This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Min Experience: 8+ years
Location: India
JobType: full-time
We are looking for an experienced Manager – Analytics & Insights to lead analytics teams, manage stakeholder relationships, and drive insights-led decision-making across FMCG/CPG business functions.
The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in consumer and brand insights, sales and commercial analytics, and business performance measurement. This role requires a combination of hands-on analytical capabilities, people management experience, and strong business acumen to translate complex data into actionable recommendations that support strategic business objectives.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage cross-functional analytics and insights teams, ensuring effective execution and delivery of business requirements.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to understand business priorities, identify analytical needs, and support strategic initiatives.
- Manage stakeholder expectations by negotiating priorities, timelines, deliverables, and resource requirements.
- Analyse consumer, brand, sales, and commercial data to generate actionable business insights and recommendations.
- Drive regular reporting, business performance reviews, and data-led decision-making across functions.
- Monitor key consumer, brand, pricing, distribution, and business performance metrics.
- Present analytical findings, insights, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and business stakeholders.
- Mentor and develop team members while fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high-performance culture.
- Ensure the accuracy, quality, and timely delivery of analytics outputs and management reports.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, analytical frameworks, and insights-generation capabilities.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in FMCG/CPG analytics, consumer insights, brand insights, or related functions.
- Proven experience in people management, team leadership, and managing analytics professionals.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Hands-on experience working with consumer insights and brand insights data.
- Strong understanding of:
- Consumer KPIs and metrics
- Brand KPIs and metrics
- Pricing analytics
- Distribution analytics
- Business performance metrics
- Strong business acumen and the ability to convert analytical findings into strategic business recommendations.
- Advanced hands-on proficiency in:
- NIQ / Kantar / IRI
- Microsoft Excel
- Power Query
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Must-Have Skills
- FMCG Analytics
- People Management
- Power BI
Good-to-Have Skills
- Sales Reporting
- Commercial Reporting
- Revenue Growth Management (RGM)
Preferred Skills
- Experience in sales and commercial reporting.
- Exposure to Revenue Growth Management (RGM) practices and frameworks.
- Working knowledge of Power BI and business intelligence reporting.
- Previous experience managing large analytics or consumer insights teams.
- Ability to communicate complex analytical findings clearly and influence business decisions through data-driven recommendations.