Global Insight Manager: Food, Cooking Ingredients & Meals
Euromonitor · London
About Euromonitor
Euromonitor International leads the world in data analytics and research into markets, industries, economies and consumers. We provide truly global insight and data on thousands of products and services; we are the first destination for organisations seeking growth. With our guidance, our clients can make bold, strategic decisions with confidence.
Overview of the role
The Global Insight Manager: Food, Cooking Ingredients and Meals role sits within the Client and Insights team, reporting to the Head of Food and Drink Insights and working especially closely with other departments, including Sales, Consulting, Project Delivery and Editorial teams to proactively drive client relationships and Euromonitor’s content offering. The role requires research, commercial and leadership skills, including specific industry knowledge and talent for thought leadership to sharpen our data offering and build our voice in the industry. This is a high-profile, client-facing leadership role, tasked with the commercial development of the Cooking Ingredients and Meals system, from data analysis to broader client solutions and thought leadership strategy with a view to full existing client retention and widening the client base.
Key responsibilities
Insights
- Deliver opinionated, forward-looking, compelling insight actionable for an engaged client base; purposefully targeted to commercial and editorial needs and to the maximum research/commercial return.
- Transform global market data into valuable business insights for both own authored content and broader team projects, drawing on Euromonitor’s research expertise, analytics capabilities, and new product innovation datasets.
- Support and drive global cross-industry themes as relevant to Cooking Ingredients and Meals and drive own content initiatives for specific client and geographic perspectives.
- To do the same for the work of others through leading, co-authoring, and editing as required.
- Deliver impactful thought leadership content that helps clients understand market trends and business opportunities. Develop strategic briefings, produce industry overviews and trend reports, and create multimedia content and industry updates for external audiences.
- Build and enhance Euromonitor’s and your own external profile through thought leadership activities, including industry events, conference presentations, client engagements, and strategic account support.
- Establishing a distinct, opinionated and forward-looking industry voice through thought leadership and, in conjunction with Sales, Marketing and Consulting, translating our expertise to revenue opportunities.
- Proactively curious about and growing latest, year-round knowledge of the industry, players and trends within the context of the wider FMCG/Economies & Consumer space that feeds individual thought leadership and the ability to articulate industry evolution in both spoken and written formats.
Commercial
- Operates from a client-first mentality and uses expertise to fulfil client needs and maintain client satisfaction.
- Bring industry and thematic expertise to help win and retain business, coordinating with global sales and account management teams on client needs and priorities, take collective view on new business and renewals. Partner with strategic clients across the Food, Cooking Ingredients and Meals sector, delivering industry expertise, market insights, and thought leadership support as required.
- Continue engaging in face-to-face meetings with clients, maximising any opportunities for client scoping and relationship building.
- Build industry visibility and credibility by creating thought leadership content for Euromonitor’s digital platforms, engaging with trade media, and helping attract new client opportunities.
- Work with Marketing to build on our expert industry profile, develop strong relationships with key trade press, conference organisers and associations. Produce copy for business and trade press. Deliver presentations at key industry events, either third party or own.
- Collaborate with Sales, Client Support Teams and Consulting to provide client with wraparound support and cohesive partnership building.
Research
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, develop, and implement innovative data solutions that strengthen industry expertise, enhance client value, and ensure research offerings remain relevant in a rapidly evolving market.
- Proactively build the knowledge base through access of internal research, alternative inputs, external sources and through interactions with client facing teams and clients/industry bodies.
- Establish strong research partnerships with clients and industry stakeholders, leveraging these relationships to enhance research quality, industry expertise, and commercial impact.
- Promote and maintain a research agenda around all activities/engagements and build knowledge as part of continuous wheel of dialogue with the industry.
Requirements
- A very strong analyst able to identify and build evidence-based thought leadership that adds value to information solutions and meets the strategic needs of clients.
- A brave, curious, opinionated approach to the role.
- Comfortable navigating evolving AI capabilities, with the curiosity and initiative to translate emerging technologies into meaningful insights and commercial value.
- Preferred pre-existing knowledge in Foods.
- High level of numeracy and analytical capabilities.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Solid commercial acumen, presentation, and client management skills.
- Capacity to be a team player and work with diverse internal and external clients.
- Demonstrated ability to build strong collaborative relationships and establish trust across multidisciplinary teams, including research, consulting, and commercial functions.
- Tenacity and keen attention to detail.
- Strong time management skills and organisational ability. Flexibility and a proactive approach to managing workloads and balancing research, analysis, and client interaction.
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines.
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Benefits
Why work for Euromonitor?
Our Values:
We seek individuals who act with integrity
We look for candidates who are curious about the world
We feel that as a community, we’re stronger together
We seek to enable people to feel empowered
We welcome candidates who bring strength in diversity
International: not only do we have a very multinational workforce in each office but we communicate across our 16 offices worldwide on a daily basis.
Hardworking and sociable: our staff know how to work hard and know also how to enjoy themselves! We pride ourselves on creating an appropriate work-life balance, with flexible hours and regular socialising including frequent after work meet ups, summer and Christmas parties and a whole range of other groups to be involved with.
Committed to making a difference: We believe that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our extensive Corporate Social Responsibility Programme gives each member of staff two volunteering days a year in addition to holidays. It gives all new starters a donation amount on joining us which they can give to a charity of their choice.
It sees us reaching out into the local community with our mentoring, group volunteering, and fundraising initiatives as well as supporting international charities through our website sales, matching staff sponsorship fundraising, and carbon offsetting all our flights.
Excellent benefits: we offer competitive salaries, enhanced healthcare and pensions, plus generous holiday allowances, hybrid working and, in many offices, a Core Hours policy allowing flexible start and finish times to each day.
Opportunities to grow: we offer extensive training and development opportunities at all levels. The vast majority of our Managers and Directors have been promoted from within and many have moved across departments as well as upwards. We pride ourselves on identifying and rewarding talent.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Euromonitor International does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.