Market Insights and Analytics Manager (Retail / Global FMCG)

This Global Consumer Healthcare company require a Market Insights & Analytics Manager to join a newly created critical role to manage the sources and analysis of market data and partner with brand/business owners to develop insight led strategies. You will evolve strategy and execution plans to grow priority categories and brands and support business development activities. The role span is global and sits within a new Consumer Insights & Analytics function.Key Responsibilities:

• Capture Group-wide market data needs and create global data plan
• Manage procurement of data to annual budget
• Champion the integration of market data with internal systems, priorities and resources
• Extract and manipulate data from multiple sources
• Produce actionable insights that help influence and inform brand and business strategy
• Design, maintain and issue regular data reports and dashboards across the business
• Identify, monitor and communicate market trends, competitive landscape, consumer pricing and insights to the business
• Support Corporate Development with data identification, analysis and insight to inform possible brand and business acquisitions and divestments
• Support commercial teams in the setting of meaningful and actionable metrics e.g. market share targets

Key Skills / Experience:

• 5 years' experience in retail data management / analyrtics or at a well-known market research/data company e.g. AC Nielsen, IQVIA or IRI
• Highly numerate with first class analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Highly competent in data manipulation software including Microsoft Excel
• Experience in Systems engineering, how to integrate data and make usable to a wide audience of business users
• Has a strong business sense and bias to action
• Ability to work under pressure and achieve results
• Asks incisive questions; able to identify the salient points when presented with a complex set of factors
• Ability to interact credibly and professionally with key business stakeholders e.g. with internal brand/business leads