NIQ Discover Consultant

The Role

We are seeking an experienced NIQ Discover Consultant with 4–6 years of relevant experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in NIQ Discover, with a solid understanding of consumer, retail, sales, and market data analysis. This role requires someone who can translate business requirements into actionable insights using NIQ Discover and effectively communicate findings to business stakeholders.

The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business questions, conduct data discovery and analysis, develop meaningful insights, and support data-driven decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Work extensively with NIQ Discover to explore, analyze, and interpret retail and consumer data.
• Understand business requirements and translate them into appropriate data discovery and analytical approaches.
• Build and execute data queries, reports, dashboards, and analytical views within NIQ Discover.
• Analyze sales, market share, category, brand, product, and consumer-related data to identify meaningful trends and opportunities.
• Perform data discovery activities to uncover patterns, anomalies, growth opportunities, and key business drivers.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand analytical requirements and deliver relevant insights.
• Validate data outputs and ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of analysis.
• Support recurring and ad-hoc analytical requests using NIQ Discover and related datasets.
• Develop clear presentations and reports that communicate analytical findings and recommendations effectively.
• Partner with internal teams to improve data usage, analytical processes, and reporting methodologies.
• Troubleshoot data and reporting issues and work with relevant teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain documentation for analytical processes, reports, queries, and data definitions.
• Stay updated on NIQ data products, methodologies, and best practices related to market and consumer analytics.

Must-Have Skills

• 4–6 years of professional experience in data analytics, business intelligence, market research, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with NIQ Discover.
• Strong understanding of data discovery and exploration processes.
• Ability to analyze and interpret large and complex datasets.
• Good understanding of retail, consumer, FMCG, market measurement, or category analytics.
• Experience translating business questions into data-driven analytical solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights from data.
• Strong attention to detail and data validation skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience working with NielsenIQ (NIQ) datasets, products, or analytical solutions.
• Knowledge of SQL and data querying concepts.
• Experience with BI and visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Exposure to FMCG, CPG, retail, sales, category management, or consumer insights.
• Familiarity with data quality, reporting automation, and analytical workflows.
• Experience working in consulting or client-facing analytical environments.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Marketing, or a related discipline.

What You’ll Bring

We are looking for a detail-oriented and business-focused professional who can combine strong NIQ Discover expertise with analytical thinking and effective stakeholder communication. You should be comfortable working with complex data, investigating business questions, and turning raw information into clear, actionable insights.