Manager - Analytics and Insights

Horizon Organic Dairy, LL•Broomfield, CO

13h•$115,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Analytics & Insights function supports Horizon Family Brands in its effort to be a consumer and customer-centered organization across its three brands: Horizon Organic, Wallaby, and Maple Hill. This role drives strategic clarity and precision in cross-functional partnership efforts with category, brand, commercial, revenue growth management, Category Management, and sales teams to capture value by bringing facts, insights, and analytical diagnosis to business challenges. The function drives rigor and understanding of consumers, shoppers, categories, customers, products, competitors, and cultural trends. The Manager will report to the Director, Insights & Analytics and will work with the Director to develop and implement a plan for managing data, analytics, and reporting for the business. This requires close collaboration with secondary data supplier partners, internal stakeholders who use the reports, and support teams like IT to ensure the right systems and technology are in place. The Manager will be responsible for managing relationships with data providers and leveraging these resources to support the business. The Manager will need to quickly establish expertise and be comfortable taking a stand to influence decisions with high-level stakeholders. The Manager is expected to grow into an Analytics & Insights leader for the Horizon Family brands business and champion the use of insights to support decision-making throughout the organization. This may include providing mentoring and training on best practices across teams, working with the Director and Sr Manager on direction and vision for the Analytics & Insights team, and expanding their skill set to manage the breadth of Analytics & Insights responsibilities, including primary research (brand health tracking, concept and product testing, etc., depending on needs).

Requirements

BA/BS required, ideally in a relevant field
5+ years of experience working with point of sale, household panel data, ideally Circana (legacy IRI), Nielsen, SPINS extracting insights from the information, and delivering value added actionable recommendations.
Client-side CPG experience or close co-work in CPG as a supplier are preferable
Expert in Excel; experience with analytical tools/software
Experience implementing or renovating a system/series of reports
Self-Starter and capable of delivering against a vision with minimal guidance
Strong Project Management skills
Attracted to new technology and analytical approaches
Open minded, flexible, autonomous, and capable of leading cross-functional discussions
Equally comfortable contributing and influencing in group or individual assignments

Nice To Haves

Experience with building a data lake for use with a visualization tool like Power BI a big plus
Master’s degree in a relevant field
Demonstrated ability to build advocacy for analytics in an organization
Experience working across/merging data sources
Experience managing 3rd party data, analytics, research, or technology partners
Experience with primary research

Responsibilities

Managing relationships with data providers and leveraging these resources to support the business.
Quickly establishing expertise and being comfortable taking a stand to influence decisions with high-level stakeholders.
Growing into an Analytics & Insights leader for Horizon Family brands business and championing the use of insights to support decision-making throughout the organization.
Providing mentoring and training on best practices across teams.
Working with the Director and Sr Manager on direction and vision for the Analytics & Insights team.
Expanding skill set to manage the breadth of Analytics & Insights responsibilities, including primary research (brand health tracking, concept and product testing, etc., depending on needs).