Brand Insights & Analytics Manager bei Jazwares

As the Brand Insights & Analytics Manager, you will be responsible for utilizing market research and trend analysis to make strategic recommendations to your assigned brands, ensuring brand strategy is successful and profitable. This role serves as a subject matter expert, providing strategic guidance for their assigned portfolio of brands. This role requires an individual who is hands-on and strategic, performance and profitability-oriented, has an innovative mindset, and can be adaptive and flexible to the needs of the business. Possible brand categories include Squishmallow/ Plush / Action Figures / Preschool / Dolls / Building Sets.

What You Will Do: 

• Leverage Circana's syndicated data to evaluate the market forces for the overall toy industry.
• Collaborate in the development of product lines by uncovering market insights, opportunities, and new routes to market.
• Visualize compelling stories to represent the voice of the consumer.
• Conduct various ad-hoc reporting analyses to produce insights for the Global Brand Team's strategy, including but not limited to: trend analyses, sell-through, item velocity/productivity, pricing optimization, promotional impacts, and closeout mitigation.
• Provide guidance on optimizing shelf space to maximize sales & profitability.
• Act as a thought-leader, making the connection across departments, data sets, and processes to driver synergies within the organization.
• Influence strategic decisions of product go/no-goes, portfolio rationalization, and Brand spends.
• Partner with the BI & Data Team to recommend, develop, and implement improvements to dashboarding to drive scalable automation of reporting.
• Assess the impact of content releases has on the business and the overall Industry sales.
• Build and own Brand P&L pro-formas and provide the Global Brand Teams governance guardrails during their development negotiations of item's factory costs, quotas, and tooling targets.
• Uncover new ways for revenue enhancement and cost savings.
• Represent a financial & strategic perspective during cross-functional meetings, driving profitability & ROI conversations within the organization.
• Prepare reporting to be reviewed on a rolling basis for Jazwares' Senior Leadership, Licensors, & other external stakeholders.

Supervisor Responsibilities

Manages People: No

What We Are Looking For: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, statistics preferred 
• 3+ years of relevant experience in a consumer insights, brand strategy, or brand finance role, preferably in the toy, consumer packaged goods, or retail industry
• Must have a proven track record of delivering business value by making recommendations utilizing data insights
• Experience interpreting a strategic vision into actionable operations
• Strong quantitative intuition and data visualization skills 
• Hands-on strategic professional
• Strong analytical skills with outstanding attention to detail
• Advanced communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to effectively communicate complex analyses to diverse audiences
• Ability to query, clean, and organize data with great attention to detail
• Effectively manage competing timelines and priorities
• Ability to develop and maintain good relationships across teams and communicate with people at all hierarchical levels
• Action-oriented
• Collaborative and flexible style with strong service mentality

Preferred Qualifications                                                                                                                      

• Circana or Walmart Luminate experience a plus
• Experience working in a global company
• Multilingual a plus                                                                                                                                                                              

Working Conditions

• Environment: Office
• Extreme Exposures: None
• Schedule: Typically requires regular office hours, but may require calls with global counterparts outside of normal office hours occasionally
• Physical Requirements:
  • Lift up to 10 lbs
  • Must be able to stand, walk, sit, hear, and see frequently
• Travel Required: Yes, travel may occasionally be required  

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

What we offer:  

The base salary may vary based on experience, role tenure, performance, industry, and location. Eligibility for the annual performance incentive may apply. Jazwares is a multi-state employer, so the salary range may not apply to other states.  

Our benefits package includes basic medical insurance that is 100% company-paid for employees and their children, employee basic life and AD&D insurance, a 401(K) retirement program with Jazwares matching up to 4% of pretax or post-tax deferrals, short and long-term disability, and tuition reimbursement.   

Our work environment provides a flexible work schedule that includes a Monday through Thursday on-site, with an optional WFH on Fridays, up to 20 workdays fully remote each year, and Time Off for vacation and sick leave.  Through Jazwares Cares, you will have the opportunity to volunteer for up to 16 hours a year on community service projects.  

Working at Jazwares  

At Jazwares, we believe an innovative idea can come from anywhere and anyone. Through our three pillars, we foster innovation and encourage creativity in every area of our business.  

• Passion: Our conviction and enthusiasm show in our products, relationships, and commitment to our community.
• Collaboration: We share one vision worldwide, constantly striving to improve and innovate together.
• Humility: We recognize the value in others and treat everyone with respect. Our strength lies in our people and talent.

Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to be part of the fastest-growing toy company in the industry. Connect with us today, and let's shape the future of play together!   

JAZWARES is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, age, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Jazwares is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.  

Who We Are  

Jazwares, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading global toy manufacturer with a robust portfolio of owned and licensed brands. Founded in 1997, Jazwares celebrates imaginative play with a progressive focus on identifying new and relevant trends to transform into high-quality products for consumers of all ages. Jazwares engages consumers through innovative play experiences with popular brands such as Squishmallows™, Pokémon™, Hello Kitty™, Star Wars™, Disney™, BumBumz™, and Adopt Me™. In addition to toys, offerings include virtual games, costumes, and pet products. Headquartered in Plantation, Florida, Jazwares has offices worldwide and sells its products in over 100 countries. For more information, visit www.jazwares.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook