BI & Insights Leader — Data-Driven Growth & Strategy

Chuck Latham Associates; Arizona; On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Chuck Latham Associates in Phoenix, AZ, is seeking a dedicated Business Intelligence & Insights Manager to lead analytics initiatives and manage a Data Analyst. You will build reports, dashboards, and insights across retailer, shopper, category, and customer data to drive growth and informed decision making.

The role requires strong technical abilities with BI tools, SQL, and advanced Excel/PowerPoint, plus excellent stakeholder communication to translate data into actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Analytics, Marketing, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Category Management, Retail Analytics, Shopper Insights, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading or mentoring analytics professionals.
• Strong customer-facing presentation and communication skills.
• Experience translating data into actionable business recommendations.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
• Demonstrated success partnering with commercial, sales, and leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company's Business Intelligence and Insights function.
• Manage and develop the Data Analyst, ensuring high-quality analytics, reporting, and insight generation.
• Establish priorities, processes, KPIs, and reporting standards for the analytics team.
• Drive a culture of data-informed decision making across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, automation, and data accessibility.
• Build and maintain reports, dashboards, scorecards, and business intelligence tools from the ground up.
• Develop and manage category, retailer, brand, product, and customer data structures.
• Create and maintain category hierarchies, subcategories, and reporting frameworks.
• Support data validation, quality assurance, and troubleshooting efforts.
• Write and maintain queries, calculations, and analytical models used throughout the organization.
• Automate recurring reporting where possible while supporting ad hoc analytical requests.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy across retailer, customer, syndicated, and internal datasets.
• Maintain documentation and reporting procedures to support organizational knowledge transfer.
• Participate in customer meetings, business reviews, and strategic planning sessions.
• Present category, retailer, shopper, consumer, and market insights in a compelling and actionable manner.
• Develop data-driven recommendations that support customer growth and strengthen retailer relationships.
• Partner with Sales, Category Management, Marketing, and Customer Development teams to support strategic account planning.

Skills

Customer-facing communication

Translating data into recommendations

Excel proficiency

PowerPoint proficiency

Mentoring analytics professionals

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Category management / shopper insights

Syndicated data experience (Circana/IR

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Analytics/Marketing/Economics/Statistics/Data Science

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Chuck Latham Associates in Phoenix, AZ, is seeking a dedicated Business Intelligence & Insights Manager to lead analytics initiatives and manage a Data Analyst. You will build reports, dashboards, and insights across retailer, shopper, category, and customer data to drive growth and informed decision making.

The role requires strong technical abilities with BI tools, SQL, and advanced Excel/PowerPoint, plus excellent stakeholder communication to translate data into actionable recommendations.