Consumer & Market Intelligence Associate Manager, Convenience & Foodservice Frozen Baked Goods

OVERVIEW Join the innovative and solution-oriented Convenience and Foodservice Team as Consumer & Market Intelligence Associate Manager on the Custom & Frozen Baked Goods Team. This role will focus on the Frozen Baked Goods platform. FBG is tasked to grow fast and will be a growth engine for the C&F segment! In this position you will develop and deliver operator and consumer insights, as well as marketplace intelligence that help GMI Foodservice accelerate new growth opportunities in an Away from Home landscape that is re-inventing itself. Come and join the fun! Key capabilities and experiences you’ll build in this role: Craft expertise/expansion as you learn to build and adapt learning approaches centered around foodservice operator needs; utilize both behavioral data and high touch approaches Influence business development and strategic growth opportunities – develop differential, deep insights and marketplace intelligence that build conviction and accelerate segment action in a quickly changing post-COVID environment Strengthen business acumen via daily interaction with cross-functional business team (FBG marketing team, various channel marketing teams, foodservice sales, R&D, culinary, finance) Enhance influence skills as you provide data, insights, and implications on a regular basis KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Be a strategic partner with your marketing and R&D teams to help drive core business growth and innovation Blend syndicated data, qualitative and quantitative primary research, including learning with restaurant and other foodservice operators (owners, chefs, etc.) Identify business opportunities, understand issues, and inform strategy Operator insight, market intelligence-based innovation on key product platforms of biscuits, pizza, bread, breakfast bakery, and desserts MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Marketing Research or related 2-3+ years of experience in Consumer Insights or related field Positive track record working with cross functional team and building effective relationships PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Comfort with ambiguity Ability to lead cross-functional team to critical questions and develop and execute research plan to address Strong initiative, agility, and communication skills including public speaking and presentation skills COMPANY OVERVIEW We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.