CUSTOMER SUCCESS LEADER - Brand & Media, Western Europe

all NIQ offices in Western EU

About this job

In this Strategic Leadership Role, you will be responsible for Customer Success for the Brand & Media Strategic Analytics & Insight Practice Area across WE reporting into the SA&I Customer Success regional leader. Key responsibilities encompass delivering with excellence while maintaining delivery standards, driving high operational efficiency and a strong sales mindset (support upselling & cross-selling); enabling timely revenue recognition and profitable execution.

Your profile:

• Extensive experience in in consulting, analytics, or consumer research roles focused on Brand & Media Solutions is required
• Proven experience in leading high performing remote teams, managing people, and developing talent
• Strong analytical skills, sales and business acumen, strong sense of urgency and accountability to drive client outcomes
• Skilled & polished communicator - including client presentations - able to synthesize data & simplify findings to solve client business issues
• Able to work collaboratively with internal & external teams
• Capable to maintain positive client relationships in complex situations & resolve client issues
• Strong logic, deductive reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Good knowledge of NielsenIQ products, services and data preferred
• Experience in driving organizational transformation is a plus
• Bachelor's Degree required, Master’s preferred, or equivalent experience

Core KPIs

• Team Engagement and Retention - Increase engagement among customer success associates in the region as measured through Engage results as well as retention of associates
• Regional Revenue for the Practice Area: Drive repeat sales, renewals & Ensure all delivery schedules are optimized to meet quarterly revenue targets
• NPS: Ensure sufficient response rate from clients, Increase/maintain baseline performance, Support and/or lead key client follow ups and action plans
• EBITDA - Support region lead to: Monitor project and solution profitability, and leverage time tracking learning to help improve delivery contribution, Manage W&S Delivery budget through a lens of optimization for the region via org design, hubbing, etc. and to Manage T&E budget through the lens of prioritizing client engagement as well as team performance and engagement

Qualification

• Proven track record in Analytics Consultancy/ Market Research leadership roles
• Expertise in (application of) Brand & Media Solutions preferred
• Proven leader of high performing teams
• Bachelor's Degree required, Master’s preferred, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge in sales processes in CPG companies, customers, modern and traditional market
• Good knowledge of NielsenIQ products, services and data preferred
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven sales acumen
• Strong sense of urgency and accountability to drive client outcomes
• Proven experience in leading a team, managing people, and developing talent
• Able to work collaboratively with internal & external teams
• Capable to maintain positive client relationships in complex situations & resolve client issues
• Strong logic, deductive reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Skilled & polished communicator, including client presentations
• Able to synthesize data & simplify findings to solve client business issues
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience using large data sets to finding insights and make recommendations
• High say-do ratio
• Experience in driving organizational transformation is a plus

What we can offer

• Be at the forefront of transformation: this is a rare opportunity to shape the future of brand measurement within a newly unified, world leading insights division; the pace of the transformation is swift, making it both a challenging and rewarding role for those who like to be hands on and driving change at speed.
• Drive real impact and lead the reinvention of how we deliver brand insights by integrating technology, innovation, and client-centric service, all spaces where NIQ is investing heavily for growth. Opportunity to leverage all this for thought leadership and marketing as well.
• Build and lead with purpose: This is a senior leadership role managing a team of over 80 people across many European markets. It plays a key part in unifying and evolving our brand teams across Western Europe, working closely with sales and senior leadership to deliver measurable client outcomes and elevate our presence in the market.

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior 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 View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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