Business Insights and Technology Consultant

Job Title:  Business Insights and Technology Analyst

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What will you be doing?

As a Business Insights & Technology Analyst, you will work closely with our clients to support Circana’s solution deployment team through the delivery of client-focused services and data. This includes both typical Circana client data (Consumer Products and General Merchandise) as well as interesting new types of data sets from other industries such as Hospitality, Pharmaceutical etc.

In this role, you will be the primary liaison between the Client (a large global CPG Manufacturer) and the Circana Technology team. You will be responsible for understanding the client’s business insights and reporting requirements and translating them into clear development plans for the Circana Technology team to build into the Circana analytics software solution (Circana’s Liquid Data Platform). You will also be leveraging the analytics solution to derive actionable insights to highlight the value of our solutions and drive business results for our clients. This role is client facing with the opportunity to engage with Senior Executives (VP and C-suite).

• Our goal is to drive the adoption of the Circana Liquid Data platform among the client users for their business insights and reporting needs. You will develop reports and dashboards on the platform that provide insights to support the client that enable them to make data-driven decisions. This team is constantly using new technologies and methodologies to provide the best analytics for our clients. Your skill and acumen in analytics/BI tools will make you a valued resource with our clients and your attention to detail and project management will make you a valued resource for the Technology organization. If you have strong communication skills, are comfortable dealing with ambiguity and a variety of data sets, are a team-player, self-motivated, and an innovative thinker, we would love to hear from you!

Job Responsibilities

• Engage with clients in discovery discussions to understand their business insights and reporting requirements.
• Understand the Circana Liquid Data Platform capabilities to translate the client requirements into clear development plans for the Circana Technology team to build the software solution.
• Design and develop reports, dashboards, and visualizations on the Circana Liquid data platform’s user interface: Unify.
• Accountable for building rapid rapport and trust with key client contacts (ranging from analysts to executives) and across functions within the highly matrixed Circana organization.
• Lead effective problem solving with the client and internal Circana teams to effectively capture and translate high-level client requirements into clear plans for the Circana technology team.
• Ensure project requirements are successfully captured, consistently tracked and executed in line to meet the client’s business insights’ needs.
• Provide superior service leadership through exceptional management of all aspects of content delivery for the client.
• Coordinate client solutions across multiple Circana functions (i.e. Analytics, Technology, Consulting, etc.).

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Business, Economics, Data Analytics, Data Science or other quantitative disciplines.
• 4+ years of experience in business analytics and reporting within CPG or General Merchandising.
• Data visualization experience with BI tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, or Domo is a plus.
• Ability to glean business insights and make recommendations based on evaluation of complex data sets.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully