About the Role
Consultant
Location: Minneapolis/St Paul United States
Job Category: Analyst
Requisition Number: CONSU014415
Job Description:
Land O’Lakes CI Consultant
Let’s be unstoppable together!
At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified by Great Place To Work. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana.
What will you be doing?
You will leverage your passion for research and strong analytical skills to drive the adoption and advancement of Circana’s point-of-sale, consumer and shopper solutions. The ability to craft and present a compelling story based on solid analytical insight is a key requirement of this position.
In this position, you will utilize your strong client engagement and proactive business development skills to uncover ad-hoc consulting opportunities that grow Circana’s engagement and create value for our client. You will apply knowledge of business, industry and other expertise to support client initiatives. This role requires a candidate to be interested in tying client objectives to Circana information and driving knowledge, as well as the ability to identify areas of need for the client.
Further role details leading to Job Responsibilities:
- Prepare topline Circana sales information to share out with key client contacts; with the ability to interpret data and turn it into meaningful insights
- Participate and prepare relevant analyses based on key client business questions/initiatives
- Drive revenue opportunities by identifying key Circana solutions to meet client needs
- Create impactful presence by determining effort and resources to meet objectives, plans, and managing resources to ensure task completion that meets client expectations
Job Responsibilities
- Own the client relationship for certain client business units/vertical through a deep understanding of the client’s business, lead discussions around the client business issues, offer your perspective while supporting the client and other members of the team with analytics and deliverables
- Proactively connect sales and consumer insights to category/industry trends to identify and quantify client business opportunities
- Demonstrate interpersonal communication and presentation skills, including regular and proactive communication with the internal and client teams, while presenting the highest professional image at all times
- Work in a fast-paced environment-track and organize multiple work streams against multiple client stakeholders and manage time and resources against changing priorities
- Consistently delight the client and act with client satisfaction in mind, following through on commitments to ensure their needs are met
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and 5-10 years of experience working in consumer insights, CPG research and/or consulting
- Proficiency in the utilization of POS Data, Unify+, and the delivery of insight through Circana’s best-in-class templates
- Experience with internal and external client training on POS and technology platforms; including methodology, data, and insights
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and an aptitude towards synthesizing data from multiple sources to develop meaningful insights, conclusions and recommendations
- Strong client management skills and the poise and ability to work with and present to client’s organization
- Excellent project management skills and the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently leveraging local and remote resources
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Skilled at presenting technical subject matter to non-technical audiences.