Consumer Insight Director (Dairy)

Posted 1 day 16 hours ago by Kantar Group Limited

Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description

Consumer Insight Director (Dairy)

Apply locations London, Westgate time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: March 17, 2025 (25 days left to apply) job requisition id R090979

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

Worldpanel provides brands and retailers with a unique, 360-degree understanding of consumer behaviour across the globe. We are shopper-centric, continuously monitoring the purchase and usage behaviour through the largest omnipanel in the world. With unparalleled datasets, pioneering technology and expert analysts, we partner with brands and retailers of all sizes, empowering them to reimagine what's possible, and change the landscape to create a better, healthier, more sustainable and inclusive world.

Job Details

Shaping category visions, evaluating brand growth and NPD strategies, working with multiple agencies, becoming a thought leader and leading a team of industry experts are just a few of the highlights you can expect from this fantastic role leading a portfolio of strategic accounts in the Dairy team, supported by 2 people.

We're looking for an ambitious individual to enhance already strong client relationships with an exciting group of Dairy and plant-based businesses. You will be asked to continue the high level of service and client satisfaction, further the senior relationships with impactful thought leadership and develop a team of executives and analysts.

This position not only offers the platform to grow senior influencing skills, but also provides the opportunity to drive the wider team/division's thought leadership & PR initiatives.

The Dairy team has a long track record of success, built on outstanding client servicing and commercial practice. Working with an optimal mix of larger and smaller businesses, it offers the chance to bring our best ways of working to more clients, in turn continuing our commercial success. There is also the opportunity to help win new clients, assisting the New Business team in both the pitch and delivery.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
  • Work with the Strategic Insight Director to draw up and oversee a commercial growth strategy to drive the long term success of our relationships.
  • Act as an inspiring leader, including the opportunity to speak at conferences if you wish.
  • Deliver valuable insights to the client base, and look to grow our capability footprint from both a Shopper and Consumer perspective.
  • Work closely with the experts around the business and leverage our full set of advanced analytical solutions to deliver best in class insight and advice.
  • Lead a team of 2 (Category Analyst to Client Manager level).
  • Lead initiatives across the senior leadership group to benefit the wider business and teams.
Person Specification

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:

  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to inspire clients through your insights.
  • A track record of achieving high levels of client satisfaction.
  • Demonstrate the desire and experience to lead a team.
  • Commercially focused with a strong desire to succeed.
  • Ability to establish and nurture relationships with clients and team members.
  • A passion for the food industry (love of yoghurt is ideal but not required).
Kantar Benefits
  • 25 days holidays plus your birthday off!
  • Option of flexible hybrid working.
  • Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Private Medical & Dental Insurance.
  • Eyecare Vouchers.
  • Life Assurance & Income Protection.
  • Cycle to Work Scheme.

At Kantar, we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to encourage new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that's out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to build an equality of opportunity in a fair and encouraging working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to thrive in a space where their mental health and well-being is taken into consideration.

We want to build a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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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.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you're not an exact match, we'd love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.