Consumer Insights Manager

Catena Solutions; Warrenville (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k benefits

Job summary

Catena Solutions is seeking a Customer & Commercial Insights Manager to lead consumer, customer, and category insights across our business. This role bridges data, analytics, and commercial execution, partnering with Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Leadership to uncover opportunities and drive growth through actionable insights.

You will build reporting processes, develop customer-facing selling stories, and establish an insights function from scratch.

Qualifications

• Experience in Food & Beverage or CPG sectors.
• Strong background in consumer, customer, category, and market insights.
• Hands-on experience analyzing syndicated data (Numerator preferred).
• Ability to independently analyze data and translate into actionable recommendations.
• Strong PowerPoint, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Experience developing customer-facing sales and category presentations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze consumer, customer, category, and market data to identify growth opportunities and insights.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations and narratives.
• Develop customer-facing selling stories and presentations supporting growth initiatives.
• Partner with Sales, Culinary, R&D, Marketing, and Commercial teams for data-informed decisions.
• Build reporting processes, analytical frameworks, and insight-generation capabilities.
• Identify emerging consumer trends and whitespace opportunities to support innovation.

Skills

Data storytelling

PowerPoint

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Sales collaboration

Tools

Numerator

Datassential

Technomic

Job description

Our client is a global food solutions organization that partners with many of the world's leading restaurant, foodservice, and retail brands to develop, manufacture, and deliver innovative food products. They are seeking a Customer & Commercial Insights Manager to serve as the organization's consumer, customer, and category insights expert.

This is a newly created, highly visible role designed to help the organization evolve from a reactive manufacturer into a proactive, consumer-led business. The individual will bridge data, analytics, and commercial execution, partnering closely with Sales, Culinary, R&D, Marketing, and Commercial Leadership to uncover opportunities, influence decision-making, and drive growth through actionable insights.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys building capabilities from the ground up, creating structure where none exists, and using data-driven storytelling to influence both internal stakeholders and customer conversations.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze consumer, customer, category, and market data to identify growth opportunities and business insights.
• Translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations and compelling narratives.
• Develop customer-facing selling stories and presentations that support commercial growth initiatives.
• Partner closely with Sales, Culinary, R&D, Marketing, and Commercial teams to drive data-informed decision-making.
• Build reporting processes, analytical frameworks, and insight-generation capabilities where gaps currently exist.
• Support innovation initiatives by identifying emerging consumer trends and whitespace opportunities.
• Influence strategic decisions through fact-based insights and recommendations.
• Help establish the foundation for a growing insights and marketing organization.

Required Qualifications

• Experience within Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), or a related industry.
• Strong background in consumer, customer, category, and market insights.
• Hands-on experience analyzing syndicated data, with Numerator experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to independently conduct analysis and translate findings into actionable business recommendations.
• Strong PowerPoint, presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Experience developing customer-facing sales and category presentations.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with sales and commercial teams.
• Experience influencing stakeholders through data-driven insights.
• Ability to build processes, reporting structures, and analytical frameworks from the ground up.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Numerator, Datassential, Technomic, or similar insights platforms.
• Knowledge of both retail and foodservice channels.
• Experience supporting innovation or new product development initiatives.
• Background working within refrigerated or fresh food categories.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 6-12 months, this individual will:

• Establish reporting processes, insights cadences, and analytical frameworks.
• Help drive commercial growth through data-informed recommendations.
• Support customer and innovation initiatives with actionable consumer insights.
• Increase adoption of consumer-led decision-making across the business.
• Strengthen collaboration between Commercial, Culinary, and R&D teams.
• Help shift organizational thinking from product-focused to consumer-focused strategies.

Who Will Thrive Here

• A builder who enjoys creating processes, structure, and capabilities from scratch.
• A strong communicator and storyteller who can make data meaningful.
• Someone who can influence without relying on formal authority.
• Curious, analytical, and commercially minded.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and a fast-paced environment.
• Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Energized by solving problems and challenging the status quo through insights.
• Driven by turning data and insights into measurable business results.

Why This Opportunity?

This is a unique chance to help shape and build the insights function within a global food manufacturing organization. You'll have the opportunity to work cross-functionally with commercial, culinary, innovation, and leadership teams while playing a key role in driving a more consumer-centric growth strategy.

Full-time employees are also eligible for benefits options such as health coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k benefits.

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