Consultant

Numerator; United States; On-site; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading market research firm in the United States is seeking a Consultant (Consumer Insights) who will manage client relationships and provide data-driven insights. The role involves direct client engagement, project management, and developing innovative solutions to meet clients' objectives. Candidates should have strong analytical skills, experience in consulting, and a background in CPG or retail. The position offers a competitive salary range of $88,000 - $110,000 per year plus bonus.

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant experience in consulting or similar roles.
• Strong analytical skills to derive insights from data.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for clients.
• Deliver analytic insights and data-driven stories.
• Develop and prototype new solutions for clients.

Skills

Customer relationship management

Data analysis

Project management

Microsoft Excel

Communication

Presentation skills

Knowledge of CPG and Retail

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Python

SQL

Tableau

Job description

We’re reinventing the market research industry. Let’s reinvent it together.

At Numerator, we believe tomorrow’s success starts with today’s market intelligence. We empower the world’s leading brands and retailers with unmatched insights into consumer behavior and the influencers that drive it.

The salary range for this job will be $88,000 - $110,000/year + Bonus

As a Consultant (Consumer Insights) professional with Numerator Insights, you’ll be a vital member of Numerator focusing on a core set of clients and ad-hoc projects. Your responsibility is to serve as the day to day point of contact, engagement lead, and project manager for Numerator’s Fortune 100 and fast-growing strategic customers that span CPG, Retail, Electronics, Durables, and Quick-Serve Restaurants. Your goal will be to serve as a trusted adviser with your client - including looking for additional opportunities as well as an annual business review of accomplishments.

How You'll Spend Your Time

• Interface directly with clients’ consumer insights, shopper insights, category management, brand management, and field teams, supporting their most pressing business questions and challenges
• Regularly leverage Numerator’s consumer panel and survey data to deliver analytic insights and data-driven stories that address Numerator’s strategic customers goal of driving increased sales and improved marketing effectiveness
• Together with supporting client services team members, drive your assigned client(s) engagement and utilization of contracted resources (consulting hours, platform access, survey credits, and custom projects) to maximize return on investment, build success stories that help drive business results, and provide an opportunity to expand relationships beyond existing parameters
• Work with clients and Numerator’s product team in developing, prototyping and piloting new solutions and enhanced capabilities. Bring the voice of customers back to the greater Numerator organization to help drive the growth of the business
• Possess a deep understanding of Numerator solutions and services including key differentiators versus legacy approaches and competing offerings
• Support sales efforts by participating throughout sales cycles and presentations as a subject matter expert and Numerator solutions guru, including occasional product demonstrations
• Generate thought leadership content for clients, from webinars, and training materials, to blog posts and industry presentations
• Travel, as required, to support the above responsibilities

What You'll Bring to Numerator

• Skilled at building and managing customer relationships, including stakeholder management
• Comfort proactively diving into the data to find the right data points to answer business questions and create compelling stories for clients
• Project management skills are key to success in this position
• Strong MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills a must; additional skills/experience with Python, and SQL are a plus but not required
• Knowledge of competitive product offerings including, but not limited to Retail Loyalty Card systems (Dunnhumby, 8451), National Consumer Panel (NCP), Nielsen, Circana, Ibotta, Catalina, or 1010 Data
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong presentation skills, with experience presenting directly to clients and prospects with varying levels of experience from analyst to executive leadership
• CPG and Retailer knowledge, including knowledge of consumer and category insights. Must be able to speak the language at a granular level of detail, understand their key strategic initiatives and how consumer data can be leveraged to achieve their goals
• Deep understanding of both syndicated and household panel data (Nielsen/Circana and/or retail POS and loyalty data)
• Bachelor’s Degree (required) or Master’s Degree (preferred) with 3+ years relevant experience
• Management Consulting or CPG experience in Brand Marketing, Market Research, Category Management and/or Shopper & Consumer Insights roles or experience, and/or as a service provider to these functions
• Experience in consulting, product, sales support, and/or service delivery function in relevant software industry (e.g. Nielsen,Circana, etc.) is ideal
• Working knowledge of enterprise software applications and services designed for the retail and consumer goods industries is highly valued (e.g., Nielsen, Circana, Dunnhumby)
• Experience as a power user of Microsoft Excel and Business Intelligence software such as Tableau, Business Objects, etc.