Senior Insights Analyst (Client Facing - FMCG Industries)

Overview of the role

We are seeking a dynamic and client-focused Analyst / Senior Analyst to join our team, dedicated to delivering actionable insights within the consumer goods and services industries across Australia and New Zealand. This role is pivotal in validating data, gathering local market intelligence, and building strong relationships with industry stakeholders to ensure our research remains timely, robust, and commercially relevant.

You will be at the forefront of our local market expertise, insights, and industry engagement —shaping strategic stories from data, strengthening client partnerships, and contributing to our thought leadership presence in the market.

Key Responsibilities

Insights Generation: Conduct and integrate primary and secondary research, combining quantitative and qualitative data to generate actionable insights. This includes:

• Regular direct engagement with key industry players to validate data, understand trends, and inform category-level insights.
• Reviewing and synthesising secondary sources such as company reports, official statistics, trade publications, and brokerage analysis.

Market Engagement: Build and maintain strong industry relationships across the consumer goods and services industries in Australia and New Zealand. Use these connections to strengthen data quality, uncover market nuances, and support the relevance of our research.

• Strategic Storytelling: Translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives that help clients make informed business decisions.
• Client Partnership:  Develop and employ impactful an insights content portfolio to proactively engage clients and built partnerships.
• Commercial Support: Foster fluid collaboration with commercial teams to service client requests, provide consultative support, and drive a unified agenda.
• Thought Leadership & External Representation: Share insights externally through presentations, webinars and other external industry forums.
• Global Collaboration: Work closely with global and regional research teams to contextualise local developments within the broader regional and global landscape.
• Data Stewardship: Master source understanding and expand research inputs. Deliver consistently accurate data. Identify and act on areas for continuous improvement

• Right to work in Australia, based in Sydney. This role is reserved for candidates with citizenship or PR status

• 3-5 years of experience in market research, consulting, or client-facing data insights roles. 
• Good knowledge of the FMCG industries in Australasia

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain data and trends in a client-friendly manner. 

• A collaborative and commercially aware mindset; confident engaging with stakeholders at various seniority levels.