Xylem Inc

Sales Operations & Business Intelligence Analyst

Xylem Inc$70K — $95K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Economics, Finance, or related field.
  • 4–8 years of experience in Sales Operations, Business Analytics, or transformation support within a B2B or industrial environment.
  • Strong proficiency in Power BI, including dashboard development and data modeling.
  • Advanced experience using Salesforce and CRM?driven sales processes.
  • Proven ability to structure, analyze, and interpret complex datasets.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze commercial and transformation data to identify performance gaps, risks, and growth opportunities.
  • Strengthen forecasting accuracy and pipeline visibility through Salesforce reporting and improved data discipline.
  • Build and maintain Power BI dashboards to support performance reviews and strategic initiatives.
  • Conduct deep-dive analyses on bookings, revenue, margin, backlog, funnel health, and project profitability.
  • Prepare executive-ready presentations and data visualizations for strategic reviews.
  • Collaborate with Growth, CI, and country leaders to support transformation workshops and execution tracking.
  • Drive reporting automation and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce manual work.

Benefits

  • Paid Volunteer Program, Xylem Watermark, allowing employees to contribute to solving water issues.
  • Commitment to employee well-being through inclusion, belonging, and Employee Resource Groups (ERG).
  • Dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment free from discrimination or harassment.
Full Job Description

The Role:


As the Sales Operations & Business Intelligence Analyst 6 Growth Execution (Americas), you will power the analytical engine behind Xylem9s growth and transformation strategy. Sitting at the intersection of sales operations, commercial strategy, and data intelligence, this role transforms complex business data into clear, executiveadready insights that improve forecast accuracy, strengthen sales discipline, and accelerate growth execution.


You will partner closely with Sales leadership, Growth and Continuous Improvement (CI) teams, and country leaders across the Americas to elevate data quality, modernize reporting, and enable faster, more disciplined, dataadriven decisionadmaking.

This role is ideal for someone who is anticipatory, businessadimmersed, and proactivead 6someone who seeks to identify risks and opportunities before they appear in standard metrics and who is eager to deeply understand how the business operates.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Analyze commercial and transformation data to identify performance gaps, earlyadwarning risks, and growth opportunities

  • Strengthen forecasting accuracy and pipeline visibility through Salesforce reporting, CRM data governance, and improved data discipline

  • Build, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards supporting performance reviews, strategic initiatives, and transformation execution

  • Conduct deepaddive analyses on bookings, revenue, margin, backlog, funnel health, and project profitability

  • Prepare executiveadready presentations and data visualizations for regional and country leadership reviews

  • Collaborate with Growth, CI, Sales, and country leaders to support transformation workshops, execution tracking, and followadthrough

  • Drive reporting automation and continuous improvement initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve insight quality

  • Support adjacent analytical missions including inventory turnover, funnel reviews, channel performance, and execution effectiveness


Stakeholder Engagement

  • Act as a trusted business partner to Sales, Finance, Inside Sales, Operations, Channel Strategy, Growth, and CI teams

  • Present structured, actionable insights to regional and country leadership, supporting strategic and operational decisionadmaking


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor9s degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Economics, Finance, or a related field

  • 4 68 years of experience in Sales Operations, Business Analytics, or transformation support within a B2B or industrial environment

  • Strong proficiency in Power BI, including dashboard development and data modeling

  • Advanced experience using Salesforce and CRMaddriven sales processes

  • Proven ability to structure, analyze, and interpret complex datasets

  • Experience supporting forecasting, performance management, and commercial review cycles


Preferred Qualifications

  • Proficiency with SQL, Tableau, and additional BI or analytics tools

  • Familiarity with Lean / Continuous Improvement frameworks (e.g., Bowler charts, Xadmatrix, A3s, TLIP, GDP)*

  • Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and multiadsource data environments

  • Interest in AI tools, advanced analytics, and reporting automation

*Lean terminology will be explained during onboarding; prior exposure is helpful but not required.

Core Competencies

  • Anticipatory, businessadimmersed mindset with the discipline to recognize early performance signals and translate insight into action

  • Strong commercial acumen, including understanding of revenue, margin, backlog, and funnel performance drivers

  • Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, executiveadready insights

  • Excellent communication and stakeholderadmanagement skills

  • Highadownership mindset with curiosity, energy, and a continuous improvement orientation

  • Collaborative, structured, and growthadoriented working style


Impact of the Role


In this role, you directly strengthen forecast accuracy, sales discipline, and growth execution across the Americas. You will modernize commercial reporting capabilities and influence how performance is measured, managed, and acceleratedad 6playing a visible role in delivering Xylem9s growth and transformation strategy.


Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and readuse. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of inclusion and belonging in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.

About Xylem Inc

Xylem is a water technology company that designs and manufactures innovative solutions to meet the world's water needs. They provide water and wastewater applications with a broad portfolio of products and services that address the full cycle of water, from collection, distribution and use to the return of water to the environment. Xylem operates in more than 150 countries and has a workforce of over 17,000 employees. The company was spun off from ITT Corporation in 2011 and is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York.
Learn more about Xylem Inc
Size
17,300 employees
Market Cap
$19.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$254 million
5 Year Trend
+6.6%
Revenue
$4.8 billion
NASDAQ

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