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Benefits begin 30 days after hire for hourly employees, and immediately upon hire for salaried employees.Sr. Manager Consumer Insights - Platform Innovation at a glance...
The Senior Manager Consumer Insights - Innovation will champion the consumer and lead the innovation agenda for the Meals brands in North America Including Kraft Mac and Cheese, Velveeta Shells and Cheese, Ore-Ida, Delimex, Just Crack and Egg and more! The Sr. Manager will have accountability for leading, planning, implementing custom strategic market research and must also draw from a variety of information sources and internal / external resources to develop insights that provide a competitive advantage to the Kraft Heinz Meals innovation agenda. You will identify, develop and integrate consumer insights throughout these brands to drive a consumer first innovation vision and pipeline.
What's on the menu?
Strategic : Be a key strategic business partner to the Marketing team and a transformative leader. Leverage their understanding of the consumer, research methodologies / techniques, standard processes and experience to drive the business forward.Influential : Influence at all levels of organization (above & below) and work seamlessly with cross-functional teams.Impactful : Drive to 'so-what’s' by making actionable recommendations routed in deep understanding of marketing, business and consumer.An Owner : Be 'hands on', think and act like a start-up, and build out a function against a blank slate without buying pre-packaged solutions or methodologies.Flexible : Be flexible and creative to adjust to changing priorities and business challenges. Deal with ambiguity, while showing strong drive for results and project leadership skills; Highly adaptable, thrives in an environment of change.Strong Communicator : Showcase strong interpersonal skills through distilled clean / concise insights that drive empathy and storytelling behaviors through the organization.Self-motivated : Ability to handle many workstreams, competing agendas and distill a plan that can be implemented for the team.Analytical : Ability to see through data and recognize patterns to advise brand actions.Collaborator : Team player, works well in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.Mentor & People Leader : Share knowledge and develop a high-performing team.Curiosity & Action : High degree of intellectual curiosity and creative insight, coupled with a drive for actionable, tangible results.Influence : Ability to influence at senior levels of an organization and drive focus and impact.Recipe for Success - apply now if this sounds like you!
Strong experience in strategic insights / consumer insights roles, preferably at a CPG manufacturer or a combination of CPG and vendor / agency side experience showcasing increasing responsibilities and scope.Proficient in various market research techniques, including both qualitative and quantitative methods; Experience using these tools for innovation development strongly preferred.Thrives in agile ways of working and has a track record of strong collaboration with cross-functional partners like Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, Sensory and more.Experience working with both primary and secondary data sources.Solid understanding of syndicated research tools (e.g. Nielsen, Circana, Mintel, etc).Ability to distill insights and drive impact into an organization – bringing the consumer to forefront.High level of tolerance for working in ambiguity, leading change and change management.Excel at storytelling in creative and impactful ways - excellent communication, organization and presentation skills (written, oral, and across Microsoft Office Suite).Chicago / Aon Center. Hybrid 3 days a week in office (Tues / Wed / Thurs), 2 days remote.
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