Data and Insight Analyst in Manchester

NIQ's insight and consultancy helps to inform major decisions within our clients' businesses. The Data and Insights Analyst plays a key role in delivering market measurement and insight to the world's biggest drinks companies. This role involves building and maintaining great relationships with commercial teams by providing best-in-class customer service, insight, and deliverables, which is integral to identifying and creating further opportunities to broaden NIQ's revenue prospects and services.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring all validation of Weekly Deliverables is complete and delivered on time every time.
• Proactively review NIQ's product suite and client deliverables to ensure they remain relevant, looking to enhance them where necessary.
• First line support to analysts, problem-solving any and all technical production process issues, liaising with Development teams as needed.
• Interpret and deconstruct client briefs to ensure client requirements are met.
• Advise and provide guidance on methodologies, advanced analytics, and use of additional NIQ services where necessary.
• Project manage client briefs and liaise with commercial stakeholders to ensure alignment on timescales, progress, and output.
• Ensure Project Brief protocol is followed for all Projects including presentation structure/storyboard, setting regular milestones for review and feedback, ensuring brief is completed to expected level and timescale.
• Quality check final output ensuring output is accurate, Client Ready, and brief relevant.
• Ensure all contractual obligations are met – on time and correct.
• Proactively think through how the Analytics department supports client teams.
• Contact point for all standard data queries and brief requests from commercial teams.
• Confidently present research findings and demonstrate market knowledge.
• Communicate and advocate the features, benefits, and methodologies of NIQ services.
• Confidently promote USPs of NIQ Analytical services vs competitor alternatives, demonstrating a clear understanding of how each of NIQ's services complement and work alongside each other.
• Proactively share interesting trends or insights identified either in trade, in the press, or from wider NIQ work with the client.
• Keep up to date with analytics methodologies and delivery platforms.

Skillsets and Tools

• Excel
• Power Query
• Power BI
• Microsoft Synapse (SQL)
• PowerPoint

Additional Information

• Flexible working environment.
• Volunteer time off.

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ's principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

NIQ is the world's leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behaviour and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full ViewTM.

At NIQ, we are steadfast in our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace that mirrors the rich diversity of the communities and markets we serve. We believe that embracing a wide range of perspectives drives innovation and excellence. All employment decisions at NIQ are made without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.