Sales Data Automation & Insights Lead

PUMA SE; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PUMA SE is seeking a Data Automation & Insights Manager to lead the UK Sales operations team in Manchester. The role focuses on driving data-driven decision making, forecasting, and performance analysis across Sales, Marketing and Merchandising.

Strong Power BI and Excel skills, plus a proven team leadership track record, are essential. Open offices and a collaborative team culture across PUMA UK, with emphasis on accuracy, storytelling with data, and actionable insights to support customer

Qualifications

• Proven experience within Sales Operations, Commercial Operations or a similar commercially focused role.
• Experience managing and developing a team.
• Strong commercial and analytical mindset.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong PowerBI and Excel skills.
• Strong understanding of data structures.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the UK Sales operations team, setting clear priorities, maintaining high standards and supporting individual development.
• Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Merchandising and other commercial functions, ensuring alignment around priorities, performance and execution.
• Own and continuously improve key Sales Operations processes, ensuring they are simple, consistent, accurate and effectively executed.
• Support the forecasting and commercial planning process, providing visibility of performance against forecast and identifying the key drivers behind changes.
• Analyse sales, customer, product and commercial performance to identify trends, risks and opportunities and recommend appropriate actions.
• Turn complex data and analysis into clear concise and compelling commercial stories
• Maintain a high standard of data accuracy and reporting quality
• Develop and improve reporting and analytical tools
• Support Sales teams with the information and insight required for customer meetings
• Monitor customer and product performance
• Identify opportunities to improve process and reporting

Skills

PowerBI

Excel

Data analysis

Forecasting

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial operations

Attention to detail

Presentation skills

Data storytelling

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

PUMA SE is seeking a Data Automation & Insights Manager to lead the UK Sales operations team in Manchester. The role focuses on driving data-driven decision making, forecasting, and performance analysis across Sales, Marketing and Merchandising.

Strong Power BI and Excel skills, plus a proven team leadership track record, are essential. Open offices and a collaborative team culture across PUMA UK, with emphasis on accuracy, storytelling with data, and actionable insights to support customer