CS Consultant: Manager

NielsenIQ; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

Job summary

NielsenIQ is seeking a Customer Success Consultant to deepen client relationships with FMCG clients, drive adoption of NielsenIQ tools, and identify opportunities for ROI improvements. You will coordinate with account teams to deliver thought leadership on market trends and ensure high client satisfaction across multiple programs.

In this hybrid role, you will manage Joint Business Plans, track success metrics, and lead NPS initiatives while leveraging a broad analytics portfolio.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of analyzing data in an FMCG environment.
• Strong planning and servicing skills.
• Experience of working with clients to solve business issues.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstration of how to design solutions to answer client business issues.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the relationship owner within Customer Success to manage client relationship and execute critical communications.
• Builds a network of effective and meaningful relationships at all levels to maximize business opportunities.
• Leads Joint Business Plan process and is accountable for identifying and aligning customer objectives, defining and tracking success, defining strategic service delivery elements of Joint Business Plan and customer ways of working, and collaborating with other commercial functions to incorporate analytic and data quality elements into Joint Business Plan
• Leads Quantified Business Opportunity and Client Review process, focusing on service delivery and ROI elements, highlighting outcomes, tracking priorities, sharing/receiving feedback/NPS, and refining Joint Business Plan to align with customer priorities and objectives
• Leads and owns NPS process, frequently and consistently reviewing success metrics and client satisfaction, and reviewing quality, escalation, and coverage to ensure client satisfaction is maximized
• Leverages existing NielsenIQ tools to advance Customer business objectives through strategic thought leadership and flawless execution
• Responsible for identifying opportunities through day-to-day engagements and handing off opportunities to Account Development to pursue
• Acts as Voice of Costumer ensuring client needs are being met by the appropriate teams – whether this is data quality escalation or a reporting needs.

Skills

Data analysis

Client relationships

FMCG experience

Presentation skills

Consultative selling

Job description

The Customer Success Consultantwill be working very closely with clients in the FMCG world to have a rigorous understanding of their business, objectives, priorities, and investment decisions they are making or considering. This will enable you to highlight unmet client needs and identify sales opportunities to pass to our account development associates.

You will be responsible for maintaining and/or enhancing existing customer relationships, increasing NPS, using deep industry/customer/product knowledge to increase client ROI (across Retail Measurement Service & Consumer Panel Service), & driving adoption of NielsenIQ tools & capabilities.

You will leverage the breadth of NielsenIQ product portfolio by developing strong relationships with analytic associates across our business. Identify opportunities to collaborate and deliver provocative Thought Leadership on market, industry and category trends which can be shared across our client base.

Responsibilities

Earning Client Trust and Building Relationships:

• Serves as the relationship owner within Customer Success to manage client relationship and execute critical communications.
• Builds a network of effective and meaningful relationships at all levels to maximize business opportunities.
• Leads Joint Business Plan process and is accountable for identifying and aligning customer objectives, defining and tracking success, defining strategic service delivery elements of Joint Business Plan and customer ways of working, and collaborating with other commercial functions to incorporate analytic and data quality elements into Joint Business Plan
• Leads Quantified Business Opportunity and Client Review process, focusing on service delivery and ROI elements, highlighting outcomes, tracking priorities, sharing/receiving feedback/NPS, and refining Joint Business Plan to align with customer priorities and objectives
• Leads and owns NPS process, frequently and consistently reviewing success metrics and client satisfaction, and reviewing quality, escalation, and coverage to ensure client satisfaction is maximized
• Leverages existing NielsenIQ tools to advance Customer business objectives through strategic thought leadership and flawless execution
• Responsible for identifying opportunities through day-to-day engagements and handing off opportunities to Account Development to pursue
• Acts as Voice of Costumer ensuring client needs are being met by the appropriate teams – whether this is data quality escalation or a reporting needs.

People Management (Not Direct reports)

• Establish high standards of performance and hold associates firmly accountable for meeting with those standards
• Provide support, recognition and feedback to assist associates towards achieving the performance expectations and standards
• Act as coach, guide and mentor to employees and contribute to succession plan for the team
• Establish a strong team environment focused on exceeding internal and external client requirements
• This does not involve an element of Direct reports of direct team leadership.

Requirements

• Extensive experience of analyzing data in an FMCG environment.
• Strong planning and servicing skills.
• Experience of working with clients to solve business issues.
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstration of how to design solutions to answer client business issues.
• A consultative style of working.
• A proven track record of delivering success through others.
• Ability to build strong networks and relationships, internally and with clients.

Additional Information

• 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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