Category Advisory - London, United Kingdom - KANTAR

KANTAR

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

We're the world's leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day.

Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.

Job Details

KANTAR CONSULTING
Help to turn shoppers into buyers

JOB DETAILS
Category Advisory & Analytics Consultant

Salary:
Competitive

Location:
London

ROLE MISSION

The Category Advisory & Analytics Consultant position is part of our Sales & Shopper Predictive Analytics offer and will play a key role in accelerating a fast-growing business.

The role will report into the Category Advisory Director and will work across Technology and Consulting offer areas to deliver firstclass, actionable insights grounded in our clients' business questions._

This will be a client facing position that will require working with multiple data sources including Scan/Point of Sale e.g., Nielsen or IRi, shopper and attitudinal data to build predictive models & relevant insights across range & assortment.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

Partner with our clients to deliver category advisory support using the outputs of our market leading Perfect Category portfolio and assortment optimisation solutions
Support clients to ensure that users can use and deliver business value from the adoption of our solutions
Work crossfunctionally with technology product teams as the client advocate on needs, features & benefits to guide the product development roadmap
Develop predictive analytical models within our existing frameworks to address client business questions

KEY OUTCOMES
You should be intellectually curious and with strong business acumen. You must be an excellent communicator who can build strong client relationships and author engaging reports.

This must be coupled with a keen attention to detail as well as the ability to work independently and lead projects.

You can synthesize and interpret data to inform strategic recommendations. You display strong problem-solving skills, in particular translating loosely defined problems into solutions.

Familiarity and experience with delivering category insights & recommendations within the CPG/FMCG industry is a strong plus.

CAPABILITIES

Bachelor's degree with 1 to 3+ years' CPG/FMCG category management experience
Excellent story telling skills to build author engaging presentations
Project Management experience & ability to work cross functionally
Quantitative thinking with strong numeric and critical thinking skills
An elevated level of attention to detail and accuracy
A problemsolving mindset
The ability to build relationships quickly and effectively.
Strong communications & influencing skills to present complex analysis in a concise and effective manner
Experience of delivering results through crossfunctional collaboration
Ability to distil & present impactful insight while dealing with large volumes of data
Learning mindset and intellectual curiosity
Intermediate Excel and PowerPoint skills

Language skills (Spanish/French/German)

Desirable but not essential

Country

United Kingdom

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale.

And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.