What You‘ll Do:
Lead sales operations and planning for the China Consumer business by driving operational excellence, planning integration, performance management, and execution governance across channels and customers. This role acts as a key commercial partner to China Sales Leadership, ensuring alignment between business priorities, planning processes, and field execution to improve responsiveness, productivity, and business performance.
The role owns the development and management of commercial operating rhythms, planning coordination, sales performance visibility, and operational effectiveness across the China business while partnering closely with Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Revenue Management, and regional stakeholders.
Operations & Execution Governance
- Lead China sales operations and execution processes to ensure alignment, operational discipline, and effective delivery of business priorities across channels and customers.
- Establish and manage clear operating cadences, performance reviews, and governance mechanisms that improve execution visibility, accountability, and responsiveness.
- Drive consistency and effectiveness in operational processes, reporting standards, and execution tracking across the commercial organization.
- Ensure accurate and timely sales reporting, operational tracking, and KPI visibility to support decision-making and business reviews.
Sales Planning & Business Integration
- Lead integration of key planning cycles including AOP, forecasting, S&OP, and long-range planning by aligning market demand signals, sales priorities, and operational requirements.
- Partner closely with Sales Leadership, Supply Chain, Finance, and Revenue Management to ensure business plans are actionable, aligned, and responsive to market realities.
- Support development of customer and channel plans by providing operational insights, performance visibility, and planning recommendations.
- Monitor business performance against targets and identify risks, gaps, and opportunities to improve sales effectiveness and operational execution.
Sales Performance Management
- Establish clear performance tracking frameworks across channels and customers, ensuring visibility into sales targets, execution KPIs, and business performance drivers.
- Drive structured performance reviews and operational follow-up processes to improve accountability and execution consistency.
- Monitor commercial performance trends and identify opportunities to improve sales productivity, execution quality, and operational effectiveness.
- Support administration and effectiveness tracking of sales incentive and operational performance programs.
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 49 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate
Goodyear is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.