**LAOU HUMAN INSIGHTS CATEGORY MANAGER (SSD HERITAGE BRANDS)**
**reports to OU HUMAN INSIGHTS LEAD**
Solid understanding of the TCCC system, understanding of our existing categories.
Must be collaborative in nature, comfortable both contributing to and utilizing global insights, strategies and activations from around the network
**Focus, Scope, & Impact**:
- Human insights (SSD heritage brands) _
- Leads development of insights learning plan, including Identifying key insights-driven **opportunities and threats by category and channel**
- Define **insights protocols and deliver insights to OU Categories **for brand strategy
- Development of creative strategy insights in support of business and creative brief, early and late stage **creative development**, consumer co-creation, evaluation and testing.
- Devise, manage and deliver insights to OU Categories to support **launch of new regional and local brands**, driving the **innovation pipeline, development of visual identity **for regional and local brands and **development marketing campaigns **for regional & local brands
- Development of **innovation opportunity identification**, concept development and assessment, product and packaging development, early and late stage consumer co-creation, evaluation and testing.
- Application of **product-concept testing protocols **for innovation projects (with TCR, R&D)
- ** Collaborate with IMX **to understand and incorporate category consumer and consumption insights
- Support the definition and action **testing protocols for IMX campaigns**
- Ad Hoc Research_
- ** Perform ad hoc research **(e.g.
for global campaigns and innovation projects)
- Provide **insights consult support **for related OU functions (SRA, PAC, Front Line Marketing etc.)
- OU Human Insights Lead will carry out duties equally through her/his team (including situational coaching and talent development) and individually; and interacting regularly with the OU Insights Lead, OU Insights Team, Global Insights lead, with OU Marketing Lead and broader OU Marketing, Strategy and C&CL teams.
**Experience**
5+ years of experience including Consumer Insights, Market Research, Analysis, preference for additional Marketing, Innovation, experience
Experience in working in TCCC system especially in insights / HI role supporting categories is preferred
Experience in being a part of a Regional, Global charter is an advantage
Fluent English is required, Spanish or Portuguese required;
**What We Can Do for You**:
You will be part of the Latin America team where **teams are the heroes **and our** leaders that are inclusive orchestrators.
**Together, in pursuit of our** Company Vision to craft LOVED BRANDS, done SUSTAINABLY, FOR A BETTER SHARED FUTURE, **we will:
- Make our CULTURE Code inevitable
- Build winning CAPABILITIES
- Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE
**Skills**
Leadership; Media Planning; Creative Process; Marketing; Consumer Segmentation; Analytical Thinking; Digital Media Strategy; Quantitative Research; Competitive Assessments; SWOT Analysis; Nielsen Data; Group Problem Solving; Brand Positioning; Social Media Strategies; Creative Brief Development; Brand Architecture; Channel Management