Commercial Strategy & Analytics Manager

• →Analyze product, customer, channel, and market data to identify opportunities for revenue growth and profitability improvement
• →Provide clear, actionable recommendations regarding:

o  where to focus commercial resources

o  which products and categories to prioritize

o  how to optimize promotional and marketing investments

o  opportunities to improve commercial effectiveness and business performance

• →Evaluate market trends, competitive positioning, and business performance drivers
• →Leverage syndicated, customer, market, and internal business data to generate strategic insights
• →Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and leadership teams to influence business decisions
• →Build business cases and analyses that support growth initiatives and resource allocation decisions
• →Translate data into executive-ready recommendations and presentations
• →Support strategic planning efforts through ongoing market and business analysis
• →Identify emerging opportunities, risks, and market dynamics that impact growth and profitability

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Marketing, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience supporting commercial, category, pricing, sales strategy, customer strategy, business planning, market intelligence, or growth-focused analytics initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to translate data into business recommendations and strategic insights
• Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders and supporting business decision-making
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
• Advanced Excel and business analysis capabilities
• Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
• Ability to connect market, customer, and business data to actionable recommendations

• Experience within consumer products, food & beverage, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, or other commercially driven industries
• Experience evaluating category performance, customer opportunities, promotional effectiveness, pricing dynamics, or growth initiatives
• Experience supporting commercial, sales, marketing, or business leadership teams
• Experience with syndicated data, market intelligence, customer analytics, or business planning processes
• Exposure to AI-enabled analytics tools, automation, or advanced business intelligence platforms
• MBA or advanced degree is a plus

• Direct visibility to senior leadership
• Opportunity to influence commercial strategy and business priorities
• High degree of ownership and autonomy
• Broad exposure across sales, marketing, product, and business functions
• Ability to directly impact growth, profitability, and strategic decision-making
• Fully remote work environment within the United States

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