Client Analytics Consultant, Pricing and Assortment

Circana•Summit, NJ

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Circana is a leading provider of technology, AI, and data solutions for consumer packaged goods companies, manufacturers, and retailers. Our predictive analytics and Liquid Data® platform help clients measure market share, uncover consumer behavior, and drive growth—powered by six decades of expertise and an expansive, high-quality data set. At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We’re a global company dedicated to fostering inclusivity and belonging. We value and celebrate the unique experiences, cultures, and viewpoints that each individual brings. By embracing a wide range of backgrounds, skills, expertise, and beyond, we create a stronger, more innovative environment for our employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana. Learn more at www.circana.com. Our Critical Sales Skills At the heart of our commercial success is a team of professionals who combine strategic insight, customer-centricity, and executional excellence. These skills represent the core capabilities required to drive value for our clients and sustainable growth for our business. Effectively Presents Solutions: Delivers tailored, compelling solutions that align with customer needs and drive action. Knows the Buying Influences: Identifies key decision-makers and understands their motivations and influence. Manages Buyer Indifference: Recognizes and explores customer hesitation to uncover new needs or opportunities. Understands Customer Needs: Operates as a recognized expert to articulate customer needs in the customer's business language and business context. Being Resilient: Bounces back from setbacks with composure and positivity; helps others stay productive during tough times. Manages Ambiguity: Stays focused and calm in uncertain situations; guides others through change.

Requirements

10 to 14 years of experience in CPG revenue growth management, pricing and promotion analytics, category management, or a consulting or analytics role serving CPG clients
A track record of using price elasticity, promotional effectiveness, demand transferability or assortment optimization outputs to influence real pricing, promotion or assortment decisions, and the ability to explain how those models work to a business audience
Experience with Point of Sale, syndicated and panel data; Circana or comparable syndicated data experience strongly preferred
Demonstrated ability to lead working sessions, present recommendations to director and VP-level client stakeholders, and hold a position when challenged
Experience in consumer health, OTC, beauty or personal care categories preferred
Familiarity with pricing, promotion and assortment simulation platforms preferred
Bachelor's degree required in business, economics, marketing, statistics or a related field; advanced degree in a quantitative discipline preferred but not required
Located in or able to commute to Summit, New Jersey a minimum of two days per week

Nice To Haves

Circana or comparable syndicated data experience strongly preferred
Experience in consumer health, OTC, beauty or personal care categories preferred
Familiarity with pricing, promotion and assortment simulation platforms preferred
advanced degree in a quantitative discipline preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Be the trusted advisor to RGM and category teams: Be the day-to-day analytics partner to the client's pricing, RGM, category and brand teams. Understand their planning calendar, their line review cycle, and the retailer conversations they are preparing for, and bring a point of view to those moments rather than waiting to be asked. Earn the seat at the table where pricing and assortment decisions get made.
Shape pricing and promotion decisions: Interpret base and promoted price elasticities, cross-price effects, price gaps and thresholds across the client's categories and key retailers. Use Circana's platform to pressure test pricing and promotion scenarios with the client, then translate them into pricing corridors, promotional guidelines and retailer-specific recommendations the client can defend in a buyer meeting.
Shape assortment and retailer decisions: Apply demand transferability and incrementality outputs at the retailer and market level to line reviews, new item decisions, delisting and planogram trade-offs. Use assortment simulations, including planogram upload and new item scenarios, to build the retailer story with the client and help them win the line review.
Connect analytics to commercial outcomes: Frame the question, coordinate the modeling work, lead the working session, and package the recommendation. Follow the decision through to what happened in market and bring that back to the client so the program is judged on results. Manage the cadence of quarterly refreshes, remodels, new item updates and category reviews so the client always knows what is coming and when.
Partner with Circana's delivery teams: Work closely with the Global Solutions modeling team, the Client Insights team on the account, and the dedicated analyst. Own the specs the models depend on (product groupings, attributes, geographies) and make sure what gets built matches what the client will use.
Build capability on the client side: Train and support client users on the platforms, run office hours, and raise the client's fluency in elasticities, transferability and optimization so they can self-serve on the routine questions and lean on you for the hard ones.
Find the next opportunity: Spot the next question before the client asks it. Actively look for adjacent problems the client is working on, whether in Growth Consulting, demand forecasting, causal analytics or other Circana solutions, and bring them to the commercial lead with a point of view on how to scope them. You will be closer to the client's agenda than anyone else at Circana, and we expect you to use that.
Communicate with presence: Present clearly and confidently to senior client stakeholders. Tell the story from what the model says to what the business should do, and be willing to challenge the client's thinking when the data supports it.