ABOUT LABEL INSIGHT:


Label Insight is the market leader for transparency and digital transformation, providing a full-stack data platform for CPG product attribute data and images covering more than 80 percent of top selling food, pet, and personal care items in the U.S. The company's technology combines supply chain and on-package product information and employs proprietary data science and machine learning capabilities to create more than 22,000 high order attributes per product. This solution set delivers transparency to consumers and powers digital transformation through analytics, marketing, merchandising and e-commerce solutions for leading organizations across the Retail, Brand Manufacturer, Government and Technology industries. For more information, visit www.labelinsight.com

The company, with locations in Chicago and St. Louis, recently announced closing $21M in third-round funding to power expansion and hiring, supporting industry leading clients including Unilever, ConAgra, Albertsons, Meijer, Dole and numerous other CPG brands and retailers.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Chief of Staff’s (CoS) primary charge is to provide cohesion across the leadership team by filling in strategic and/or tactical gaps, promoting effective communication, and ensuring alignment on strategic priorities, key decisions and business risks. In addition, the CoS will be instrumental in helping to think through, model and communicate the strategic and tactical efforts related to the M&A initiative led by the CEO. The goal is to allow the CEO to continue to be active and aware across many initiatives, yet not see key ideas / information sharing or to-do’s fall between the cracks.

Reporting to, and working with, the CEO, this role will define and drive the management system of the company and help drive strategic initiatives that impact Label Insight’s mission. As a highly impactful communicator and problem solver, the CoS will help identify and leverage key metrics and insights to inform strategic decisions and priorities, which will help to direct the next set of company initiatives. Designed to evolve as the company grows, the role may be rotational and the CoS may rotate into a specific functional role based on area of interest and ability to succeed, and another top-talented individual in or outside the Company will rotate into the CoS role.

What, specifically, does the CoS do?


• Communicate & Collaborate:
  • Ensure fluid communication between the CEO and across departments, and promote effective cross-functional collaboration.
    • Ensure the same for Board of Directors communications.
  • Develop strong, trust-based relationship with the leadership team.
• Management System: Strategic Planning & Initiatives
  • Own planning and cadence of weekly leadership meetings, as well as strategic planning sessions.
  • Work with the executive leadership team to identify / prioritize company initiatives.
  • Keep team focused and aligned on priorities by facilitating the company’s corporate goal setting as represented in Betterworks.
    • Maintain a cadence of updates to the corporate goals and ensure the executive team does as well.
  • Monitor progress of key initiatives and priorities by meeting regularly with managers to track results and challenges; ensure that company commitments and priorities are being executed, that issues are being raised and dealt with and that the right level of information is being shared between the CEO and senior management team.
  • Shift from high-level strategic thinking to stepping in and helping to drive implementation alongside functional teams when needed.
  • Work with CFO to support financial and operating planning efforts in conjunction with company strategy.
  • Provide decision support through research, analysis of information, and clear presentation of considerations.
    • Including related to near term M&A strategy.
• M&A Project Management:
  • Serve as lead facilitator and communicator of the M&A strategy, including taking responsibility for the research, modeling and analysis of the strategy and associated target companies, funding sources and others.
  • Working with the guidelines and materials from marketing, create and maintain the packaging and positioning documents needed to communicate our strategy both internally (including the board) and externally including bankers, funding sources and targets.
• Business Intelligence:
  • Serve as the “customer” of BI dashboards for the CEO and executive leadership team – ensure the proper definition and use of BI dashboards that support the strategic management of the company.
• Investor Relations:
  • Support relationship with, and materials prepared for, investor updates, Board of Directors meetings, M&A and fundraising.


What does the CoS NOT do?


• Sit in-between the CEO and his executive team.
• Handle any HR-related issues / concerns as it relates to the CEO’s direct reports and the broader leadership team.
• Manage the schedule of the CEO.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:


• High RPM and energy – an ability to ‘keep up’ with a fast moving, high-paced company, market and CEO.
• High Intellect and strong communications skills – an ability to understand the complex nature of our business and the resulting complexity in the strategy and to translate the strategy, the issues / challenges to others.
• Both in general and specific to those perspectives shared by the CEO.
• Passion / high energy – recognition of the mission of the company and a desire to participate and drive our continued success as a market leader.
• Ability to work with and communicate across all mediums, including PP, and with all management and employee levels in the company.

LABEL INSIGHT VALUES:


• Transparency: We’re transparent and open regarding our work
• Collaboration: We’re team players. We support and trust our co-workers, celebrate each other’s wins and learn from each other’s failures. We help to create an environment that makes everyone feel comfortable
• Iteration and Innovation: We’re not afraid to challenge assumptions and make suggestions for better solutions, try new ideas or take smart risks. We challenge the status quo, and feel safe to make mistakes and learn from them rather than repeat them.
• Intellectual Honesty and Humility: We pursue the best answer, not being right. We are aware of your own biases and admit when we’re wrong. We’re willing to ask for help when we need it.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our own work quality, problems and solutions, and how our actions affect those around us.
• Quality Driven: We strive for quality in our work and our approach to our role. We make data-driven decisions.

LABEL INSIGHT PERKS:

• Flexible paid vacation plan
• Flexible work hours
• Kitchen stocked with snacks, drinks, a kegerator and more!
• Casual, dog-friendly, open-layout workspace
• Company subsidized Health Insurance, and 401(k) and commuter benefits
• Competitive salary and stock options
• Catered team lunches every other week
• Mentorship opportunities
• Regular team events and happy hours
• Maternity/Paternity Leave