Senior Manager, Consumer & Market Insights

Clorox Company; Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clorox Company is seeking a Senior Manager, Consumer & Market Insights to translate consumer and market insights into strategic actions. This role partners with Brand, Sales, and R&D to drive growth and innovation, leveraging qualitative and quantitative research, syndicated data, and discovery tools to address key business challenges.

You will design and deliver high-impact insights that influence base growth, category leadership, and long-term strategy while partnering with diverse teams

Qualifications

• 5+ years of market research and market insights experience.
• 3+ years of business-side research experience, ideally in CPG.
• Ability to synthesize information into a cohesive perspective.
• Strong research skills across methods and data sources.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the insight research execution arm for the BUs and deliver high-impact research to support BU strategy.
• Frame research briefs to align with key business issues and objectives.
• Design, manage and deliver custom insights across growth, innovation, and Net Revenue Management.
• Build cross-functional relationships and integrate knowledge across the Insight group.

Skills

Cross-functional influence

Market research

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Syndicated data

Education

Masters/MBA or related

Job description

Oakland, CA - USA

Pleasanton (CPC), CA - USA

Durham, NC - USA (Hill Bldg)

Full time

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Your role at Clorox:

Are you passionate about turning consumer and market insights into impactful business decisions? Join our team as a Senior Manager, Consumer & Market Insights where you'll play a pivotal role in influencing Brand, Sales, and R&D leadership across the organization. This is an exciting opportunity to lead high-impact research initiatives that uncover meaningful consumer insights, drive innovation, and shape growth strategies for some of today's most recognized consumer products.

In this highly visible role, you'll serve as a trusted strategic partner, designing and delivering market research that helps business leaders make smarter, consumer-centric decisions. You'll leverage advanced qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, syndicated data, innovation discovery tools, and category insights to solve complex business challenges and identify opportunities for growth. Your work will directly impact areas such as innovation, category leadership, revenue management, and long-term business strategy.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as the Insight research execution arm for the Business Units. Consult with the businesses to deliver strategic thought leadership and high impact research to support the BU strategy.
• Ensure key business issues are framed appropriately in the research Brief and that the research delivers against these objectives.
• Design, manage, and deliver custom high-impact insights across all aspects of base growth, innovation, strategy, Net Revenue Management, category leadership and other business needs when deployed to BUs.
• Develop strong cross-functional relationships and foster integration of knowledge across the Insight group to yield critical business insights.
• Learn continuously through an external lens to maintain superior functional skills.
• Support development of tools, WoW, skills and capabilities to create a competitive advantage for Clorox through superior insights expertise.

#LI-Hybrid

What we look for:

Experience

• 5 + years of demonstrated ability on Market Research and Market Insights projects.
• 3+ years of previous business-side research experience, preferably in CPG industry
• Ability to integrate varied information into a holistic and cohesive perspective
• Strong research skills experience.
• Hands-on expertise across the full stack of common market research tools, methodologies and capabilities including syndicated data, quantitative and qualitative, innovation discovery, shelf-based research.

Skills

• Able to influence business team & work cross-functionally
• Proven driver of business impact
• Demonstrated passion for insights and their application to drive the business
• Willing to speak up and take an unpopular stance
• Ability to integrate varied information into a holistic and cohesive perspective
• Strong written, verbal, and persuasive skills
• Ability to work with varied functions and roles to effectively drive results
• Strong research skills, experience, and critical thinking ability
• Strong understanding of business operations and passion to play a business role

Education

• Masters of Market Research, Behavioral Science, Economics, MBA or related field or equivalent work experience.

Workplace type:

Hybrid: This individual will work 3 days / week in office and 2 days remotely. The preferred office locations are Oakland, CA, Pleasanton, CA, and Durham, NC.

Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more (https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/responsibility/thriving-communities/empowering-our-employees-to-thrive/) .

[U.S.]Additional Information:

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location. The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.

–Zone A: $131,200 - $258,500

–Zone B: $120,300 - $237,000

–Zone C: $109,400 - $215,500

All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.

Who we are.

We champion people to be well and thrive every single day. We’re proud to be in every corner of homes, schools, and offices—making daily life simpler and easier through our beloved brands. Working with us, you’ll join a team of passionate problem solvers and relentless innovators fueled by curiosity, growth, and progress. We relish taking on new, interesting challenges that allow our people to collaborate and thrive at work. And most importantly, we care about each other as multifaceted, whole humans. Join us as we reimagine what’s possible and work with purpose to make a difference in the world.

This is the place where doing the right thing matters.

Doing the right thing is the compass that guides every decision we make—and we’re proud to be globally recognized and awarded for our continuous corporate responsibility efforts. Clorox is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The Clorox Company and its Foundation prioritize giving back to the communities we call home and contribute millions annually in combined cash grants, product donations, and cause-marketing. For more information, visit TheCloroxCompany.com and follow us on social media at @CloroxCo.

Our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.

We seek out and celebrate diverse backgrounds and experiences. We’re always looking for fresh perspectives, a desire to bring your best, and a nonstop drive to keep growing and learning. Learn more about our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Allyship (IDEA) journey here (https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/company/idea/).

The Clorox Company and its subsidiaries are an EEO/AA/Minorities/Women/LGBT/Protected Veteran/Disabled employer. Learn more to Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf).

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