Commercial Strategy & Analytics Manager

• Commercial Strategy & Analytics Manager
• Location: Remote (United States)

• A growing consumer products organization is seeking a Commercial Strategy & Analytics Manager to help drive strategic decision-making across sales, marketing, and product strategy.
• This is not a traditional reporting role. This individual will serve as a thought partner to commercial leadership, using data and market insights to identify growth opportunities, optimize resource allocation, and guide go-to-market strategy across multiple channels.
• The ideal candidate brings a blend of commercial analytics, category and customer insight, strategic thinking, and business judgment, with the ability to translate complex information into actionable recommendations that influence business performance.

• What You'll Do
• Analyze product, customer, channel, and market data to identify opportunities for revenue growth and profitability improvement
• Provide clear, actionable recommendations regarding:
• where to focus commercial resources
• which products and categories to prioritize
• how to optimize promotional and marketing investments
• 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

• What We're Looking For
• Required Qualifications
• 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
• Preferred Qualifications
• 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

• What Sets This Role Apart
• 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

If you enjoy uncovering growth opportunities, translating data into business action, and helping leadership make smarter commercial decisions, we'd welcome the opportunity to speak with you.

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