Sales Operations Analyst, Pacific

Job Description

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Activision Blizzard plays a centralized role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain. Located in our global headquarters in Santa Monica, we encompass equal parts agility, creativity and rigor to enhance the employee and player experience. To learn more, check us out at www.activisionblizzard.com or on Twitter at @ATVI_AB.

Your Mission

Activision Blizzard has an immediate opening for a Sales Operations Analyst to work within our Commercial organization for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. This person will support all aspects of sales operations (both retail and digital) in Asia Pacific and act as a trusted member of the Commercial team in the region. Additionally, this person will play an important support role in ensuring we achieve our strategic objectives with key partners in the region through best in class planning, support and execution.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

Asset Management
• Asset management and delivery – dissemination of digital marketing assets to APAC partners;
• Work with international teams to procure storefront assets to meet first party partner deadlines;
• Localization of assets for distribution partners (Pre-order, Pre-launch, launch & post launch);

Budgeting & Tracking
• Gain a deep understanding of the yearly commercial budgets and maintain budget trackers;
• Work with the Digital Commercial Manager to manage marketing budget spend allocations for digital releases with distribution & agency partners;
• Gain a detailed understanding of our internal data systems and use these to help inform digital decision making;
• New release sales/operations forecast – weekly analysis post launch to monitor progress;
• Responsibility for 12 week rolling sales forecast, tracked against Annual Operating Plan (AOP)/quarterly forecast;
• Sales / Operations demand forecasting;

Reporting
• Updating & distribution of retail and digital sales reports vs AOP weekly;
• Collate APAC storefront initiatives / reporting and present to internal global stakeholders;
• Pre-order tracking, competitor info and comp analysis;
• GSD (market data) reporting weekly;
Operations
• Raise purchase orders for digital storefront and marketing activity;
• Process voucher requests for studio testing and submission forms working with our International teams and APAC first party partners;
• Work with Senior Commercial Manager and Insights & Analytics team to support the development of an
overarching digital strategy and execution plans;
• Be the key contact within the commercial team for product related details (release dates, key beats etc.);
• Stock management – monitoring of weekly physical sales, sell-thru, operations stock on hand;
• Catalogue management / ongoing weekly;
• Own the process of product ratings and submissions process working with relevant studio teams to flag any potential risks to rating approval;
• Cross functional conduit for PR, marketing and communications to distribution partners across the region;
• Assist in setting up digital POSA at retail across the region;
• Responsibility for raising all purchase orders in Datavision and Oracle;
• Responsibility for ordering of codes for pre-order, beta, launch and distribution;
• Assist in global digital and physical pricing alignment;

Partner Management Support
• Work with regional first party teams and Commercial Managers to present our store plans in detail and drive our overarching digital strategy;
• Work with Senior Commercial Manager and Brand teams across APAC on commercial initiatives (new release pricing, promotional campaigns etc);
• Collaborate with APAC first party teams to ensure our brands and key beats are fully supported on their channels;

Player Profile

Skills and Knowledge
• A minimum of 3 years previous experience, within Asia Pacific region (games, technology, media or entertainment an advantage).
• Team player with the ability to deliver results.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written to deal with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders.
• Solid presentation skills.
• Understanding of the retail and digital entertainment market.
• Solid analytical skills, financial lieracy.
• Understanding of the technical aspects of first party game consoles.
• Supply chain knowledge.

About Activision Blizzard Media

Activision Blizzard Media is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the western world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, esports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming franchises such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®.

The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences. We have built a new team to introduce innovative, impactful, and rewarding advertising experiences to our huge audience of highly-engaged players. We are looking for new talents to help take our emergent media offering to the next level.

We need all sorts of heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace, great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply can't expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people.

Ready to play?

Come join our world and work alongside some of the best and brightest minds in the business.

All applications should be made in English.

Discover more at https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rv7k7n-3-141-24-134-42 in your application.