Senior Sales Consultant – NIQ Consumer Panel Services

NielsenIQ; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer intelligence company is seeking an analytical professional to join their Consumer Analytical Solutions team in Oxford. The role involves designing impactful projects using shopper data to drive client growth. Ideal candidates will have experience with FMCG sector data, strong communication skills, and a collaborative mindset. The position offers a flexible working environment and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• Proven experience with consumer or shopper panel data, ideally within the FMCG sector.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and storytelling abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and deliver impactful analytical projects.
• Build a network across teams to educate and stimulate analytical opportunities.
• Deliver compelling insights and recommendations to clients.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Hybrid / Oxford, United Kingdom

At NIQ Consumer Panel Services, we’re committed to delivering the Full View of shopper behaviour to our clients. As businesses increasingly seek deeper insights to stay ahead, our Homescan panel data—capturing real shopper behaviour—has never been more valuable.

We’re looking for a curious, analytical, and client‑focused individual to join our Consumer Analytical Solutions (CAS) team. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on solving complex business challenges using real-world data, combining behavioural insights with attitudinal surveys to deliver powerful, actionable solutions.

You’ll be responsible for designing, managing, and delivering some of the most impactful analytical projects we offer—helping clients unlock growth through a deeper understanding of their consumers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and demonstrate a high level of expertise in panel data and its advanced applications.
• Build a network across customer success and sales teams to educate, evangelise and stimulate valuable analytical shopper opportunities.
• Identify, qualify, and close analytical project opportunities using CPS data.
• Design tailored research approaches, including surveys, to meet specific client needs and collaborating with internal modelling and scripting teams to ensure smooth project execution.
• Deliver compelling insights and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships across customer success, sales, and expert teams to drive analytical opportunities. Champion the integration of behavioural and attitudinal data to solve client challenges.
• Work cross‑functionally across NIQ to ensure the right solutions are brought to the right clients at the right time.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience with consumer or shopper panel data, ideally within the FMCG sector.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to translate data into meaningful business insights.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills and a consultative approach to client engagement and solution design.
• Strong planning, project management, and stakeholder engagement capabilities and a collaborative mindset with a track record of delivering results through others.
• Ability to build and maintain strong internal and external relationships at all levels.

If you're passionate about turning data into insight and insight into action, and you love working with real shopper behaviour to solve real business problems—we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee‑Assistance‑Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state‑of‑the‑art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

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