Senior Data Insights Manager (Retail)

Sinco - Newton, MA

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Newton, MA

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

Sinco Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager - Data Analytics to lead a team of analysts while actively contributing to data analysis, insights generation, and presentation development. This role blends leadership responsibilities with hands-on work to ensure timely, accurate, and impactful data-driven strategies. The position requires strong communication and presentation skills, as the candidate will regularly collaborate and present findings to internal stakeholders, client suppliers, and buyers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and mentor a team of three data analysts, providing guidance, training, and development opportunities.
• Establish clear goals for the analytics team, monitor progress, and conduct regular performance reviews.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative environment that encourages high-quality work and professional growth.
• Ensure effective resource allocation and prioritize projects to align with company objectives.
• Extract and analyze POS, direct retailer data, and panel data from various databases and platforms.
• Identify insights and specific opportunities based on analysis of retail and category data and provide recommendations to the account team.
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis and complete ad-hoc category management reports, trend analysis, and special project work for internal/external leaders as necessary.
• Develop dashboards that enable leadership to track the sales of Sinco suppliers and import and quickly understand market trends and opportunities.
• Personally conduct key analyses and create presentations for senior management, sales teams, and supplier partners.
• Lead high-impact presentations to retail customers, supplier partners, and internal stakeholders, positioning Sinco as a category expert.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure data-driven insights inform key strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Statistics, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in retail data and insights, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven ability to balance team leadership with hands-on data analysis and project execution.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking skills, with a problem-solving orientation.
• Extensive experience analyzing POS, retailer, and panel data to drive sales and share growth.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable, audience-specific insights.
• Experience with Power BI.
• Customer Service orientation.
• Experience with data analytics for retail.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Delta Training
• Experience with CPG's.
• Experience in the club channel.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-growing company that values innovation and excellence.
• A collaborative and supportive on-site work environment.
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Fully paid Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off