Associate Insights Manager, The Insights Lab
Kenvue NA

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

Associate Insights Manager, The Insights Lab

Who we are

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson's and BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up of ~ 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact the life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours.

The Insights Lab will be a new state-of-the-art facility enabling immersive collaboration, planning and learning. It is a technology forward environment with physical and digital merchandising capability and will be leveraged for strategic meetings, consumer learning and to showcase our Kenvue Category Visioning and best-in-class innovation and execution to our customers, retailers, and partners.

Role reports to: Sr Manager, The Insights Lab

Location: Skillman, NJ (Kenvue's corporate headquarters is currently located in Skillman NJ, but is scheduled to move to Summit, NJ in or around early 2025.)

Travel : 20%

Pay:

What you will do

The Associate Insights Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Insights Lab. This individual will also run the day-to-day operations of the lab to support consumer / shopper research initiatives, retailer meetings, strategic planning meetings, BIC merchandising & activation development. This leader will serve as a cross-category partner, helping shape category stories, leading the hosting of Kenvue guests, developing immersive presentations, and have competency across key tech & shopper / category systems such as JDA Space Planning software, Adobe Creative Cloud, video / audio tech experience. This individual needs to be agile, adaptable, ability to manage complexity, know how to use space planning software, strong presentation skills, an ability to develop content and a strong understanding of video / audio technology. This leader will collaborate with multiple stakeholders internally and externally and should have a demonstrated ability to manage complexity & partner end-to-end.
Key Responsibilities:
• Serve as the Global Insights Lab partner collaborating across teams to shape Innovation lab sessions, content and have a baseline understanding across key category & customer initiatives

• Design, manage andcoordinate key partner and customer presentations leveraging Innovation Lab Immersive software in support of Category / Brand / Retailer initiatives

• Run the day-to-day operations of the lab, with high quality management of the technical tools & software

• Run the day-to-day operations of The Insights Lab meetings including preparing for & executing hosting consumers, shoppers, retailers, Kenvue guests & leaders

• Design and run the immersive retailer environments leveraging VIS software and in partnership with development agency

• Identify & optimize Booking process, developing and deployment process of lab usage

• Work with internal Shopper/Category partners on research opportunities: provide voice-of-customer, shape research projects, and activate findings to be customer-specific

• Influence and execute the POG activation of merchandising improvements, efficient assortment, and clustering solutions

• Work in partnership with other Global Insights Lab (e.g. P2P Lab in UK) and local Retailer team CFTs

What we are looking for
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred

• Min 4 years of proven experience in CPG industry - customer insights, category management, space planning and/or shopper insights or relevant business experience is required

• Ability to understand and interpret shopper and category insights research and an understanding of syndicated data, panel data, shopper-card data and other research

• Strong digital & technical literacy, including strong knowledge of MS Office Suite, Space Planning software (Blue Yonder), Adobe Creative Cloud (most notably Photoshop and Illustrator)

• Knowledge of omni retail customer store operations, structure, strategy, and retail execution tactics

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships

• Ability to work collaboratively and independently to organize and complete assigned work

• Strong facilitation, presentation skills, creativity and ability to tailor presentation style to a variety of key decision makers is required

• Ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex information

• Ability to develop and oversee the execution of project plans and to implement, execute and draw conclusions from a variety of customer, shopper and category studies

• Working experience with US Retailers is preferred

What's in it for you

• Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $92,000.00 to $149,500.00.This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

• Competitive Total Rewards Package*

• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!

• Learning & Development Opportunities

• Employee Resource Groups

• This list could vary based on location/region

*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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