Senior Global Insights Manager

Job Introduction

The Insights & Analytics team sits within our Global Marketing function, and plays a key role in the development of our core brand portfolio as well as the identification of new brand, product or service innovation opportunities.

The team leads our marketing insights efforts via the management of all marketing data, including the research of priority global assets and analysis of campaign and brand performance.

Our Global Senior 3^rd Party insights Manager will work closely with our global, local and commercial marketing teams to transform the impact of insights and analytics across our 3^rd party network.  

Main Responsibility

• Consolidate a fragmented category and consumer data environment in a way that enables insight led decisions.
• Create an approach to evaluating and prioritising opportunities and risks across marketing and commercial teams, in order for decisions to be led by data and investment decisions prioritised.
• Drive a stronger insight agenda in brand planning; creating a clear link with global brand strategies between strategy and initiatives that have a proven effectiveness in market.
• Transform WG&S's learning agenda: up weighting the focus, buy in and application of measurement and evaluation that evidence more effective and efficient spend of A&P in 3^rd party markets.
• Build capability in priority 3^rd party markets, leading on the dissemination of thought leadership projects and ensuring basic principles and approaches are adopted.
• Create a learning culture across priority 3^rd party markets, ensuring learning plans are created and implemented, insights are shared continuously between markets and brands, and data and insights prove to have a tangible impact on decisions.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Wants to be part of a brilliant team and a great Company to work on some of the drinks industry’s most iconic bands.
• Has excellent written and face to face communication and presentation skills.
• Is excited about maintaining high standards of editorial care and attention to detail and to contributing to the achievement of digital audience growth.
• Is a resilient self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity in a fast paced business environment and who can work on their own initiative.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.