Global Senior Market Insight Manager

For over 75 years, BIC has been creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that are a part of every heart and home.

As a member of our team, you'll be a part of reigniting a beloved brand as we continue to reimagine everyday essentials in new, sustainable and responsible ways.

Our "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" approach to work creates an environment where self-starters, problem solvers and innovative thinkers thrive. BIC team members are empowered to take ownership of their careers and bring their unique perspectives to the table to make a meaningful impact on our mission.

It's a colorful world - make your mark by joining the BIC team today.

We strive to provide a comprehensive benefits package that supports the well-being and professional growth of our team members. As a member of Team BIC, you’ll have access to a range of benefits designed to enhance your physical, emotional and financial wellness.  In many of our locations, we offer team members:  

• Competitive compensation and recognition  
• Hybrid work environment and flexible approach to work  
• Retirement and financial savings options  
• Well-being and mental health support 
• Parental leave  
• Physical well-being initiatives and health insurance plans  
• Professional development opportunities 
• Volunteer opportunities  

Job description

As Market Research & Consumer Insights Manager, you are responsible to deliver market intelligence and build compelling analysis to support business growth. Do you want to take part in the decision-making process to most aspects of our innovation and commercial initiatives in global context? Join our Lighters Team as Market Research & Consumer insights Manager, based in Clichy-France, within a global scope.

Your role includes:

• Understand business strategic objectives and design surveys to develop business, market & consumers intelligence

• Drive consumers’ research to generate insights & support innovation (concept test, U&A …)

• Implement research plan, launch new researches or coordinate research roll-out, according to BIC « Research Standards », in close collaboration with lighter group teams & markets

• Execute quantitative studies, including questionnaire development and survey programming

• Manage qualitative studies, including screener development and focus-group or ethnography materials

• Extract superior intelligence out of combined sources of information (Internal sales, retail panels & audits, consumer & shopper studies, retailers insights…), connecting dots (causal relationships between & amongst findings)

• Develop Competition Surveillance capabilities

• Collect, organize & centralize data (internal & existing researches) that are critical for the business management of the Lighter category worldwide,

• Actively seek and mine additional and non-traditional resources for deeper insights covering tobacco consumption, but also other flame-related categories (candles, gas cookers,…)

• Coordinate research learnings with marketing & commercial teams and collect critical information that might be useful for better business understanding and/or giving perspective to research outcomes, as to enrich global knowledge.

• Provide actionable insights & recommendations to build strong commercial plans.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s in a Quantitative field – statistics, quantitative psychology, economics, mathematics

• 8+ years progressive experience in market research, an experience in a FMCG company or analytic supplier is a plus 

• Fluency in English

• Data-driven decision-making mindset

• Strong quantitative skills and data interpretation skills

• Effective project management

• Teamwork mindset

• Excellent Communication and influencial skills

• Business partnership mind – Understand business needs and operationalize into analytical solutions

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BIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

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