Advanced Analytics Consultant

Advanced Analytics Consultant

 

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What will you be doing?

You will work directly with the client as a trusted business partner to derive the “why of consumer behavior.  You will translate Circana analytical expertise into actionable, measurable insights to drive Circana clients’ business performance. You will leverage existing and new, innovative approaches to address potential new clients’ business challenges and market opportunities (i.e. brand equity, trade marketing, pricing and promotions). You’ll develop and maintain a deep understanding of clients’ businesses cross-functionally and a strong knowledge of new and emerging analytic solutions (both within Circana and industry) that anticipate and strategically position Circana client for success.

You will participate in the development of new service offerings by building and enhancing the value and breadth of the current analytical solutions. You will have a strong working knowledge of current trends in the Marketing, Market Research, and CPG Industries including Trade, Pricing and Promotion, Demand Forecasting, and other analytic techniques that will be the foundation to drive actionable insights. You’ll apply superior business savvy and consultative sales capabilities to client engagement to convert insights into revenue and margin contributions to Circana Analytics. Additionally, you will develop best practices, templates and deliverables around the data.

Job Responsibilities

To be successful as a Client Insights Consultant you must possess and be able to execute upon four key skill sets:

Advanced Analytic Skills: Demonstrate ability to analyze and interpret analytics solutions and models and translate it into meaningful solutions for clients:

- Approach client with coherent, actionable and fact-based data/recommendations appropriate to their business needs

- Continually provide analytical solutions and business insights to address any business gaps and/or opportunities and create value for the client

- Identify business issues and opportunities and suggests the appropriate level analytic solution/approach

 

Consultative Selling: Apply knowledge of the business, industry and domain to identify, create and close business opportunities:

- Target and sell services that address unexpressed and underlying client needs; ask questions so as to identify the root causes of issues versus symptoms

- Ask questions to test assumptions and challenges the status quo

- Synthesize information on a variety of issues; translate the information into a project framework that ultimately provides solutions for clients

 

Impactful Presence: Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills; present a professional image:

- Become trusted by client, Circana cross functional organizations and considered a domain expert and business partner

- Educate the client on analytic methods, shape their thinking and influence the decisions they make

- Demonstrate a flexible approach to communication; adapt messages quickly to the appropriate level or function with poise and polish

- C-level presence

 

Client Focus: Consistently act with client satisfaction in mind and follow through on commitments to ensure the needs of the client are met:

- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of customer needs and requirements

- Help customers identify solutions to problems they did not know they had

- Regularly and proactively communicate with the client-facing teams, including soliciting feedback to continually improving the relationship

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