Commercial Strategy Manager (Beauty)
External job listingat The Talent Magnet
Commercial strategy role turning beauty retail performance data into business decisions, with retail CPG experience and cross-channel expertise required.
Salary
Not provided
Location
New York, United States
Employment type
Full time
Workplace
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Commercial Strategy Manager (Beauty)
New York, United States
Job description
About the role
The Talent Magnet is seeking a Manager of Commercial Strategy for a leading global beauty brand. This commercially focused strategy role turns retail performance data into clear business decisions. It is not a shopper marketing or retail activation role.
The role requires understanding how branded CPG businesses grow across mass, drug, grocery, club, specialty and e-commerce channels.
Responsibilities
- Lead quarterly business reviews, translating retailer, category, brand and SKU performance into a concise commercial narrative with implications and recommended actions.
- Analyze syndicated, retailer and internal shipment data to identify distribution opportunities, velocity gaps, assortment risks, pricing and promotional dynamics, market share movement and sources of growth.
- Build fact-based perspectives on performance by retailer, channel, category and brand, distinguishing short-term fluctuations from structural opportunities or risks.
- Partner with Sales and Marketing to turn insights into commercial priorities, customer plans, innovation choices and investment decisions.
- Develop recurring scorecards and decision tools that provide one reliable view of business performance.
- Support annual planning, forecasting and long-range growth initiatives with market sizing, opportunity assessments and scenario analysis.
- Evaluate new product performance, distribution productivity and assortment effectiveness, and recommend where the portfolio should expand, protect or redirect resources.
- Present findings and recommendations to senior leaders with clarity, confidence and appropriate commercial challenge.
- Improve tools, routines and cross-functional ways of working that connect data to faster, better decisions in an evolving environment.
Requirements
- Retail CPG experience is required.
- Strong understanding of how branded products perform and grow through major retail customers and channels.
- Typically 5 or more...
Key facts
- Retail CPG experience is required.
- The role covers mass, drug, grocery, club, specialty and e-commerce channels.
Frequently asked questions
What does the role involve?
It turns retail performance data into clear business decisions and develops commercial perspectives, recommendations and decision tools.
What experience is required?
Retail CPG experience is required, along with a strong understanding of how branded products perform and grow through major retail customers and channels.
Which channels does the role cover?
The role focuses on mass, drug, grocery, club, specialty and e-commerce channels.