Insight Analyst

Insight Analyst

Location: Woking

Contract Type: Permanent 

Position Type: Full Time

Your next career starts with Acosta Europe.

Acosta Europe is an exceptional business that cares about its people. We are part of one of the largest Sales and Marketing agencies in the world and are currently seeking an experienced Insight Analyst to join our well established and industry leading team.

If you can bring the passion for Insights and have the enthusiasm to succeed, we can offer you the opportunity to develop your career in an engaging and rewarding environment, where no two days are ever the same!

Job Title:  Insight Analyst                            

Reporting to:  Insight Manager

Salary : Competitive   

Hours Per Week: 37.5 Hours                 

Role Purpose: 

Building relationships across our clients with regular and frequent client contact including commercial presentations, performance reviews and analysis is central to the success of this position.

The role will play a central part in the visualisation of data to ensure that the client receives analysis and measurement in an easy to use and visually engaging format.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities 

Reporting, Insight & Evaluation

• To build relationships across our Clients with regular and frequent contact including attendance at commercial presentations, performance reviews and analysis
• To build relationships with the Account team and the Insight team
• Ensure great quality of analysis to enable the delivery of a profitable service with a great return on investment for the Client
• To actively identify and exploit the growth opportunities within a highly competitive marketplace
• To support in directing and measuring the field team performance, focusing on efficiency and effectiveness
• Lead the identification of commercial opportunity in order to direct and challenge client strategy

Operational analysis

• To forecast the impact of the field team operation – Size of Prize
• To measure the actual impact of field operations – ROI (Return on Investment)

Impact analysis

• To provide analysis and visuals on New product launches and reasoning for success
• To produce and monitor promotional effectiveness, profitable promotions and compliance
• To supply analysis on Price impact
• To measure and analyse the impact of POS (Point of Sale) location
• To deliver distribution compliance and opportunity analysis
• To provide impactful analysis on Planogram compliance
• Support with the analysis of Intervention impact and lost sales opportunity
• Lead the analysis on supply chain operational efficiencies

Presentation & Reporting

• Responsible for producing and presenting the findings of analysis to key contacts within Client’s group
• To build and deliver regular data reports to the Client on a frequent basis, ensuring to deliver cutting insight and visual impact
• To take ownership for ensuring all system generated reports are delivered accurately and to an agreed schedule

Field Optimisation

• To provide and maintain a dynamic call file set driven by EPOS data analytical capability and other third-party data sources
• To consistently utilise territory optimisation and journey planning software

Other Requirements

• Regularly read and follow Company policies and procedures at all times. Polices can be found on the intranet or by asking a member of the HR team
• Take personal responsibility to comply with Health & Safety Regulations
• Take responsibility for your own personal development and ensure all mandatory training is completed on time 
• Adhere to all General Data Protection Rules and policies (GDPR)

Skills:

Essential:

• Advanced Excel

• Intermediate/ Advanced PowerPoint

• Good communication and interpersonal skills, including rapport building and influencing

• Target driven with good time and task management skills

• Self-motivated, confident, and determined

• Administration and organisational skills

Desirable:

• Power BI

• Retail and/ or FMCG experience

Person Specification:

Good communication (written and verbal communication skills including ability to present)

Good interpersonal skills, including rapport building and influencing

Analysis and judgement skills / Decision making

Target driven with good time and task management skills and ability to meet deadlines

Customer focus

Self-motivated, confident and determined

Advanced level Excel

Intermediate/Advanced PowerPoint skills

Good administration and organisational skills

Previous experience with Power BI desirable but not essential

Previous retail and/or FMCG experience desirable