Account Manager, Sports

Overview

Let’s be unstoppable together! At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Circana is proud to be Certified by Great Place To Work.

This position is part of the EMEA Sports Team at Circana and is focused on supporting Sports clients. It reports to the Sr DIR, Client Sales & Insights.

Responsibilities

• Job Responsibilities: To be successful in this role you must possess and be able to execute upon five key skill sets:
• Analytic Skills: Demonstrate ability to analyze and interpret data and translate it into meaningful insights and solutions for clients.
• Consultative Selling: Apply knowledge of client’s business and the industry to identify, create, and close business opportunities.
• Meaningful Storytelling: Synthesize information on a variety of issues; translate the information into a project framework that ultimately provides solutions for clients.
• Impactful Presence: Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
• Client Focus: Consistently act with client satisfaction in mind and follow through on commitments to ensure the needs of the client are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Data Science, Data Analytics, Marketing, Market Research, Merchandising, or Psychology.
• Master’s degree in marketing, Economics, Statistics or Business Administration is a plus.
• Experience in marketing research, client services, customer/account management or analytics (POS, consumer, custom survey research and/or syndicated research).
• Experience leveraging data to generate impactful, engaging and action-based analyses and presentations.
• Basic understanding of analytic models – forecasting, price and promotion, marketing effectiveness – to tie solutions to client business issues is a plus.
• Excellent organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Circana Behaviors

As well as the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Milan, Italy (hybrid).

Prospective candidates may be asked to consent to background checks (in accordance with local legislation and our policies). Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

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