Senior Consultant

Sainsbury's; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Nectar360 as a Senior Insight Consultant at Sainsbury's, where you’ll lead projects for top FMCG clients using advanced analytics. Collaborate cross-functionally within an energetic team while managing client relationships. With a strong focus on insights, your role will enhance both team goals and engagement with key industry players.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Pension plan

Colleague discount at Sainsbury’s/Argos/Habitat

Qualifications

• Experience in insights, analytics, or marketing, preferably in FMCG.
• Proven negotiation, consultative selling, and project management skills.
• A passion for numbers and understanding shopper behavior.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of consultancy projects for FMCG clients.
• Support Lead Consultants in managing project pipelines.
• Manage a small team of consultants and handle HR issues.

Skills

Negotiation

Consultative selling

Relationship building

Project management

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Education

University degree

MBA/postgraduate qualification

Tools

Nielsen

Kantar

IRI

Job description

Based in Farringdon at the Sainsbury’s Store Support Centre, an exciting opportunity for a Senior Insight Consultant has become available to join the fun, energetic & collaborative Data & Insight team, part of the Nectar360 Commercial team. You will be responsible for leading the delivery of key consultancy projects, ensuring the best possible delivery of insights and actions to our FMCG clients. Also, to support the Lead Consultants to build a healthy pipeline of client projects to achieve an overall team target, plus management of Insight Consultants who will help deliver the projects.

So who are Nectar360?

Nectar360 offers suppliers comprehensive multi-channel marketing solutions in and around Sainsbury's & Argos stores and online. We have a unique approach to store and customer planning. Using Nectar, the UK's most comprehensive customer database, their teams conduct advanced analysis to uncover new insights about shopper interactions and brands.

You can find more information on the Nectar360 website - http://www.nectar360.co.uk/

What you will be doing:

Support the pipeline

• Report to and support the Lead Consultants
• Through conversations with Sainsbury’s & Argos colleagues (through category ownership) and clients, identify insight project opportunities
• Work cross-functionally with our Market Research and Analytics teams to develop a robust methodology and clear, compelling proposal
• Present that proposal to clients to convert the project and contribute to the team commercial target

Lead the delivery of large, strategic projects

• Work closely with the Lead Consultant (delivery) and other consultants in the team to deliver quality projects to our FMCG clients
• Lead the project through close project management and acting as the key point of contact with our clients
• Lead the debrief of the project, and follow-up with clients to ensure the project delivered value

Champion Insight Consultancy and SIP in Sainsbury’s

• Raise the profile of our insight consultancy and SIP capabilities within Sainsbury’s trading
• Build strong relationships with Sainsbury’s Commercial colleagues (e.g. buyers, category planners and range analysts) to ensure they understand the role of Nectar360 insights and the benefit of working with suppliers
• Where necessary, build relationships with Sainsbury’s central functions (price & promotions, ranging, trading insights) to ensure they are aligned with Nectar360’s engagement with trading

Manage a small team of consultants

• Motivate, manage, develop and retain members of the consultancy team
• Support them with delivery of major projects
• Handle any employee related issues that may arise within the team in conjunction with HR
• Recruit the best talent available, outlining job specifications, identify and refer top talent in the market, conduct briefings/interviews/assessments/feedback, etc.

What we would like you to have:

• University degree – ideally with MBA/postgraduate qualification
• Proven negotiation and consultative selling skills
• Experience of working in consumer insights, analytics or marketing function – Retail, FMCG or consultancy background preferred
• Strong people and relationship building skills with clients
• Experience with insight practices and/or other customer data sets and tools e.g. Nielsen, Kantar, IRI
• Technical expert, with a passion for numbers and “the shopper”
• Excellent project management skills, well organised with attention to detail
• Able to communicate and present effectively at all levels
• Self-motivated with an understanding of analytics and the solution development process
• Experience of working to monthly targets across multiple channels and financial management
• High energy, proactive and a team player with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Some line management experience would be beneficial

Why Nectar360?

When you join the Nectar360 team you’ll need to be ready for some varied and challenging work, and to be part of a business where nothing stays the same for long. You’ll work alongside brilliant people who will inspire, support and challenge you to push boundaries both for you and the business.

You’ll develop through stretching goals, targeted development and exposure to interesting work and people. Working for Nectar360, you will be working with the UK’s best known FMCG brands such assuch as Nestle, Mondelez, Heinz, Mars and many other large FMCG’s, through to smaller, start-up manufacturers.

We believe people are at their best and their happiest when they are using their strengths. We will work with you to work out what those strengths are and how best to use them to achieve what you need to, and more, and to go on to do great things within Nectar360, and beyond.

We offer a competitive salary, bonus scheme, and pension, a colleague discount at Sainsbury/Argos/Habitat along with a host of other benefits to make working at Nectar360 enjoyable as possible.

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