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Sr Manager II, Analytics – CPG Market Mix Modeling, Arkansas. Oct. 24, 2009

Sr Manager II, Analytics – CPG Market Mix Modeling
$110k - $112k + bonus + relo
Fortune 500 CPG – Arkansas
Must be US Citizen, Green Card or PR

Reports to Director of Analytics

Focus on this role is hands-on expertise in market mix modeling – panel data, shopper data and a lot of ad-hoc analysis and modeling of print, radio or TV – very cross functional.

Description:
  • Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects for Customer Insights department
  • Manages the implementation of a marketing mix analytical process by leveraging technical expertise to identify and adopt best practices for retail marketing mix insights
  • Develops actionable strategies and presents recommended business actions to various stakeholders Drives business decisions by translating business issues into statistical analyses
  • Ensures team performance by managing daily activities of external consultants; and overseeing data collection, methodology development, statistical model development, and presentation of findings.
  • Designs and manages statistical models by determining the scope of research; selecting the research vendor; determining the experimental design; validating the model accuracy in answering the business questions; outlining the analytical plan; and developing the business recommendation. Synthesizes information by interpreting research results; reconciling learning from disparate studies; resolving conflicting pieces of information; and integrating complex studies into simple concepts.
  • Ensures consumer insights are incorporated into category marketing plans
  • Assesses aspects of marketing effectiveness by identifying business issues needing explanation; analyzing consumer behavior patterns and media data to determine the effectiveness of marketing; and providing solutions to increase marketing effectiveness to the consumer.

Minimum Qualifications for the Position: (Applicants must possess all of the following to be considered.)

8 years experience in Marketing Analytics syndicated research (an absolute must have), including the management and performance of marketing mix modeling across at least I of the following areas: print, radio, television, and Internet; measuring advertising responses; and pricing and promotion models.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

2 year experience in managing external resources (for example, consultants, suppliers) resources (screening, coaching, training).
Master’s in Marketing, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field, with course work in Marketing and Statistics.

Qualified candidates send cover letter and resume to Linda@BentonSearch.com

Market Research Manager, Miami, FL. Oct. 24, 2009

Market Research Manager (Miami, FL)

A leading technology and solutions provider of customer insight management capabilities for the world's market leaders.

We are looking to grow our business and have an immediate opening in Miami, FL for a seasoned and successful Market Research professional.

This person will have 2 to 4 years of market research experience with at least 1 year on the supplier side and experience in research methodologies and concept testing

If you or anyone you know would be interested in learning more about this position or reading a Job Description, please contact

Alex Staub
Sr. Staffing Consultant
Irecruit.llc@gmail.com
510 263 7097
510 931 6375

Statistician, Online Advertising - Washington DC. Oct. 24, 2009

Statistician, Online Advertising - Washington DC

Resonate Networks, a dynamic online advertising network start-up, is seeking a Statistician. This position will be a critical role in the success of Resonate Networks. This person will be responsible for analyzing data from multiple sources in order to enhance and develop Resonate’s unique online ad targeting algorithms for its public affairs, political, and corporate customers. If you enjoy the challenge of a fast-paced start-up environment and like to break innovative new ground, we want to talk to you!

Key Responsibilities
• Develop and implement statistical analyses that increase the efficacy of Resonate Networks’ online campaigns
• Develop and implement cutting edge online advertising targeting algorithms
• Design and implement analyses that incorporate custom survey results, web behavior data, campaign performance metrics and information from public databases

Qualifications & Experience Requirements
• Extensive experience in a wide variety of statistical modeling techniques.
• Experience with statistical software (such as SAS or SPSS) required.
• Knowledge of SQL, relational database design and methods for efficiently retrieving data from them.
• Experience in online advertising analytics, behavioral targeting, online marketing analysis or web analytics required.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience analyzing survey data desired.
• 5-10 years professional experience.
• Must be able to maintain a “Big Picture” perspective.
• Strong attention to detail and quality.
• Must have entrepreneurial spirit and drive and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Educational Requirements
• Masters’ Degree in statistics, econometrics or related field. Ph.D. preferred.

Our Company:
Resonate Networks is a dynamic online advertising network start-up in Northern Virginia focused on helping Public Affairs & political organizations, as well as corporations, find their desired audiences online based upon the issues they care about – what we call “Attitudinal Targeting ”. Find out more about our story at www.resonatenetworks.com

To apply please send cover letter and resume to researchjobs@resonatenetworks.com. Resonate is metro accessible and offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Manager, Business Analytics, in Michigan. Oct. 24, 2009

MANAGER, BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Michigan
Three Openings
$90-$110K
Bonus Eligible
Relocation Provided

(1) Manager-Trade Promotion Modeling:
Build account specific statistical models using state of the art modeling techniques that will optimize bottoms up forecasting and trade promotions for our business unit. This role will also maintain and/or improve forecasting accuracy through advance analytics; provide consumption data to multiple systems. Leverage trade promotion models to answer ad-hoc business questions.

