Vice President - Chicago, IL or Neenah, WI - 8357

Client Services and Sales - USA Chicago, Illinois

Oil of Olay, Miller Lite, Coca Cola and Tide. What do they all have in common? They are all national brands for manufacturing companies that collaborate with Nielsen to drive their business and grow their portfolios. Nielsen's Client Engagement Manufacturing Team works with companies to provide insights and thought leadership. Our work helps clients set pricing strategies, launch new products and determines what products you ultimately see on the shelf and online. Client Engagement team members are experts within their categories and Nielsen solutions, and are viewed as trusted partners by our clients.

Be curious. Be collaborative. Be forward thinking. Join the Client Engagement Manufacturing Team and work with our clients as a consultant, a problem solver, the voice of Nielsen at our clients.

When you join the Nielsen team, yousigning up for an experience that requires flexibility, curiosity, and passion. As a Vice President you will:

• Drive success across client relationships, grow revenue and add value to establish Nielsen as a valued strategic partner while managing and cultivating a high performing team
• Recruit, build and maintain a strong, diverse team of people to meet ever shifting business needs, as well as, continuously assess organizational structure and alignment of talent to strategic business objectives
• Exhibit highly developed probing, listening and feedback skills, resulting in clarification and confirmation of client needs. Guide others to do the same.
• Act as a role model for the Nielsen Values of Connected, Open, Useful and Personal and instill value in broader team
• Build a culture of strategic collaboration across the Nielsen organization
• Handles most sensitive client discussions, including those related to crisis situations
• Own and manage teamperating plan and revenue targets
• Instill a growth and sales team culture while being accountable for your teamales goals

General Skills

• Mastery in leading positive client relationships in complex situations, resolving client issues & growing client revenue
• Proven experience at successfully meeting sales revenue targets
• Direct experience in selling to, consulting or working with retailers is a plus.
• Proven track record in market research, project management, sales/business development and/or consulting
• Superior in senior level communications, influencing & negotiation
• Revenue accountability. Expert in financial & contractual management
• Able to manage, motivate, develop & inspire large teams
• Excellence in developing & executing strategic plans for a business unit
• Able to work collaboratively with internal & external teams
• Strong sense of urgency and accountability to drive client outcomes

Background and Technical Skills

• Bachelor's degree required, MBA a plus
• 10+ yearsperience
• Strong analytical aptitude
• Related industries include: Consumer Packaged Goods, Consulting, Information, Sales, Analytics
• Proven experience at successfully meeting sales revenue targets

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About Nielsen:

Nielsen N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) is a global performance management company that provides a comprehensive understanding of what consumers Watch and Buy. Nielsenatch segment provides media and advertising clients with Total Audience measurement services across all devices where content deo, audio, and text consumed. The Buy segment offers consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers the industrynly global view of retail performance measurement.

By integrating information from its Watch and Buy segments and other data sources, Nielsen provides its clients with both world-class measurement as well as analytics that help improve performance. Nielsen, an S&P 500 company, has operations in over 100 countries that cover more than 90 percent of the worldopulation. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com

Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.

Job Type: Regular

Primary Location: Chicago,Illinois

Secondary Locations: WI - Green Bay, , ,

Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time