Insights Specialist

In Australia, the J.R. Simplot Company’s core operations are food manufacturing and agriculture, encompassing potato, vegetable, seafood and sauce operations. We supply a wide range of frozen, shelf-stable and chilled products to Australia and New Zealand’s major retail and foodservice customers and are part of Simplot’s Global Food business. With 17 food manufacturing and processing sites, Simplot Global Food serves retail and foodservice customers in 37 countries, and employs 8,000 people across North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

In Australia, we are a leading provider of quality, nourishing and sustainable food, focussed on creating food that maximises value from the best Australian-grown produce and global seafood. Our iconic brands have been an integral part of Australian life for generations, and include Leggo’s, Birds Eye, Edgell, John West and Chiko.

**Culture & Benefits**:
Fuelled by our Purpose to Contribute to Feeding our World, we imagine a better future and set goals to reach it. We are committed to working as One Simplot and are guided by our shared values:

- Respect for Resources
- Spirit of Innovation
- Passion for People

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We care about creating an environment that promotes safety and wellbeing and where our people feel supported, respected and empowered. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all our team members.

Simplot is passionate about cultivating a future where good ideas and inspiring possibilities have the chance to grow. We want our team members to build exciting and fulfilling careers with us and offer professional and personal growth opportunities.

**The Perks**:

- Flexible working arrangements and a variety of engaging health and wellbeing programs
- Diverse leadership development programs and professional development support
- Employee reward and recognition program
- Bonus incentives
- Discounted health insurance and gym memberships
- Sensory Club Program - Enjoy and taste our new product launches and access to our culinary cooking sessions
- Novated car leasing agreements
- Income protection insurance
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Simplot in Australia values the innovation and relationship building that comes from face-to-face connection but also recognises the need for flexibility in the lives of our team members. This is why we have a hybrid work environment, with 3 days in the office / Wednesday being a set ‘connect day’ where we all come together to maintain our successful culture of innovation, connection and collaboration.

**About our role**:
We have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Insight Specialist to facilitate the generation of actionable insights across the Simplot APAC Foodservice Business and support the teams to leverage the use of this data in delivering Brand & Category strategies for growth.

Reporting into the Head of Insights APAC, your expertise in the voice of the Foodservice operator & consumer will see you play a key role in ensuring the 3 year commercial plan & innovation pipeline is insight-led & robust.

**What you will do**:
Working closely with the global Insights network, Foodservice Sales team & Front End Innovation teams, you will generate region-specific foodservice insights to support our strategic planning, customer relationships and innovation priorities.

Furthermore, you will:

- Deliver robust brand health tracking, concept testing & bespoke research studies with actionable recommendations for growth, that are taken forward into our commercial plans
- Analyse data from consumer trends & market data providers to support Marketing & Sales teams in strategic planning & customer engagements
- Manage external research projects for the Foodservice channel & Asia markets, from brief to completion, to ensure all objectives are met within time and budget
- Support with the voice of the consumer (VoC) and end user in the development of brand positioning, communication and concept development
- Leverage existing reporting formats from our HO in the U.S, to standardise reporting across all regions and ensure leverage of shared global data suppliers
- Support the development and delivery of the annual Macro Trend Opportunity program and its connection to the Always on Ideation program for innovation.

**About you**:
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Experience in bringing the VoC to life through data driven story-telling, translating research and analysis into impactful information for colleagues, end users and decision makers
- Exceptional communication skills with a proven ability to manage projects with cross-functional internal stakeholders & agency partners
- Established relationships with research agencies in the APAC region with evidence of maximising ROI of projects
- Critical thinking skills that have enabled your ability to make sound judgement calls, prob