Associate Manager, CMI Cooking Aids and Mini Meals

Unilever•Hoboken, NJ

2d•$88,600 - $133,000

About The Position

The Associate Manager, Consumer & Market Insights, Knorr Cooking Aids & Mini Meals (CAMM) is a member of the North America Foods Consumer & Market Insights team supporting the US Knorr business. The role partners with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Category Strategy, and Finance to drive growth through consumer-centric decision making. The position leads and influences insight initiatives across innovation, brand strategy, category growth, consumer understanding, and business performance. It designs and manages quantitative and qualitative research programs, translates business challenges into learning plans, and synthesizes multiple sources of information into compelling stories and recommendations. The role connects consumer, shopper, category, and market insights to identify growth opportunities and shape business decisions, while championing the consumer perspective in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree.
Demonstrated high performance and at least 3 years of relevant work experience.
Innovation research experience.
Understanding of market research, research tools, and methodologies.
Strong understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and when to apply them.
Ability to synthesize multiple data sources into clear, compelling stories and recommendations.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Demonstrated curiosity about consumers, culture, food, and marketplace trends.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with innovation, brand strategy, category growth, or consumer understanding.

Responsibilities

Identify and integrate consumer insights into innovation projects.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align insight projects with the strategic priorities of the US Foods business and Knorr growth agenda.
Lead consumer and market insight workstreams for the US Knorr Cooking Aids and Mini Meals business, including innovation, renovation, and growth initiatives.
Translate internal briefs and questions into analytical projects by refining the initial request, developing relevant questions and hypotheses, and planning the output story.
Provide qualitative and quantitative analysis and insights to inform business strategy, innovation, renovation, and future strategic product development; lead meta-learnings that synthesize overarching research findings.
Lead research projects from brief creation and supplier selection through study design, interpretation of results, and actionable recommendations for cross-functional teams.
Build and develop relationships with global Innovation and CMI teams and key business partners, including Research & Development, Marketing, and Finance.
Understand the category and competitive landscape and bring outside-in inspiration to guide impactful innovation and business change.
Pilot new methods, approaches, technologies, and research toolkits across categories.
Combine consumer research, household panel data, retail data, social listening, and marketplace trends into actionable business recommendations.
Identify growth opportunities across consumer segments, occasions, channels, and need states.
Influence business decisions through clear storytelling, synthesis, and recommendations grounded in consumer understanding.
Help shape long-term category and portfolio strategy by identifying emerging trends and unmet consumer needs.
Drive learning agendas that support near-term business delivery and long-term growth opportunities.