Manager, Commercial Excellence Analytics

Suntory Global Spirits • Chicago, IL

7d • $100,000 - $130,000

About The Position

The Manager, Commercial Excellence Analytics partners with the US business to translate marketplace performance into actionable recommendations that accelerate growth and improve performance against plan. Embedded with US brand and commercial stakeholders, this role analyzes performance across regions, channels, and brands, connecting business results with consumer and shopper behavior, route-to-market execution, and investment choices.

The role leads analytics and performance management for PDR and BSMART forums, including data structure, visualization, capture, analysis, and recommendations. It supports diagnostic workshops and leads analytics for PDCA workstreams, including data capture and visualization, hypothesis development and A/B testing, and analysis of in-market results. The position also supports PDCA storytelling and the deployment, adoption, and enhancement of AI tools for Performance Management.

A key part of the role is translating complex data into concise, business-ready narratives and building strong relationships across US Sales, Brand, and S&OP. The Manager partners with the US Insights and Analytics organization to apply best practices, contextualize findings with consumer and shopper understanding, and avoid duplicative analysis.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of experience in commercial analytics, sales analytics, business intelligence, category insights, revenue growth management, or marketplace performance analytics.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Ability to synthesize multiple US data sources and drive business impact, including sources such as NIQ, Circana, NABCA, CGA, distributor depletion data, shipment data, retailer or scan data, account-level execution data, financial data, and internal planning tools.
• Strong understanding of US commercial drivers, including distribution, velocity, share, price and mix, promotional effectiveness, assortment, channel dynamics, retail execution, and category trends.
• Ability to connect data, field realities, customer needs, and brand priorities to practical decisions and measurable business outcomes.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to influence senior leaders, sales teams, distributor partners, and cross-functional stakeholders through concise, insight-led storytelling.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, prioritize across multiple business needs, manage ambiguity, and escalate issues appropriately while maintaining momentum.
• Strong numeracy, business acumen, and attention to detail, including the ability to validate data, identify inconsistencies, and ensure confidence in decision-making outputs.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams simultaneously, including recurring reporting, ad-hoc business questions, and executive updates.
• Broader CPG experience involving syndicated data, retail execution, distributor management, or national account analytics is required.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Business Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• Commercial analytics experience in a US CPG or beverage alcohol environment.
• Experience building dashboards, scorecards, executive-ready performance views, and commercial analytics tools.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Power Query, Python, R, or similar data manipulation and automation tools.
• US beverage alcohol experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an analytics partner to US brand and commercial stakeholders, translating marketplace performance into execution-focused recommendations.
• Analyze business performance across regions, channels, and brands to identify growth drivers and improve performance against plan.
• Lead analytics connecting business performance, consumer and shopper behavior, route-to-market execution, and investment choices to US growth priorities.
• Own analytics for US Performance Management in PDR and BSMART forums, including data structure, visualization, data capture, analysis, and recommendations.
• Enable diagnostic workshops by helping cross-functional teams identify and prioritize performance drivers and barriers and convert them into discussion topics and actionable recommendations.
• Lead analytics for PDCA workstreams, including data structure and capture, visualization, hypothesis development and A/B testing, and measurement and analysis of in-market tests.
• Support development of PDCA storytelling and share data-based learnings across the enterprise.
• Support deployment, ongoing adoption, and enhancement of AI tools that support Performance Management.
• Translate complex data into concise, business-ready narratives for PDCA and performance management forums.
• Build relationships with US Sales, Brand, and S&OP stakeholders to provide relevant insights and performance visibility.
• Partner with US Insights and Analytics to follow best practices, contextualize data with consumer and shopper understanding, and avoid duplicative analysis and reviews.
• Manage recurring performance reporting, ad-hoc business questions, executive updates, and multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• 401K match
• Profit sharing
• Medical benefits
• Wellness benefits
• Possible relocation assistance, depending on role requirements and company guidelines

What This Job Offers

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