Analyst - Retail

Have you ever walked down an aisle in your local grocery store and wondered why your favorite beverage or food product moved? At NIQ, we work with U.S. retailers to help them understand their consumers and to optimize their business down every aisle. We are looking to add an Analyst to our Retail team.

This is a hybrid position and requires onsite presence 2-3 days per week in Bentonville, AR.

As an Analyst, you are responsible for all client activity and the overall success of NIQ at the customer. This includes driving timely outcomes and client value through data and analytics, which drive the overall customer experience and elevate NIQ's performance. This role has deep knowledge of the customer’s business and industry, which enables you to identify new opportunities for NIQ to drive value.

Works successfully across a matrixed organization structure, fully leveraging the service model.

• Partner with customers to set objectives that drive business impact and maximum client value, building and maintaining strong relationships and deep expertise with adaptability, urgency, and positivity.
• Understand and leverage NIQ solutions and apply industry knowledge to conduct advanced issue-based analyses with clear proactive insights and action-oriented recommendations.
• Drive strategic thought leadership with customers, leveraging NIQ tools and assets.
• Identify opportunities for increased partnership and elevate those opportunities to organizational partners.
• Facilitate clear day-to-day communications with customers, proving the value of NIQ solutions in support of growth, adoption, and value creation.
• Ensure timely delivery of data and reporting, and drive internal issue resolution and the associated response.
• Identify potential revenue opportunities with customers and hand off to Sales Leaders to enable them to achieve sales goals.
• Work collaboratively with internal partners to ensure work is connected to customer business objectives, delivered on-time, and focused on outcome.

You confidently manage data, and you care about the people behind every number. You constantly seek to learn new things and lean into new capabilities. Change excites you. Curiosity, communication, and critical thinking drive your work—whether you got your start in sales or consulting analytics, or consumer goods. Now you’re ready for what’s next.

• 1-3 years of experience with exposure in the CPG/Retail industry.
• Strong analytical aptitude, experience analyzing, interpreting and presenting data.
• Polished, persuasive communication skills with experience in presentations.
• Experience in collaborating on projects and maintaining positive relationships in complex situations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Experience working with customers preferred.
• Experience with data visualization software such as PowerBI & Tableau is a plus.
• Familiarity with NielsenIQ tools, applications and platforms a plus.

This role has a market‑competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $58,100 – $62,000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales‑based incentive or performance‑based bonus. Other benefits include flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry‑leading parental leave, life insurance, education support, and more.

• Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision).
• Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
• Disability insurance.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• Linked In Learning
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

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…