Executive - Retail Industry Insights

NielsenIQ; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer intelligence company is seeking a dynamic professional to join their Johannesburg team. You will play a key role in delivering retail measurement insights to clients across South Africa, ensuring timely value delivery and promoting self-service analytics tools. The ideal candidate has a Master's in Statistics and excellent analytical and communication skills. This position offers a flexible working environment and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Volunteer time off

LinkedIn Learning

Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Qualifications

• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Experience with data analysis and retail measurement.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely delivery of value analysis to clients.
• Support creation of thought leadership materials.
• Promote self-service tools to clients.
• Provide performance analysis to clients.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Curious and eager to learn

Numeric and logical thinking

Education

Master’s degree in Statistics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Job Description

About the Job

NielsenIQ Customer Success places our customers at the heart of everything that we do. We strive to offer a consistent customer experience across all our markets by harmonizing our ways of working, focusing on engagement and driving analytics excellence. We give our customers an enjoyable, easy, effective service featuring a modernized customer experience. Customer Success is instrumental to realize the NielsenIQ vision to be a leading global information services company with strong, market leading growth enabled by new, innovative product offerings and modern technology that creates substantial value for our customers, retailers and employees.

You’ll be working within the Analytics & Insights team, responsible for delighting clients around South Africa through delivering retail measurement insights and analysis for Retailer clients.

Responsibilities

Service Management:

• Ensure the delivery of value analysis in a timely manner, aligned with strategic business priorities defined in the Account Plan with clients in South Africa
• Support the generation of thought leadership materials.
• Support account team building materials to new conversations with prospect clients
• Providing performance overview analysis and business issue analysis to Retailer clients
• Developing deep knowledge of NielsenIQ RMS solutions and delivering value for clients
• Working closely with the Consulting Lead, Operations Team and Retailer Vertical to transform customer experience

Efficiency / standardization / transformation:

• Make use of NIQ Connect platform in presentations and ensure the incorporation of guided analytics as a fundamental part of analytics promoting self-service in clients.
• Mapping of all deliverables committed to with the customer
• Achieving transparency in responses, commitments and constant communication (used as a negotiation and service management tool)
• Fulfilment of the service model agreed with the client (service mix).

Promote self service to customers

• Promote the use and application of NIQ Discover (data pull, reporting, business issues that can be solved by guided analytics)
• Promote the use of NIQ Tools and systems for quality issues, special customer requirements and information available in knowledge NielsenIQ
• Plan trainings with clients to ensure the above-mentioned points

Self-development:

• Comply with the internal training and certification process defined by the company (onboarding and NielsenIQ academy).
• Incorporation of the service code and golden rules in the day-to-day business.

About you

At Nielsen IQ you will experience a dynamic, open, and solution-oriented international environment , where we support your development through a trust-based feedback culture and diverse training possibilities. As part of our culture, our promise to you is that at Nielsen IQ you can: Be Yourself, Make a Difference & Grow with Us.

Qualifications

• Graduates preferably with background in Statistics (Master’s degree preferrable)
• Fast learner, curious and interested in exploring data
• Numeric and logical thinking.
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good communication and presentation skills
• An ability to work independently and in a team
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Competent in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc)
• Based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Additional Information

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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://www.nielseniq.com/global/en/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.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

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