for commercial teams to optimize sales performance and strategy.
  • Communication: Provides clear, actionable reporting and facilitates cross-functional alignment.
  • Innovation & Problem Solving: Applies structured thinking to improve processes and address operational issues
  • Intermediate + proficiency in Microsoft Excel, SQL, Google Sheets, PowerPoint (or Google Slides), and CRM tools such as Salesforce

Nice to have

  • Operational Excellence: Understanding of the sales motion, financial planning, resource allocation, and quota modeling. Can execute related processes with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Stakeholder Management & Influence: Builds trust and collaborates effectively with Sales, Finance, and cross-functional partners; able to influence without positional authority
  • Advanced Excel and SQL

What the JD emphasized

  • Understand the sales lifecycle, sales compensation plans, and key operational levers impacting sales performance and efficiency
  • Ability to manage and navigate complex sales data (e.g., pipeline, bookings, forecast) in a way that generates meaningful insights for commercial teams to optimize sales performance and strategy.
  • Advanced Excel and SQL