Foods people love. Brands people trust. And a career that nourishes your future like no other.
If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestlé is the place for you. Nestlé USA is one of seven operating companies that make up Nestlé’s presence in the United States. We're in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.
We’re determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day. Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.
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POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking a dynamic Consumer Insights Leader who thrives on challenge, innovation, and consumer obsession. As a key player in Nestlé’s beloved CPG category—Pizza—you will challenge the status quo and make a significant impact. Your expertise in data, insights, and foresight will fuel growth and elevate our consumer-centric approach.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Leadership & Consulting:
- Brand Co-Pilot: Provide consumer perspective and solutions to senior brand management. Continuously represent the voice of the consumer with deep empathy and understanding, making decisions in their favor. Translate data into meaningful and compelling insights.
- Strategic Perspective: Collaborate with business partners to understand drivers, challenges, and growth opportunities. Move beyond data to create actionable perspectives using a “what, so-what, now-what” narrative.
- Holistic Consumer View: Integrate insights across Consumer, Analytics, and Shopper functions, fostering a unified team voice.
- Empathy Building: Communicate existing climate, identify behavior shifts, and spot trends and platforms to drive opportunities.
Brand Insights Development:
- High Value Portfolio Strategy: Focus on driving high value/high impact work and leverage insights to enhance the full brand portfolio.
- Connecting the Dots: Synthesize research (primary, secondary, market data) to build a comprehensive consumer story.
- Impactful Insights: Ensure research aligns with business strategy, including consideration of end-to-end impact.
- Business-Appropriate Communication: Tailor research findings to support upcoming decisions and deliver in business-audience appropriate way that drives winning strategies.
- Portfolio Strategy: Leverage insights to enhance the full brand portfolio.
Team Management:
- Collaborative Function: Create cohesion across brand teams and cross-functional partners.
- High Impact Development: Evaluate team needs for training and coaching. Equip them with tools for influence and expertise.
- Expectations & Reinforcement: Set clear expectations, encourage risk-taking, and support new ideas.
Budget & Vendor Management:
- Strategic Planning: Develop annual plans and budgets aligned with senior marketing leadership.
- Supplier Relationships: Provide suppliers access to relevant information, fostering valuable partnerships.
Financial/Strategic Impact:
- Deliver Business Goals: Contribute to corporate objectives related to Market Share, Sales Volume Growth, Brand Health, Return on Investment, and Product Performance.
REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, Economics, Psychology, Sociology or related field required MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 7+ years of marketing research experience with budget responsibility in a consumer packaged goods company.
- Strong drive for results with a passion for the consumer and marketing.
- Business-owner vs. researcher mindset and proficiency in syndicated and custom data knowledge (Nielsen, Circana).
- Ability to work with Marketing teams to build marketing tactics that support short-term activities, long-term strategies and brand vision.
- Experience in selecting appropriate, diverse research methodologies, designing research studies, and trying new methods when appropriate.
- Experience leading projects with ownership of budgets, suppliers, research, and schedule.
- Strong sense of curiosity and desire to seek opportunities to self-educate on new methodologies and techniques, and general research and business news.
- Ability to influence across multiple levels in an organization.
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To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
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