Senior Insight Manager

As Senior Insight Manager, you will independently deliver high quality, strategic insight that informs decision making and drives business impact. Your impact will be transforming complex data into clear, actionable insight, producing market leading intelligence and managing insight projects end to end with a high degree of autonomy. You will play a proactive role in shaping thinking across mostly our convenience and wholesaler business areas, contributing strategically to commercial, marketing and product discussions by challenging assumptions and introducing new, innovative perspectives. Working closely with commercial teams, marketing colleagues and data and research specialists, the role ensures insight is robust and effectively communicated and embedded in decision making. This role requires the ability to balance analytical rigour with compelling storytelling, influencing outcomes through insight while operating confidently and independently within a fast paced, insight led environment.

This role sits within Lumina Intelligence, a highly ambitious, London-based, food & drink consultancy on a mission to inspire our customers with expert insight and world-class data powered by analytical thinking, outstanding expertise, and leading technology. We are part of a global media group, William Reed, who have been leaders in the food and drink sector for over 160 years.

• Producing market leading insight outputs, using data analytics tools (e.g. Pyramid, Power BI or Excel Pivot Tables), positioning the organisation as a trusted authority and thought leader
• Building and strengthening food and drink market expertise through rigorous research and analysis
• Representing the insight function externally, communicating findings confidently to diverse audiences via presentations and webinars in person and virtually
• Providing end-to-end ownership of client insight projects to agreed timelines and quality standards, communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Planning and managing project workflows and resource allocation across multiple workstreams
• Setting and maintaining high quality standards for insight outputs
• Analysing market trends to identify opportunities and risks
• Translating complex data into clear, high impact insight to inform decision making
• Coaching and mentoring

• Experience delivering strategic insight, research and data analysis autonomously
• Food & drink sector experience is desirable, especially Grocery, Convenience or Wholesale, otherwise an ability to learn and adapt to new sectors quickly and confidently interpret complex trends
• Good data analysis skills using relevant tools and platforms e.g. Pyramid, Power BI or Excel Pivot Tables
• Experience with market research methodologies and techniques
• Project management capability to deliver to deadlines
• Excellent presentation and report writing skills - confidence leading on face to face and virtual data and analytics presentations
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable insight and effectively communicate technical subjects to Laymen
• Experience in a similar role within the food and beverage sector would be ideal, but if not, a demonstrable passion for food and drink is essential!

• 6.6 weeks of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time). The equivalent to 25 days plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time colleagues
• One additional day holiday per year after 6 years' service, up to a maximum 7.6 weeks of annual leave (pro-rata for part-time). The equivalent to 30 days plus standard England and Wales bank holidays for full-time colleagues
• A holiday purchase scheme, allowing employees to purchase up to 3 additional days of annual leave and spread the cost over up to 6 months
• An additional day of paid leave, a 'MeDay', allowing you the flexibility to celebrate a cultural or religious event or your birthday. It recognises that everyone's background is unique and gives you the freedom to mark what matters to you.
• One paid volunteering day per year to support a charity or community initiative of your choice
• Hybrid and agile working opportunities (role dependent)
• Enhanced Pension Contributions, we offer employer pension contributions above the statutory minimum
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced family-friendly leave pay entitlements
• Wellbeing benefits, including: A health care cash plan, Employee Assistance Programme, Virtual GP service and access to health & wellbeing resources and tools
• Equity, Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, supported by employee-led networks and proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer
• Cycle to Work Scheme (subject to satisfactory completion of probationary period)
• Electric Car Scheme (subject to satisfactory completion of probationary period)