Insight Manager

Commercial Insights Lead

Location: Oxfordshire, hybrid working
Salary: £55,000–£65,000 + car allowance + benefits
Contract: Permanent, full-time

Turn complex data into clear commercial direction

A well-established business operating across the consumer goods and retail sectors is looking for an accomplished Commercial Insights Lead to strengthen its client-facing insight capability.

This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who can move confidently between data, people and commercial conversations. You will lead a small team of experienced analysts, shape the insight agenda and ensure that information from multiple sources is turned into useful, persuasive recommendations.

Rather than simply reporting what has happened, you will help stakeholders understand why it happened, where the opportunities sit and what should happen next.

The role

You will:

• Lead, coach and develop a small commercial insights team
• Set priorities and maintain consistently high standards across the team's output
• Combine sales, market, consumer, retail and operational data to identify opportunities
• Turn detailed analysis into clear commercial stories and recommendations
• Build insightful presentations for senior client and internal stakeholders
• Contribute to business planning, performance reviews and growth discussions
• Improve reporting approaches, analytical tools and ways of working
• Challenge assumptions constructively and bring an independent commercial perspective
• Work collaboratively with account management, operations and field-based teams

About you

We are looking for someone with:

• Strong experience in commercial insight, sales insight, category analysis or a related discipline
• Previous responsibility for leading, coaching or developing analysts
• The ability to interpret multiple data sources and find the story behind the numbers
• Excellent presentation and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience turning analysis into practical commercial action
• Confidence working directly with senior clients and decision-makers
• A good understanding of FMCG, retail, consumer brands or outsourced sales environments
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint capability
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau or similar visualisation tools would be advantageous

You may currently be working as an Insights Manager, Commercial Insights Manager, Senior Insights Manager, Category Insights Manager or Data and Insights Lead.

The opportunity

This is a visible role with genuine influence. You will inherit an established function, but there is plenty of scope to shape its direction, improve how insight is communicated and develop the people within it.

The business offers a salary of £55,000–£65,000, a car allowance and additional benefits. The position follows a hybrid model, with regular attendance at the Oxfordshire office.

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O'Neils Recruitment is managing this appointment on a confidential basis.

Founded by Katy O'Neil and run alongside her mum, Kathy O'Neil, O'Neils Recruitment is a family business specialising in retail, FMCG, commercial insight and client leadership. Both have worked within the sectors they recruit for, allowing them to offer candidates an informed, personal and relationship-led experience.

Please apply with your CV or contact Katy O'Neil for a confidential conversation.