Hybrid Shopper Analyst

at IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution)

• Job title: Shopper Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Watford, United Kingdom

About the role

• Insight Analyst driving shopper research and insights within the UK grocery sector. Collaborating with retail and consumer analysts to influence industry trends and developments.

Responsibilities

• Producing best-in-class insight
• You will support & build insights from primary and secondary research and utilise our Retail Analysis team and network of industry contacts
• You will deliver outputs on a variety of shopper trends and industry/macro developments across the UK, providing actionable insight to our members through presentations and on IGD’s ShopperVista web-based platform
• You may be required to travel around the UK in order to fulfil your research/projects
• You’ll support the creation of news articles and track best practice and innovations on the latest retail developments, incorporating your research into IGD reports and presentations
• You’ll be supporting our qualitative and quantitative primary research with British Shoppers, through our ongoing tracking study and through various projects we undertake on an ad hoc basis
• Working with the wider team you will deliver high-quality reports for our customers to showcase our work, and to raise awareness and build the reputation of our UK research programme
• The projects you lead will generally be focused on specific topics (utilising qualitative and quantitative research methodologies) and you will support Insight Leaders and Senior analysts on the larger strategic projects
• You will also be supporting on customer-specific projects, providing insights that exceed their expectations in terms of quality and depth of insight
• You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge, sharing your research with customers in the form of virtual or in-person presentations and webinars
• You will support IGD’s research programme and your own personal development journey
• By actively developing an internal & external network and using feedback from colleagues and customers you’ll be able to continually improve IGD online content and the quality of our insights and research

Requirements

• A keen interest in the UK grocery and consumer goods industry
• PowerPoint, Excel, and Word skills, with the ability to turn multiple sources of information into meaningful insights and reporting
• Confident presentation skills, able to engage an audience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to plan and manage your own workload
• A team player with a collaborative mindset who takes pride in maintaining high standards in your own work and meeting deadlines
• Capable of adapting priorities under pressure with a positive approach to change
• A curiosity for learning and sharing your knowledge, with an ability to think creatively and to innovate, with an ethos of continuous improvement and constantly pushing the boundaries e.g. how AI can step change our research and reporting

Benefits

• a market leading pension
• a bonus scheme
• the ability to buy and sell annual leave
• a generous medical insurance package
• great work-life balance