Client Manager – Insights & Analytics

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Sheboygan, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare plan

Flexible working environment

11 paid holidays

Job summary

NIQ is seeking a data-driven Insights professional to translate retail and consumer behavior data into actionable strategies. You will craft insight-led stories for brand and retailer stakeholders, deliver high-impact presentations, and collaborate across teams in a hybrid onsite role based in Sheboygan Falls, WI.

You’ll engage with health, wellness, and fresh meat sectors, leveraging NIQ tools to uncover opportunities and inform client recommendations. Travel up to 10–15% may be required.

Qualifications

• 5 years of CPG or Retail industry experience in merchandising, shopper/consumer marketing, supply chain, or manufacturer–retailer relationships.
• Proficient in syndicated data tools (NIQ, Circana/IRI, Numerator, or Dunnhumby).
• Advanced MS Excel with complex formulas (VLOOKUP, etc.) and data manipulation; working knowledge of SQL, Python; BI tools like Power BI or Tableau.
• Rich experience creating compelling PowerPoint presentations from complex datasets and ideas.
• Ability to multi-task, work with urgency, and collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Willingness to travel 10–15% and spend time onsite in a hybrid arrangement.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate fluency in NIQ’s methodologies, solutions, and analytic platforms using logic to craft compelling, insight-driven stores that influence decision makers.
• Create insight-rich, visually compelling presentations that showcase the power of NIQ data and tools—driving client interest, sparking new conversations, and opening doors for deeper partnership
• Leverage understanding of retail and CPG business dynamics to diagnose client challenges and uncover opportunities in strategy and shopper engagement
• Collaborate closely within internal teams and client stakeholders to shape deliverables that are actionable and engaging.
• Contribute to NIQ’s growing authority in the fresh meat space, helping position us as the go‑to source for timely trend‑forward insight.
• Stay immersed in the broader health and wellness industry assembling resources that inform our perspectives and fuel our external voice and expertise.

Skills

CPG & Retail analytics

Data storytelling

Excel advanced (VLOOKUP)

SQL / Python basics

Power BI / Tableau

Presentation design

Tools

NIQ platform

Circana/IRI

Numerator

Dunnhumby

Job description

• Compensation: USD 83,700 - USD 100,000 - yearly

Company Description

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Are you passionate abouthow people shop, what influences their choices, and how brands and retailers winwith consumers?Do you like to collaboratewith a teamtoidentifythe mostpressing manufacturer businessquestionsand how data can answer them?Doyou bring numbers to life in concise, visually appealing presentations and infographics that tell the story of what is happening with retail sales and consumer behavior?Join NIQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, to deliver the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior.

We are looking for a curious, creative, and data-obsessed insights pro whounderstandsthe intersection of retail, CPG, and consumer behavior – especially in the health, wellness, and fresh meat space.You are a storyteller at heart who thrives on turning data into directioninpresentationformat.With the retail landscape evolving at an unprecedented pace, there has never been a more exciting time to be connected tothe science of shopping and consumer behavior.

This is a hybrid onsite position (3 days a week) for candidates local to Sheboygan Falls, WI.Candidates must CURRENTLY be located in the area.No relocationassistanceis available.

Job Description

Whatwill youdo:

• Demonstrate fluency in NIQ’s methodologies, solutions, and analytic platforms using logic to craft compelling, insight-driven stores that influence decision makers.
• Create insight-rich, visually compelling presentations thatshowcasethe power of NIQ data and tools – driving client interest,sparking new conversations, and opening doors for deeper partnership
• Leverage yourunderstandingofretailand CPGbusiness dynamicsto diagnoseclient challenges and uncoveropportunitiesinstrategy and shopper engagement
• Collaborate closely withinternal teams and client stakeholders to shape deliverables that are actionable and engaging.
• Contribute to NIQ’s growing authority in the fresh meat space, helping position us as the go‑to source fortimelytrend‑forward insight.
• Stay immersed in the broaderhealth and wellness industry assembling resourcesthat inform our perspectives and fuelour external voice andexpertise.

A Little About You:

• You love data,and you have the organic curiosity to find the “so what”.Youdon’tjust build decks – youdesign stories that engagekeyshareholders,sparking curiosity, driving action, and creating a desire to dive deeper.
• You’vecreatedand deliveredhigh-impact presentationsto brand orretailstakeholders in consumer insights– translatingcomplex data setsinto sharp, strategic narratives.You understand theCPG ecosystemandits many influences, and how retailers and brands usedatato make decisions.
• You may have workedwith oraroundfresh meat and health and wellness brands andunderstand thenuancebehind product attributes, functional benefits, and consumer trust in this space.
• You are anaturalcollaboratorwho thrives in fast-paced, team-oriented environments – whether you are partnering withclients,orfacilitating conversation withinternal stakeholdersandcross-functional teammates.

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Qualifications

• 5 years of Consumer-Packaged Goods or Retail industry experiencerequiredinmerchandising,shopper/consumermarketing, supply chain, manufacturer-retailer relationships
• Proficientin syndicated POS or panel datatools (NIQ,Circana/IRI, Numerator,orDunnhumby).
• MS Excelexpertiseand the ability to tumble complex datasets:to includev/x-lookup, sum/if; Working knowledge of SQL, Python,other codinglanguagesand BI tools (Power BI/Tablaeu)
• Richexperiencecreating compelling and engagingPowerPointpresentationsfrom complex datasetsand ideas
• Moves with a sense of urgency, perseverance, and client-first mentality
• Ability to multi-task successfully and independently manage multiple projects with varying timelines
• Collaborator with strong oral and written communication skills; Must be a good listener
• Excited to spend time onsite with clients in hybrid rhythm
• Willingness to travel up to 10-15% of the time

Additional Information

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $83,000 - $100,000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support and more.

• Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision).
• Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
• Disability insurance.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.
• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/info/niqs-ai-safety-policies/

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.

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