Commercial Insights Manager (Raleigh, NC)

JT International S.A. • Raleigh, NC

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About The Position

The Commercial Insights Manager is a strategic business partner within the Strategic Insights function and owns the Commercial Insights pillar across RMC, RRP, and trade intelligence. The role connects market truth, commercial interpretation, and business learning to support confident decisions across Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Leadership. It transforms complex market, retailer, customer, pricing, distribution, portfolio, and competitive data into business intelligence, recommendations, and executive-ready narratives that support strategic planning, performance management, and revenue growth management.

The position is accountable for maintaining high-quality commercial insight assets, strengthening reporting and dashboard capabilities, improving request routing and prioritization, and translating commercial analysis into practical business decisions. It requires analytical expertise, business acumen, stakeholder leadership, and the ability to guide analysts and cross-functional partners from data outputs to meaningful actions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 7–10+ years of experience in commercial analytics, strategic insights, category management, business intelligence, market research, sales analytics, brand or portfolio strategy, or related analytical roles within CPG, FMCG, retail, consulting, or adjacent industries.
• Fluent English with strong executive-level written and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability with strong business judgment.
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to integrate internal and external data, including syndicated market, retailer/customer, panel or consumer research, pricing, distribution, portfolio, promotional, and competitive performance data.
• Ability to translate complex analysis into strategic narratives, executive presentations, dashboards, and actionable recommendations.
• Strong project-management, prioritization, stakeholder-management, and request-routing capability.
• Understanding of commercial performance, revenue growth management, pricing architecture, distribution, trade investment, portfolio prioritization, and competitive dynamics.
• Ability to coach analysts, improve insight methodologies, and drive continuous improvement in reporting and decision-support assets.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience leading insight workstreams, managing stakeholders, guiding analysts, and translating syndicated, retailer, consumer, and internal performance data into commercial recommendations.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar BI and visualization platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead monitoring, analysis, and interpretation of market, retailer, category, brand, pricing, distribution, and competitive performance across relevant commercial areas; identify risks, growth opportunities, and emerging trends and explain their business implications.
• Integrate internal and external data to assess business drivers, quantify performance gaps, evaluate commercial initiatives, and develop scenario-based recommendations for portfolio management, revenue growth management, pricing, distribution, trade investment, and strategic state or channel priorities.
• Translate complex analyses into concise, executive-ready narratives, dashboards, business reviews, and recommendations to support timely decisions by leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Own and continuously improve commercial insights assets, reporting frameworks, dashboards, methodologies, and request-routing processes; ensure accuracy, repeatability, efficiency, and clarity.
• Connect Strategic Insights pillars, including Forecasting & Advanced Analytics and Consumer & Trade Insights, to align commercial interpretation with market truth and learning agendas.
• Guide analysts, manage external data or research partners as needed, and build stakeholder capability in using insights to drive action.

Benefits

• Annual performance-based bonus
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Personal Development Programs
• Medical, Dental & Vision Plan for employees and family members
• Life Insurance
• Matching 401(K)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Family Leave (20 weeks)
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Education/Tuition Assistance
• Volunteering Activities
• Employee Assistance Program (counseling services for employees and family members)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager