Associate Director, Consumer Business Insights

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health is recruiting for an Associate Director Self Care Franchise - Consumer Business Insights to be located in Zug Switzerland.

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health develop and market beloved brands that address the needs of consumers and health care professionals worldwide. Our portfolio ranges across several distinct business units: Baby Care, Oral Care, Compromised Skin Care, Beauty, Feminine Care, and Over-The-Counter (OTC) products.

The Associate Director leads all aspects in support of the Global Digestive Health and Smoking Cessation Franchises. Develops insights and leverages advanced analytics to grow J&J’s Digestive Health/Smoking Cessation businesses Globally with a focus on portfolio strategy, growth through consumer & shopper Insights, go-to-market optimization and Comms development & tracking. This role will require strong collaboration with local markets across the globe. Leads the translation of learnings into actionable recommendations that drive business growth. Demonstrates excellent communication and partners collaboratively with business teams to drive these initiatives into action.

This role covers quantitative and qualitative research and leveraging of advanced analytics that feed into the development and execution of strategies that drive the business.

Responsibilities

• Use knowledge of key macro trends and leads understanding of consumer, market and competitive landscape to diagnose business performance and address focused business issues; Leads and applies understanding of brand/marketing fundamentals to assess brand health, and assists in marketing plan and category/brand strategies development
• Assess the supplier landscape and recruit/develop new suppliers who can provide J&J with the competitive advantage
• Use broader range of research tools/resources/processes to assess business issues; Independently and proactively identifies the key business issues/questions and develops the most appropriate research design and analytic plan to address business/ research needs; Evaluates and incorporates new/emerging research tools that provide increased consumer insight and business growth; Acts as an expert in research and questionnaire design and interpretation.
• Act as a business partner, not just a market research specialist. Manages complex business issues and helps team set strategic direction. Creates consensus.
• Integrate knowledge from multiple sources and creates meaningful interpretations and recommendations that address business issues; Interprets and pragmatically translates research learning into feasible business building action steps, and ensures alignment with key business partners (including brand marketing, sales strategy and top tier mass customer teams. Guides cross-functional team members to an objective viewpoint. Ensures that all summary results are delivered consistently. Communicates complex issues with impact and clarity.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree is required; Post-graduate degree or equivalent in Market Research, Social Sciences or Statistics is preferred.
• A Minimum 6 years’ experience in Market Research (Insights and Analytics)
• Proven track record of driving business by leveraging insights and analytics
• Demonstrates ability to influence cross-functional and upper management to impact decision-making; Willingness to “have an opinion” backed up by insight and analytics and the confidence to influence key stakeholders in meetings and one to one basis
• Outstanding communication skills; Ability to think analytically to understand complex or ambiguous problems or issues and communicate solutions/conclusions clearly and concisely; Data visualization skills are a must
• Highly strategic business knowledge with the ability to appropriately use judgment and risk-taking
• Technical market research and analytical expertise and conversant in a range of quantitative and qualitative ad hoc research techniques and syndicated business analyses
• Demonstrated ability to understand, interpret and apply advanced analytics to solve business issues
• Strong track record of leadership in high performance consumer packaged goods environment
• This position requires approximately 15-20% travel domestic.

Primary Location
Switzerland-Zug-Zug- Organization
Cilag GmbH International (8525)
Job Function
Marketing
Requisition ID
2005812058W