Sr Manager, Consumer Insights - Portfolio

Location: Chicago/Aon Center, Chicago, IL

Salary: $120,800–$151,000 base salary per year, plus performance-based bonus

Company

hirify.global is a large consumer packaged goods manufacturer with a portfolio of iconic food and beverage brands.

What you will do

• Act as the strategic consumer insights partner for the North American Snacks portfolio.
• Develop research best practices covering product scoping, ideation, testing, post-decision analysis, packaging, advertising, and innovation.
• Lead annual strategic grounding analyses to support situational assessments and brand planning.
• Develop standards for research methodologies, vendor assessment, delivery expectations, and insight communication.
• Translate consumer, market, and business data into actionable recommendations for brand and portfolio decisions.
• Build a newly created central function while navigating ambiguity, changing priorities, and cross-functional initiatives.

Requirements

• Strong experience in strategic insights or consumer analytics, preferably in CPG manufacturing or a combination of CPG and vendor or agency experience.
• Proficiency in market research techniques, especially quantitative methods; experience with marketing mix or price and promotion modeling is beneficial.
• Experience working with primary and secondary data and syndicated research tools such as Nielsen, Circana, or Mintel.
• Ability to collaborate with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Category Leadership, Sensory, Finance, and other cross-functional partners.
• Strong analytical, storytelling, communication, organization, presentation, and project leadership skills, including Microsoft Office and deep Excel experience.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and change, influence senior stakeholders, manage multiple workstreams, and develop people.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-based bonus eligibility.
• Healthcare, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
• Paid time off, company holidays, leave of absence programs, and flexible work arrangements.
• 401(k), employee assistance, family support, wellbeing, training, learning, and recognition programs.
• Equal opportunity workplace with accommodation support available during the application process.