(2) Manager-Store Analytics:
Convert complex data into business solutions using top of the line statistical methods. Lead the effort to provide fact based modeling insights to customer business plan & value added promotions. Provide expertise, insights & technical knowledge to sale & marketing organizations across multiple business units to enable fact based decision making. Impacts the future success of company by evaluating the effectiveness of marketing & sales programs and deliver insights that lead to greater sales and profit.

(3) Manager-Pricing Analytics:
Lead the effort to build pricing models and tools used for understanding pricing at national or retailer level for multiple business units. Enable the effort to improve and enhance collaboration with HQ and retailers by providing effective data insights to optimize pricing. Impacts the future success of company by evaluating the effectiveness of pricing actions and deliver insights that lead to greater sales & profit. Leverage pricing models to answer ad-hoc business questions.

Position Requirements
  • Masters in Statistics or Economics is preferred with a minimum of 5 years experience.
  • SAS programming knowledge is preferred.
  • Knowledge of econometric modeling concepts, marketing mix analysis is required.
  • Ability to travel up to 20% of the time is required.
  • Excellent project mgmt, time mgmt, communications and presentation skills are required.
  • Must have strong computer skills in: Excel & PowerPoint.

Preferred:
  • SAS certification is preferred.
  • CPG experience
  • A strong understanding of a variety of statistical techniques (e.g. regression, ANOVA, cluster analysis) is preferred.
  • Excel VBA a plus.

Mary Parker, CPC
Managing Partner
WPS, Inc.
Office: 773-205-6308
mary@analyticsearches.com
www.analyticsearches.com

VP of Analytics, Healthcare and Managed Care, in Puerto Rico. Oct. 24, 2009

VICE PRESIDENT OF ANALYTICS, Healthcare and Managed Care, PUERTO RICO!

Responsible for the effective leadership, organization and coordination of all (technical and human) analytical resources in support of company-wide compliance, medical management and business decision processes. Must understand and challenge internal technical resources to achieve alignment of them, with each other and with business goals.

The VP of Analytics must be familiar with Health Insurance and Managed Care Industry analytical concepts and reporting.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Optimize efficiency of existing analytical tools, technical and human resources in support of business needs; seeking automation and technology solutions where appropriate to improve accuracy and timeliness of reporting and analysis.
2. Management of analytics personnel and coordination with those from other company markets.
3. Oversight of Data Governance process to assure effective allocation of resources in support of stated business priorities. Coordination of governance process with IT, actuarial and other senior management with respect to identifying and managing business priorities and resource needs.
4. Primary analytical liaison between analytical resources and senior management.
5. Interpretation/translation of business objectives and needs into analytical tasks, as well as translation/communication of analytical results to business representatives in the proper context of business needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:
1.The successful candidate for this position will be a strategic and dynamic leader with experience in both the technical and business aspects of the Health Insurance and Managed Care industry, who is able to apply his/her critical thinking and analytical skills to solving complex business problems, and communicate results in a clear and understandable way to business decision makers, allowing them to quickly see what actions must be taken operationally to correct problems and improve the performance of the business.
2. Strong experience dealing with both the analytical and business sides of a managed care or similar health industry organization.
3. Excellent analytical abilities and experience in using information and analytical solutions to understand and resolve business problems; including the ability to translate analytical results into actionable items for business personnel.
4. Experience with finding and establishing enterprise solutions to replace “local” and one-off solutions often based in desktop applications such as Excel or Access.
5. Excellent managerial, organizational and communication skills and experience; able to manage and motivate technical personnel.
6. Strong written and oral communication skills, including the disciplined practice of documentation with respect to analysis, and the ability to present complicated, technical information in an understandable and relevant way to non-technical and senior management personnel.
7. First-hand experience and skills with respect to programming, data extraction and manipulation, relational databases, analytical software and programming languages.
8. Familiarity with medical and industry terminology commonly used in the analysis of health insurance and medical management business problems.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelor’s degree. Preference is for degrees in computer science, mathematics, biostatistics, epidemiology or other similarly technical or analytical field.
• Five to ten years in the health insurance/managed care industry. especially in the analysis of medical care outcomes, trend drivers and other medical or financial analysis related to the business of insuring and providing quality medical benefits to beneficiaries.
• Five years of formal management experience; .

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Must be fluent in English; fluency in Spanish strongly preferred.

For immediate and confidential consideration please submit updated Word version of resume to: yhernandez@msssinc.com

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