Knorr is one of the world's most trusted food brands and plays a central role in helping consumers create flavorful, affordable, and convenient meals at home. Across Cooking Aids and Mini Meals, we are focused on driving sustainable growth by strengthening our core business, accelerating innovation, expanding relevance with diverse consumer segments, and unlocking new eating occasions.
As consumer needs continue to evolve amid increasing demands for value, convenience, flavor, and inspiration, understanding people and translating those insights into business action has never been more important. Consumer & Market Insights serves as a strategic growth partner, helping the business identify opportunities, make better decisions, and build products, communications, and experiences that resonate with consumers.
We are looking for someone passionate about consumers, food culture, innovation, and growth. This individual will combine curiosity, analytical thinking, and strong business acumen to uncover actionable insights that shape strategic decisions and fuel growth across the Knorr portfolio. They will identify emerging opportunities, understand unmet consumer needs, and translate learning into clear recommendations that influence innovation, brand building, and business strategy.
The Associate Manager, Consumer & Market Insights, Knorr Cooking Aids & Mini Meals (CAMM) will be a key member of the North America Foods Consumer & Market Insights team. This role will support the US Knorr business, partnering closely with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Category Strategy, and Finance to drive growth through consumer-centric decision making.
The individual will lead and influence a broad range of insight initiatives spanning innovation, brand strategy, category growth, consumer understanding, and business performance. They will design and manage both quantitative and qualitative research programs, translate business challenges into actionable learning plans, and synthesize multiple data sources into compelling stories that drive action.
This role requires someone who can move seamlessly between strategic thinking and execution, connecting consumer, shopper, category, and market insights to identify growth opportunities and shape business decisions. The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and championing the voice of consumers across the organization.
Primary Responsibilities
Pay: The pay range for this position is $88,600 to $133,000. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
Earlier this year (March 2026), Unilever announced an agreement to separate our Foods business. Our Foods business, including brands such as Hellmann's and Knorr, will join forces with McCormick to become a global flavour leader, with leading positions across spices, seasonings, condiments and complementary food categories, supported by a strong retail and foodservice platform. McCormick has 135+ years of heritage, a presence in 150+ countries and territories, and a portfolio of trusted brands. The transaction remains subject to consultation, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions with a targeted deal close of mid-2027.
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