Sr MGR II, Client Sales & Insights

Senior Manager II

Let’s be unstoppable together!

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.

This role will have responsibility for supporting and overseeing the partnership with a new Circana client who is a leader in the Refrigerated Beverage Space. 

This role will engage primarily with the client’s consumer insights, analytics and sales team. In this role you will leverage point of sale and receipt panel data to drive actionable insights for the client and drive holistic recommendations. 

The candidate should have strong leadership, collaboration and client management skills. They should have a very high analytic & insight capability utilizing POS and Shopper Panel data. The candidate should also have strong skills with excel, powerpoint, web-based reporting tools, etc.     

Job Responsibilities

Advanced Analytic Skills: Demonstrate ability to analyze and interpret data and translate it into meaningful solutions for clients:

• Approach client with coherent, actionable and fact-based data/recommendations appropriate to their business needs
• Continually provide analytical solutions and business insights to address any business gaps and/or opportunities and create value for the client with focus on leveraging technology and speed to insights
• Identify business issues and opportunities and suggests the appropriate level analytic solution/approach, while also leveraging Circana’s proprietary UNIFY platform and other related tools.

Consultative Selling: Apply knowledge of the business, industry and domain to identify, create and close business opportunities:

• Ask questions to test assumptions and challenges the status quo
• Synthesize information on a variety of issues; translate the information into a project framework that ultimately provides solutions for clients

Impactful Presence: Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills; present a professional image:

• Become trusted by client, Circana client solutions teams, Circana cross functional organizations, Circana business partners and considered a domain expert and business partner
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to communication; adapt messages quickly to the appropriate level or function with poise and polish
• Be comfortable engaging with C-Level leadership given client’s engagement with data across all levels of the organization

Client Focus: Consistently act with client satisfaction in mind and follow through on commitments to ensure the needs of the client are met:

• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of customer needs and requirements
• Help customers identify solutions to problems they did not know they had
• Regularly and proactively communicate with the client-facing teams, including soliciting feedback to continually improving the relationship
• Track and organize multiple work streams against multiple clients, and manage time and resources against changing priorities

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with syndicated data, analytics, category management, or related fields
• Marketing and/or sales with a premier Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) company or other companies using syndicated POS and Panel data
• Demonstrated expertise in translating data and analysis into relevant implications
• Experience with syndicated data
• Strong project management and process skills
• Strong skills using Microsoft excel
• Able to engage in consultative manner with clients when helping solve/manage content deliverables

Circana Behaviors

As well as the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): remote

Prospective candidates may be asked to consent to background checks (in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice ) Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. The salary range for this role is $100K to $120K.

This job is also eligible for bonus pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

An offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice. Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

You can apply for this role through the Circana careers website or Intranet site for internal candidates. This role is subject to AI-assisted screening. Circana uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess resumes for alignment with job requirements by helping locate details in resumes that relate to the job description.

This role is subject to AI-assisted screening. Circana uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess resumes for alignment with job requirements by helping locate details in resumes that relate to the job description.

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