Sales Analyst

Job description / Role

Working closely with Sales, Product and Engineering teams, your role will broadly involve:

• Full ownership of overall sales strategy and its fit with the organizational goals and product delivery roadmap
• Lead process improvements and collaborate cross departments to ensure firm-wide optimal resource utilization
• Design incentive structures that represent business objectives and establish KPIs to monitor and track progress on these objectives
• Benchmark team, team lead, and individual performance to optimally segment sales territory ownerships
• Deep dive into data flow from product and sales channels to recognize and leverage improvement opportunities based on industry best practices
• Monitor business trends, conduct root cause analyses, and dynamically adapt sales process to maximize profit
• Ensure the CRM systems stay in line with the business objectives, fully capturing business critical information

The position offers high visibility and frequent interactions with top management, the chance to solve complex business problems at the cutting edge of the industry, as well as hands-on business building experience with exposure across all business verticals.

A very competitive tax-free compensation package is offered.

• 2–5 years of experience in Sales Analysis or similar analytical roles
• Strong proficiency in Power BI, SQL, Excel modelling, and dashboard creation
• Ability to interpret large data sets and generate actionable insights
• Solid understanding of key sales metrics (pipeline, conversions, revenue, CAC, retention)
• Experience working with CRM tools (Salesforce, HubSpot, or similar)
• Strong communication and presentation skills; able to explain data in simple terms
• Detail-oriented with excellent problem-solving abilities
• Ability to support forecasting, KPI tracking, and sales planning
• Experience collaborating with sales, marketing, and leadership teams
• Capable of identifying trends, gaps, and opportunities to improve sales performance
• Organized, proactive, and comfortable working in fast-paced environments

About the Company

GulfTalent is one of the largest online portals serving the Middle East region. Founded in 2005, it is now used by 10 million individuals and 9,000 companies.

GulfTalent is run by a seasoned team of young professionals with diverse backgrounds across different industries, including management consulting, private equity, finance, e-commerce, information technology, education and recruitment. The team also brings together a wealth of international experience across four continents.

This is your chance to join a growing company and a winning team, and to work with creative, hard-working individuals in a fast-paced, energizing environment. Team members benefit from extensive training, excellent learning opportunities, competitive compensation packages and rapid promotion.