Consumer Market Insight (CMI) CD/Sales Senior Assistant Manager

Role Title: Consumer Market Insight (CMI) CD/Sales Senior Assistant Manager

Location: Bonifacio Stopover Corporate Center (Philippines)

Responsibilities:

• Identify the passion points and tensions of consumers vis-à-vis sustainable choices, with depth of understanding on what matters to them also in view of motivational/behavioral psychology
• Support the development of future-fit solutions in Lead Markets with real-time co-creation of relevant consumer cohorts with agile mindset
• Identify potential growth opportunities for SEA (especially with digital solutions, circular economy spaces and social media behaviours) and recommend actions to deliver them
• Influence strategy by turning complex questions into clear and concise actionable concepts, using a wide variety of data sources
• Types of strategic projects may include portfolio work; consumer benefit/motivation platforms (needs); co-creation with consumer cohorts; circular economy spaces.
• Lead and manage market insight agencies to deliver data analysis, insight, actionable recommendations, and storytelling for the programme
• Motivate and inspire the market insight agencies ensuring maximum value for the business about quality, timeliness, and service
• Anticipate needs and provide advice on the use/application of market information and its integration in the business including self-service by Marketing and CMI
• Provide actionable strategic insight to drive brilliant Digital Marketing for the IP1 concepts: brilliant consumer experience; data driven marketing; winning in ecommerce; new technology and experimentation
• • Lead consumer first ad hoc projects in this digital space to drive actions.

All About You:

• Experienced in retail audit, world panel background and shopper insights.
• Analytical skills – very strong analytical skills to leverage data into actionable insight Communication – strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation
• Strategic Influencing – confidence to use sound logic and detailed analysis to influence direction in conversation with senior stakeholders.
• Thriving in ambiguity – most of the work done by this team will be up stream in nature, looking at novel opportunities or challenges and requires structuring a nebulous opportunity, building frameworks to address them.
• Organisation/Attention to Detail – outstanding organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple overlapping priorities to meet key deadlines, whilst ensuring high quality output.
• Local mindset – genuine interest in learning about and understanding global, regional, and local markets and their consumers, shoppers, retailers, and competitive dynamics
• Externally focussed – obsessed by market, consumer and customer digital trends with an eye to convert them into tangible business opportunities.
• Team player – effective team working, providing support as and when needed, even when outside of job scope.
• Functional experience – typically marketers looking to build strategic/big picture skills have done well in this role, but the role is also ideal for a functional or strategy specialist looking to broaden their business knowledge and skills
• Agile Experience – all work will be done in a highly agile way – from how we set up the team, to our ways of working.

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