Insights Manager

Musgrave Group Plc; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Collaborative environment

Innovation focus

Community impact

Legacy of innovation

Job summary

Musgrave Group Plc in Ireland seeks an experienced Insights Manager to shape the SuperValu brand through deep customer understanding and actionable insights. You will turn customer, shopper, market, and competitive intelligence into clear recommendations that drive growth and inform decisions across the business.

The role requires turning insights into tangible actions, partnering with marketing, retail, and executive teams to ensure customer-centric decisions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in insights, consumer research, or related strategy fields.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research experience.
• Experience managing research agencies and external partners.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Exceptional presentation and storytelling abilities; stakeholder influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer & shopper insights for SuperValu.
• Identify emerging customer needs and growth opportunities.
• Translate insights into actionable business implications.
• Design and manage qualitative and quantitative research programmes.
• Partner with marketing, retail, trading, and senior leadership.
• Produce regular market updates for leadership teams.

Skills

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Stakeholder management

Storytelling

Data analysis

Commercial mindset

Job description

Join Musgrave – A Legacy of Innovation, Community, and Excellence

Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses, with a rich 150-year legacy in food and brand innovation. We're proud to serve communities across Ireland and Spain, feeding one in three people every day through 19 iconic brands like SuperValu, Centra, Mace, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave MarketPlace. By supporting thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses, we make a positive impact on the communities they serve. We're committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland, and we're looking for dynamic, forward-thinking individuals to join us on this journey.

As we continue our journey toward becoming Ireland’s most trusted and sustainable business, we have an exciting opportunity for a successful candidate to join our Insightsteam as a Insights Manager.

We areseekingan experienced and commercially focused ConsumerInsights Managerto help shape the future of the SuperValu brand through deep customer understanding, actionableinsightand strategic thinking.

This roleis responsible forturning customer, shopper,marketand competitive intelligence into clear recommendations that drive growth, strengthen customerrelevanceand inform decision-making across the business.

The successful candidate will act as the voice of the customer within SuperValu, partnering closely with marketing, retail, trading, own brand, proposition,retailerand executive teams to ensure decisions are grounded in customer and shopper insight.

What you’ll be doing:

Customer & Shopper Insight

• Lead the development of customer understandingforSuperValu.
• Identifyemerging customer needs, attitudes,behavioursand occasions that create opportunities for growth.
• Build actionable mission frameworks.
• Translate insight into clear business implications and recommendations.
• Champion customer-centric thinking throughoutSuperValu teams.

Research Leadership

• Design and manage qualitative and quantitative research programmes.
• Commission and oversee research agencies to deliver high-quality insight.
• Ensure research outputs move beyond reporting and drive tangible business action.
• Develop research plans that support strategic and commercial priorities.
• Monitor market trends, categoryperformanceand competitive activity.
• Analyse external data sources including Kantar,NielsenIQ, Bord Bia and industry reports.
• Identifyopportunities and threatsimpactingSuperValu's future growth.
• Produce regular market updates for leadership teams.

Strategic Storytelling

• Convert complex data into compelling stories that influence decision-making.
• Deliver insightful presentations to senior leaders and executive audiences.
• Create board-level summaries that focus on opportunities,risksand priorities.
• Ensure insight is accessible,actionableand commercially relevant.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships across Marketing, Retail, Trading, Own Brand,Loyaltyand Digital teams.
• Influence senior stakeholders through evidence-based recommendations.
• Facilitate workshops and collaborative problem-solving sessions.
• Act as a trusted strategic partner across the SuperValu business.

What we are looking for:

• 10+ years' experience in insights, consumer research, customer insight,strategyor a related field.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research experience.
• Experience managing research agencies and external partners.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Commercially minded with an ability to connect customer insight to business outcomes.

Why Musgrave:

• Career Development: With a commitment to your personal and professional growth, Musgrave offers numerous opportunities for advancement and learning.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a passionate team, where your contributions will make a significant impact
• Innovation Focus: Be part of a company that values forward-thinking solutions
• Community Focus: Be part of a company that truly values its communities and strives to make a positive impact.
• Be Part of a Legacy: Join a company with a long-standing commitment to community and innovation.

Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.

Musgrave operate a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely.