Market Insights & Data Manager

Functional Area: Marketing / Communication / Product Management

As part of our ongoing commitment to providing a safe and healthy work environment for all our Team Members, Oregon Tool is requiring that all new hires have started their vaccination process or are already fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their first day of work.

At Oregon Tool, it is our goal to create, cultivate and sustain a global, inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our employees and customers. Oregon Tool invites and encourages applications from all skilled individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company #SharperTogether.

Job Overview:

Are you strong, resilient, sharp?

The Market Insights and Data Manager works closely with the Senior Market Insights Manager to complete data analysis and reporting of customs data, news, syndicated and industry related data sources as well as to support the execution of custom, market research projects in support of our Sales, Channel, and Product teams in the Forestry, Lawn and Garden business.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Lead creation of yearly market share / market size for saw chain and / or chain saws using varied data inputs
• Support ongoing monitoring of key competitors
• Support analysis and distribution of secondary research and industry reports, producing summary reports that identify and interpret trends, providing insights for the business
• Oversee the reporting necessary with active membership in industry associations
• Support the execution of planned and ad hoc custom market research, tasks for which may include:
  • Recommending research to business partners
  • Support with creating Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and soliciting bids from external market research suppliers
  • Managing project budgets and tracking spending within annual market research budget plans
  • Management of external research suppliers
  • Reviewing data and / or reports provided by vendors for quality, accuracy, completeness
  • Generating additional insights from vendor provided reports
  • Support reporting of market research data, charting, developing reports in PowerPoint, with a special emphasis on analysis and insights
  • Assist with executing internal market research:
    • Developing research instruments
    • Survey programming and engaging in some data collection, such as, depth interviews, or quantitative surveys
    • Recruiting market research or field test participants
    • Supporting analysis and processing of market research data, including data cleaning, weighting and basic cross tabular analysis using SPSS, Excel, or a crosstab package
    • Supporting management of Oregon Tool’s online community for professional OPE users

Education:

• Minimum of a BS / BA degree or comparable experience, preferably in a research or data-oriented field such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, math, statistics
• Completion of a market research, research methods and / or statistics course(s) a plus
• Completion of competitive intelligence training a plus

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Minimum 7 to 10 or more years of experience as market research analyst, market research manager or related
• Experience in research at all phases
• Experience managing / leading qualitative and quantitative custom research projects, including international
• Advanced understanding of market research methods, tools, techniques
• Experience in generating actionable insights from data
• Advanced user of the Microsoft Office suite
• Experience with SPSS or similar statistical analysis software a plus
• Experience with survey programming software (Confirmit, Decipher, SurveyMonkey, etc.) a plus
• Some experience working for market research agencies preferred

Featured Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits available on day one (no waiting period)

• One paid Community Involvement Day available per calendar year

• Flexible work environment

• Tuition reimbursement

• Earn up to 120 hours vacation during your first year of service

• Global company with small company feel

• Casual work attire

• Onsite Fitness center

• Public Transit access

• $100 Amazon Gift Card for COVID-19 vaccinated team members

• 401k matching (100% of first 3%, 50% of next 3% = 4.5% match on 6% contribution)

• Flexible work environment

• Summer hours

About Oregon Tool

At Oregon Tool, we are a passionate group of people dedicated to a spirit of innovation and outside the box thinking to create the world’s most efficient cutting tools and products. We believe in inspiring, listening, learning, and rolling up our sleeves to “get to work” together. Our purpose goes beyond the products we make. We are devoted to positively impacting people, communities, and landscapes around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment and implementing sustainable practices to help reverse the impacts of the global climate crisis. We are built on a pioneering spirit and believe in leading with humility, global stewardship, and owning it day in and day out. We know what it takes to get the job done, and we know our people is the way it happens.

Come grow with us and help us be #SharperTogether

At Oregon Tool it is our responsibility to help maintain the health and safety of our team members and the communities we operate within. We’re taking a people first approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, and by following best practice guidelines we’re in the process of thoughtfully operating each of our locations.

Oregon Tool will only employ those who are legally authorized to work. Any offer of employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. It is the policy of Oregon Tool to provide equal employment to all qualified persons without discrimination based on sex, race, color, religion, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other status protected under law.

During the application process we will not ask for or collect any confidential, proprietary or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g., date of birth; driver’s license number; or credit card, bank account or other financial information) (collectively, “Sensitive Information”). If you submit any Sensitive Information, you do so at your own risk, and we will not be liable to you or responsible for consequences of your submission. This notice should not be construed as an offer of employment or creating any terms of employment.

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