Job Description:
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and ZonePerfect® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.
ABOUT ABBOTT
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
WORKING AT ABBOTT
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
- An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are seeking an Associate Manager who is creative and analytical to collaborate with cross-functional teams (i.e. Sales, Category Management, and Brand) to grow a $125MM business through providing category and shopper trends/ insights.
In this role, you will have several distinct responsibilities and priorities:
- Conduct shopper research plans with Sr. Manager’s guidance/ coach to address business questions. Research methodologies may include but not limited to: focus groups, in-store shop along, Path to Purchase, online survey, category trend tracking.
- Pull, synthesize, and analyze data from syndicated sources, such as Nielsen, Numerator, and Kantar to translate learnings into visually – compelling presentations and POVs.
- Lead ad-hoc projects/ data pull to support overall team’s initiatives.
- Effectively communicate insights from all work to internal teams by distilling results to essential learning and actionable recommendations that enable rapid decisions
- Conduct on-going internal and external team business reviews to measure, evaluate and present category performance; and provide vision on future growth opportunities and capture items at potential risk.
- Leverage category/ shopper insights derived from custom shopper work to build and develop selling presentations to support the sell-in initiatives and to respond to retailer questions and competitive challenges.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3-5 years’ experience CPG, retail, and/or shopper insights and analytic experience
- A team player – solution-oriented, thrives working alongside teammates toward common business goals.
- Demonstrated storytelling skills and ability to influence stakeholders across the organization.
- A self-starter, able to work independently and build connections with key stakeholders on projects
- Proficient level knowledge of syndicated data source(s): Nielsen/ IRI, Numerator, Stratum
- Survey questionnaires writing experience a plus
