peter futterknecht
@peterfutterknecht1
Senior data & analytics leader building revenue-focused KPI frameworks, forecasting, and governance-driven self-serve analytics utilizing.
What I'm looking for
Senior Analytics leader and trusted advisor with 20+ years turning large, complex datasets into commercial strategy and measurable performance gains across CPG, retail, and digital marketplace environments — fluent in German and English. Deep, hands-on experience in Insights & Analytics roles spanning Colgate-Palmolive, Pfizer, World Kitchen, Post Foods, and Beam Suntory, diagnosing opportunities and guiding stakeholders toward smarter, data-backed investment decisions. Skilled storyteller with advanced SQL and Power BI/Tableau (DAX, self-service reporting), backed by A/B testing and causal-inference frameworks, marketplace analytics, and hands-on Python/R for segmentation and forecasting. Proven record building reusable, self-service analytics solutions and advising senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholder teams, while actively piloting and operationalizing AI-driven tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot, MCP Servers) to accelerate insight generation and sharpen accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Sr. Data Analyst & Analytics
Getränke Hoffmann
Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 6 months)
Owned end-to-end analytics platform delivery on Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and Snowflake, including semantic models and executive dashboards with trusted KPI standards. Established BI governance, partnered on Snowflake Data Vault architecture, and mentored teams on DAX and semantic model design.
Identified €2M+ in strategic sales growth opportunities using behavioral analyses, market research panels, and Media Mix Modelling to quantify commercial levers. Led international reporting projects and advised leadership on KPI frameworks and executive-ready recommendation narratives.
Business & Customer Insights
Wolford AG
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)
Designed CRM analytics strategy with projected €4M sales impact by integrating Salesforce, Google Analytics, and web shop data with Kantar consumer panel insights. Built omnichannel customer analytics with SQL, R, and Power BI, including star schema modeling and data validation rules to improve reporting consistency and data quality.
Freelance Business Intelligence
Self-Employed
Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 (2 years)
Developed scalable Power BI dashboards for clients using SQL, Snowflake, and SQL Server, including reporting specifications and onboarding documentation. Presented and handed over reporting solutions so client teams could build and maintain reports independently.
Director of International Sales
Ginstr GmbH
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)
Served as a technical presales liaison between sales and product for a B2B SaaS platform, leading discovery conversations and tailored solution demonstrations. Acted as a trusted advisor across the sales cycle, supporting pipeline progression and proposal content and driving 200% higher customer engagement and 150% revenue growth.
Consumer Insights Consultant
Gerson Lehrman Group Limited
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year)
Provided analytics subject-matter expertise for the consumer goods industry, advising organizations on customer analysis best practices.
Senior Customer Data Insights
Post Foods, LLC
Jan 2013 - Jan 2015 (2 years)
Built and led a business analytics team and created data-driven presentations that drove multi-million dollars in incremental sales with major retail clients. Designed analytical reporting infrastructure and led shopper insight studies presented to retail partners.
Used Price Plus Loyalty card data analysis to uncover $1.1M in incremental opportunity and drive a 20% increase in lapsed consumer conversion. Delivered business intelligence and data visualization reporting to key retail accounts.
Director of Category Management
World Kitchen, LLC
Jan 2007 - Jan 2010 (3 years)
Achieved $9.5M in incremental sales through a structured Business Intelligence Review Process presented to Walmart leadership. Led a team presenting sales and customer data solutions and developed strategy using multiple information sources to identify growth opportunities.
Secured $9M in incremental sales through insight development and re-introduced a $2.5M product using analytics-driven execution. Implemented enterprise reporting systems with MicroStrategy, PL/SQL, and Informatica to build ETL pipelines and data monitoring processes, including segmentation analysis to identify a $2M potential increase.
Education
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Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Master of Business Administration, Technology Management
Earned a Master of Business Administration (Technology Management) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Focused on technology management within business contexts.
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Economics & Policy
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics & Policy from Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Studied economic and policy approaches related to environmental issues.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Master of Science, Information Systems
Earned a Master of Science in Information Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology. Developed expertise in information systems for organizational and technical applications.
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