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Senior Consultant, Investment Optimization & Performance (P4540) (P4541)

8451 · Cincinnati, OH · posted 3 weeks ago
FULL_TIME Software / IT
Senior

84.51° Overview:

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase.

Powered by cutting-edge science, we utilize first-party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer-centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing.

84.51° follows a 5‑day in‑office work schedule to support collaboration, alignment, and team connection.

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Senior Consultant, Investment Optimization & Performance

Location: Cincinnati, OH; Chicago, IL

SUMMARY

The Senior Consultant, Investment Optimization & Performance supports Kroger and CPG partners by delivering a single source of truth for supplier investment reporting, identifying opportunities to protect and grow supplier funding, and translating insights into actions that improve performance. This role blends analytics, stakeholder partnership, and change management to drive adoption of internal tools and embed insights into day-to-day decision making. The ideal candidate has 2–4 years of experience in analytics, category/commercial planning, retail/CPG, or consulting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Build and maintain standardized reporting and analysis related to investments, spend, and performance.
  • Deliver executive level reporting that provides a single source of truth on investment health, and performance.
  • Analyze investment trends to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement across investment portfolios.
  • Develop actionable insights and recommendations to optimize investment allocation across programs, categories, and time periods.
  • Monitor performance indicators and flag emerging trends or issues.
  • Partner with Kroger teams and key CPGs to review performance, align on priorities, and track actions through to execution.
  • Monitor KPIs and performance outcomes; communicate performance narratives that connect data and insights to broader business objectives.
  • Support development of capability requirements (data, reporting, measurement, governance) to inform the roadmap of internal tools.
  • Ensure data quality and consistency by validating inputs, aligning definitions, and improving reporting workflows.