Data Analytics Manager

TJX•Marlborough, MA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Data Analytics Manager leads regional analytics delivery for Global Business Services (GBS), providing strategic insights, reporting, advanced analytics, and decision-support capabilities for global and regional stakeholders. Serving as a senior hands-on analytics expert with indirect leadership responsibility for India-based Senior Analysts, this role sets analytical standards, guides workload and priorities, and personally leads complex, high-impact initiatives that drive business performance, enable fact-based decision-making, and advance continuous improvement across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Analytics, or related discipline preferred (or equivalent experience).
6+ years of experience in data analytics, business intelligence, reporting, procurement analytics, or related analytical disciplines.

Responsibilities

Lead and actively contribute to complex analytical initiatives, personally delivering high-impact insights on strategic, cross-functional, and executive-level projects.
Provide indirect leadership to India-based Senior Analysts supporting regional priorities, setting analytical standards, guiding work quality, supporting training, and aligning resources to business needs.
Partner with stakeholders to define analytical requirements and develop data-driven recommendations, translating complex data into actionable insights through effective storytelling and visualization.
Oversee ad-hoc analysis, custom reporting, benchmarking studies, business case development, scenario planning, and performance measurement across the broader GBS functions.
Lead the development of advanced analytical models for priority initiatives, identifying opportunities, trends, risks, and operational improvements while coaching analysts on approach and methodology.
Support category planning, sourcing strategies, supplier evaluations, RFx events, supplier negotiations, and procurement initiatives through data-driven analysis and decision support.
Evaluate supplier proposals, pricing structures, commercial models, and bid scenarios, supporting TCO, baseline cost modelling, should-cost analysis, optimization initiatives, and fact-based decision making.
Establish analytical standards, evaluation methodologies, quality controls, and data governance practices to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of analytics deliverables.
Lead the design and enhancement of reporting solutions, dashboards, scorecards, and KPI frameworks that support departmental and organizational objectives.
Ensure reporting accuracy, consistency, and data governance while delivering executive and leadership reporting through insightful metrics, performance analysis, and visualization.
Drive automation and continuous improvement by partnering with Federated Automation and AI teams to implement low-code, no-code, AI-enabled, and advanced analytics solutions.
Lead initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, stakeholder experience, adoption of modern reporting and analytics technologies, and overall analytics capability maturity.
Act as a trusted advisor and senior analytical subject matter expert, providing recommendations and hands-on support for business challenges, sourcing activities, strategic initiatives, and executive requests.
Communicate risks, opportunities, and business impacts to stakeholders and leadership teams, representing the Planning & Analytics function in cross-functional initiatives and strategic projects.
Act as the primary point of contact for third-party platforms and data providers leveraged by the Planning & Analytics team, managing vendor relationships, platform support requests, user guidance, and supplier deliverables to ensure outputs meet business needs.
Develop and deliver training, guidance materials, and ongoing support for Planning & Analytics-owned tools, applications, reporting solutions, and third-party platforms to drive adoption and user capability.