SCOPE OF POSITION
- The Manager, Commercial Analytics & Insights leads the Commercial Analytics function and serves as a
- strategic business partner to Sales Leadership. This role is responsible for delivering the analysis, insights,
- forecasting, pricing support, and business intelligence necessary to drive profitable growth, improve
- commercial performance, and support executive decision-making.
- The position oversees commercial analytics resources and partners closely with Sales, Finance, Commercial
- Operations, Marketing, Product Management, Operations, and Executive Leadership to identify growth
- opportunities, improve forecasting accuracy, optimize profitability, and strengthen commercial execution.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
- requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
- accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions,
- including but not necessarily limited to the following:
COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE & BUSINESS INSIGHTS
- Lead commercial performance reporting, KPI management, dashboards, and executive scorecards.
- Analyze revenue, bookings, backlog, margin, product mix, customer performance, and sales
- productivity.
- Identify business risks, opportunities, trends, and performance gaps.
- Provide actionable recommendations to Sales Leadership and Executive Management.
FORECASTING & STRATEGIC PLANNING
- Support annual operating plans, sales planning, forecasting, and long-range growth planning.
- Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases.
- Improve forecast accuracy and commercial visibility.
- Evaluate the financial impact of growth initiatives, investments, and organizational changes.
PRICING & PROFITABILITY
- Lead customer, channel, product, market, and territory profitability analysis.
- Support pricing strategy, discount analysis, margin improvement, and profitability optimization.
- Partner with Commercial Operations and Finance to strengthen pricing discipline and governance.
MARKET & GROWTH ANALYTICS
- Conduct market sizing, territory potential, customer segmentation, and white-space analysis.
- Support account prioritization, territory planning, resource allocation, and growth initiatives.
- Evaluate market opportunities, competitive activity, and commercial investment decisions.
LEADERSHIP & TEAM DEVELOPMENT
- Lead, coach, and develop Commercial Analytics team members.
- Establish analytical standards, reporting methodologies, and best practices.
- Manage priorities, workloads, performance, and employee development.
- Build organizational capability to support future commercial growth.
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PARTNERSHIP
- Partner with Sales Operations, Finance, Marketing, Product Management, Commercial Operations, and
- Operations to drive data-driven decision-making.
- Present recommendations and insights to senior leadership.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Director of Sales Operations and Vice President of Sales.
- KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS/ EXPERIENCE/ EDUCATION: (Minimum Education and/or Experience required)
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Analytics, Statistics, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in Commercial Analytics, Sales Finance, FP&A, Sales Operations, Commercial
- Finance, Business Intelligence, or related disciplines.
- Previous leadership experience managing employees or leading analytical teams.
- Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, business planning, and profitability analysis experience.
- Strong experience with CRM, ERP, and business intelligence platforms.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint.
- Proven experience supporting senior commercial leaders and influencing business decisions.
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Manufacturing, building products, industrial, or construction industry experience preferred.
- Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics experience preferred.
COMPETENCIES
Commercial Finance
Strategic Planning
Forecasting & Analytics
Market & Customer Analysis
Executive Communication
Business Intelligence
Team Leadership
Cross-Functional Influence
Data-Driven Decision Making
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Directly manages Commercial Analytics personnel and is responsible for hiring, coaching, performance
management, employee development, succession planning, and departmental capability building.
PAY & BENEFITS
Annual Salary Range: $120,000 – $145,000. Range will vary by experience and geographic market.
Bonus Plan
- Medical & Prescription benefits with company contribution
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Disability benefits
Life Insurance
Tuition Assistance
- 401(k) program with match
- 3 weeks PTO
- 10 Paid Holidays + 4 Floating holidays
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