Senior Retail POS Insights & Analytics Lead

Funko; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 105,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K) plan with matching

Full benefits

Job summary

Funko seeks a Manager, Retail POS Insights & Analytics to turn POS, sell-through, inventory and retail performance data into actionable insights for Product Planning, Sales, Demand Planning, Finance and senior leadership.

You will build dashboards with Power BI and Excel, apply DAX and Power Query, monitor launches, and help establish scalable reporting while exploring AI-assisted analytics for faster, smarter decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product planning, analytics, and commercial consumer product organizations.
• Experience in retail analytics, sales analysis, business intelligence, merchandising analytics, category management, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of POS data, sell-through, inventory metrics, retail KPIs, and product lifecycle performance.
• Ability to turn complex data into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong Power BI experience, including dashboard development, data modeling, visualization, and recurring business reporting.
• Working knowledge of DAX and Power Query strongly preferred.
• Experience with AI-assisted analytics, coding, or automation tools such as Codex, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar tools preferred.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to present insights clearly to cross-functional partners and senior executives.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to connect retail performance trends to product, sales, inventory, and financial outcomes.
• Experience in consumer products, collectibles, toys, licensing, entertainment, retail, or wholesale environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze POS, sell-through, inventory, and retail performance data across accounts, categories, licenses, brands, and SKUs.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities that support better product planning, forecasting, replenishment, and lifecycle decisions.
• Build and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and recurring reports using Power BI, Excel, Power Query, and related platforms.
• Use DAX, Power Query, and data modeling to improve reporting accuracy, scalability, and speed to insight.
• Monitor new product launches and provide early reads on performance versus forecast, plan, and historical benchmarks.
• Partner with Product Planning, Sales, Demand Planning, Finance, and BI to support assortment, inventory, and retail strategy decisions.
• Prepare executive-ready summaries and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Improve reporting processes by reducing manual work, standardizing metrics, and automating recurring analysis where possible.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools such as Codex, Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar platforms to support analysis, automation, and workflow efficiency.
• Help establish scalable reporting and insight processes that can support future team or function growth.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Business acumen

Retail analytics

Tools

Power BI

Excel

DAX

Power Query

Codex

GitHub Copilot

ChatGPT

Job description

Funko seeks a Manager, Retail POS Insights & Analytics to turn POS, sell-through, inventory and retail performance data into actionable insights for Product Planning, Sales, Demand Planning, Finance and senior leadership.

You will build dashboards with Power BI and Excel, apply DAX and Power Query, monitor launches, and help establish scalable reporting while exploring AI-assisted analytics for faster, smarter decisions.