Sales Operations Analyst - 4 months fixed term contract

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Sales​

Our Sales teams help to deliver Reckitt's purpose by building shared success with our customers, making access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment possible in-stores and online. Within Sales, we're focused on achieving outperformance across all of our channels, operating in highly competitive categories. This focus results in a dynamic, fast paced environment where cross functional teams are encouraged to collaborate to achieve success. We have around 10,000 sales people across the world, within market roles and ranging in areas like Field Sales, Key Accounts, Trade Marketing and Category Development.

About the role

You will be at the forefront of Reckitt’s commercial execution — supporting the sales organisation in delivering best-in-class performance with some of the UK’s largest retailers. This role provides a unique opportunity to gain exposure to the operational engine behind Reckitt’s commercial success, working closely with Sales, Finance and IVT teams to ensure strong governance, accurate forecasting and effective trade investment management.

Working within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, you will help strengthen the foundations that enable our National Account teams to execute winning commercial strategies. The role offers strong development potential and exposure to commercial decision-making within Reckitt’s UK business.

Your responsibilities

• Trade Investment Governance: Support the review, validation and clean‑up of promotional funding structures to ensure accurate trade investment tracking and compliance.
• Promotion Management: Validate promotional pots, funding allocations, promotion dates and PPG linkages to ensure alignment across Sales, Finance and IVT systems.
• Forecasting & Data Accuracy: Support improvements in forecast accuracy by ensuring promotional data inputs are correctly structured and maintained across internal systems
• Commercial Support: Provide analytical and operational support to National Account teams during key trading periods and where temporary resourcing gaps exist.
• Process Improvement: Contribute to strengthening governance around promotional management and forecasting inputs, helping to reduce month‑end corrections and financial risk.
• Strategic Exposure: Support projects exploring future operating models for sales operations, forecasting and cross‑functional governance

The experience we're looking for

• An entry level/graduate calibre candidate with strong analytical capability
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills with ability to manipulate and analyse large data sets
• Analytical Mindset with ability to identify inconsistencies & solve problems using data
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders at all levels of seniority
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, high‑performance environment.
• Strong curiosity about commercial operations and an ambition to develop within Reckitt’s Sales organisation.

The skills for success

Analytical thinking, Data analysis, Problem solving, Commercial awareness, Stakeholder management, Excel proficiency, Attention detail, Communication skills, Learning agility, Results orientation

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.