The Consumer Insights Associate Director will be responsible for championing the consumer, and own all insights for the Kraft Heinz NotCo joint venture in the USA. This position is responsible for identifying, developing and integrating consumer insights throughout these businesses to drive a growth mindset and agility while driving to a consumer-obsessed culture. Although the Associate Director will have overall responsibility, this leader will be a key partner to innovation CIS team leads and Business Units, driving synergies and learnings across the businesses to optimize and improve brand and category success. Associate Director will have accountability for custom strategic market research and must also draw from a variety of information sources and internal/external resources to develop insights that provide a competitive advantage to KHC.
This role requires a person who can be:
Strategic: Be a strategic business partner to the Marketing team and a thought leader. Use their understanding of the consumer, research methodologies/techniques, best practices and experience to drive the business forward
Influential: Influence at all levels of organization (above & below) and work seamlessly with cross-functional teams
Impactful: Drive to "so-what's" by making actionable recommendations routed in deep understanding of marketing, business and consumer
An Owner: Possess a willingness to get into the details, think and act like a start-up, and build out a function against a blank slate without buying pre-packaged solutions or methodologies.
Flexible: Be flexible and creative to adjust to changing priorities and business challenges. Deal with ambiguity, while showing strong drive for results and project leadership skills; Highly adaptable, works well in an environment of change
Strong Communicator: Showcase strong communication skills through distilled clean/concise insights that drive empathy and storytelling behaviors though the organization
Self-motivated: Ability to handle many workstreams, challenging priorities and distill a plan that can be implemented for the team
Analytical: Ability to see through data and recognize patterns to inform brand actions
Collaborator: Teammate, works well in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
Coach & People Leader: Drive to share knowledge and develop a high-performing team
Curiosity & Action: High degree of intellectual curiosity and creative insight, coupled with a drive for actionable, tangible results
Influence: Ability to influence at senior levels of an organization and drive focus and impact
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Expected Experience & Required Skills
Work Environment & Schedule
This is a Hybrid role with 3 days a week in the local office, with limited travel or visits to external locations; offices are open workspaces. Additionally, this role requires working a salaried, exempt schedule to best execute against customer and internal expectations
Physical demands include but not limited to
Willingness to drive and/or travel as needed
Operate a computer and view screens for ~100% of work schedule
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Location(s)Chicago/Aon CenterKraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact .