Insight & Research Executive

Musgrave is one of the Europe's most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.

Every day we feed one in three people in Ireland through 15 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.

We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.

We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.

Work location may be Cork or Dublin. Work Smart hybrid work arrangments applies for this role. Role Purpose

The Insight & Research Executive will support the delivery of high-quality customer,shopperand market insight across Musgrave's brands, helping the team turn research,dataand feedback into clear, actionable outputs for commercial, brand,propositionand customer experience decisions.

Main Responsibilities

1) Research Project Support

Support the planning,set-upand delivery of qualitative and quantitative research projects, including surveys, focus groups, customer interviews, shop-alongs, online communities and concept testing.

Help translate business questions into clear research briefs, discussion guides,questionnairesand project timelines.

Coordinate fieldworklogistics, agency inputs, stakeholderrequirementsand internal deadlines to ensure projects run smoothly and on time.

2) Insight Synthesis & Reporting

Analyse and summarise findings from research studies, shopper feedback, market reports, competitor activity, trendsourcesand internal data.

Support the creation of clear, concise outputs that explain what is happening, why it matters and what action teams should take.

Help prepare presentation decks, debrief notes, one-page summaries and leadership-ready insight updates.

3) Stakeholder & Business Support

Support insight delivery for Marketing, Trading, Operations, Format, Proposition and Customer Experience teams.

Help prepare inputs for brandstandbacks, occasion reviews, customer experience work, valueperceptionupdatesand strategic planning sessions.

Capture stakeholder actions,follow-upsand decisions to ensure insight work translates into practical next steps.

4) Agency, Data & Insight Source Management

Coordinate with research agencies and insight partners, including briefing, meeting set-up, material sharing,timelinesand output management.

Maintain organised insight libraries, project trackers, debrief calendars and key source materials so the team can easily access and reuse learning.

Support the use of sources such as Nielsen, Kantar, IGD, Shopper Intelligence, customer feedback tools, competitormonitoringand trend reports.

5) Team Ways of Working & Continuous Improvement

Contribute to improving team templates, reporting formats, project processes and insight sharing routines.

Bring curiosity,structureand attention to detail to every project, ensuring outputs areaccurate, well-organised and easy to act on.

Stay close to emerging research methods, AI-enabled tools, retailtrendsand shopper behaviour developments that could improve the team's impact.

Key Skills & Experience

Strong interest in customer, shopper,marketand brand insight, ideally with3 yearexperience in retail, FMCG, research,analyticsor marketing.

Good analytical skills with the ability to interpret information from multiple sources andidentifythe key message.

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create clear,conciseand visually structured outputs.

Highly organised, with strong project coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Confident using PowerPoint,Exceland insight/reporting tools; comfortable learning new platforms and AI-enabled ways of working.

Curious, commerciallyawareand action-oriented, witha strong desireto understand shoppers and influence be