Director, Client Insights Consultant - Account Leader (Hybrid - Milwaukee or Chicago area)

Director, Client Insights Consultant/Account Leader

HYBRID ROLE: On-site in Sheboygan, WI, approximately 4-5 days/MONTH 

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What will you be doing?
The Client Insights Consultant/Team Lead is a high-profile role within the company and our client organization. In this position, you will create impactful insights for a Perimeter manufacturer, Johnsonville. You will escort the client through the processes necessary to help ensure their continued success. 

As a Client Insights Consultant, you will lead a high-performance team in developing and using Circana’s tools to identify and address a broad spectrum of key client issues including new product launches, line extensions, trade spending, pricing, and retail execution. 

The Client Insights Consultant serves as a passionate advocate for the client in advancing solutions that will best build the client’s long-term business. While exceeding revenue targets is important, success is equally measured by the ability to create indispensable, long-term, solution-focused consultative partnerships. 

Job Responsibilities: 
As a Client Insights Consultant, you will leverage data and strong analytic capabilities to uncover impactful insights and inform business strategies and actions that drive client performance. You will escort the client through processes necessary to ensure their continued success. You will also promote, develop and deliver in partnership with HQ subject experts analytics-based syndicated and custom business solutions. While foundational systems are established, you will make calls as to when and how to customize solutions to fit unique client business issues and will also be charged with recommending long term changes to methodology and approach. 

At your disposal will be Circana’s unparalleled Liquid Data platform and complete access to a constantly expanding ecosystem of data, the world’s largest set of data related to household level consumer behavior. Data includes proprietary access to POS, FSP, Household Panel, Experian, Kantar Retail, and comScore among other data assets. As a Client Insights Consultant, you will be a leader in developing and using Circana’s tools to identify and address a broad spectrum of key client issues including new product launches, line extensions, trade spending, pricing, and retail execution. 

While activities will vary, the CI Consultant can expect to spend his/her time on industry thought leadership, business solutions definition, business development, project management, cross-functional team leadership, problem-solving, and innovation. As we gain client adoption of our business solutions, the CI Consultant will work fluidly at all levels up to the practice leadership and spend more time acting as a liaison and customer advocate with the Circana Product Management, Strategic Analytics, Consumer & Shopper, Media Solutions, In-store Solutions and Technology teams. 

This team leader oversees a team of 1 Client Service member. 

Requirements:

• 10 + years of progressive business experience with a strong understanding of manufacturer/retailer issues having worked in one or more of the environments below: 

• Retailer (any channel) 

• Consumer Packaged Goods 

• Brokerage 

• Ability to develop and execute client relationship strategies and architect business proposals leveraging a cross functional team of service line experts by integrating Circana’s services and solutions and aligning them with retailer-specific business needs 

• Demonstrated ability driving C-level engagements across the broad spectrum of CPG core issues (i.e. pricing impacts, promotion effectiveness, category management, product development, etc.) 

• Proven experience maintaining manufacturer's and reta