At 84.51°, people are the key to everything. We are dedicated to always doing what’s right and never compromising on our values. That’s why we have created a culture where every opinion is respected, and contrary thinking is encouraged. Making life more rewarding for our community and our associates is an essential part of the process. Our team is known for their enthusiasm, camaraderie and sense of fun. We work hard and we play just as hard. That’s why we engage in a range of official and unofficial activities to get together, serve the community, and have fun. We continually seek people who make us better. In order to continue to grow, we need more great people who want to join us in doing cool, industry-changing, brain-stimulating work.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Senior Consultant at 84.51°, you will execute against our customer-first plan for our partners by using customer, market, and human insights to make customers’ lives easier. The customer’s voice influences every decision as you identify opportunities, develop solutions, activate insights and evaluate the impact on customers for Kroger and CPGs.

Your primary client is Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers. You will build trusted relationships with stakeholders and use influence to shape decisions that drive long-term customer loyalty.

Key Responsibilities:

• Turn insights into customer-first merchandising recommendations: Synthesize customer, market, and performance inputs into clear guidance across assortment, pricing, promotions, and omnichannel experience.
• Lead cross-functional workstreams from question to recommendation: Define the business problem and success metrics, shape the analytical and/or research approach, and partner with analytics/research teams to deliver actionable learning and recommendations.
• Shape digital growth priorities: Build scalable frameworks and decision tools that help teams focus on the highest-impact categories and initiatives to improve the digital customer experience and business performance.
• Scale through automation and integration: Automate repeatable work and embed outputs into existing tools and operating rhythms—reducing manual effort while improving consistency, adoption, and speed.
• Provide strategic client consulting: Be a go-to customer strategy partner for Kroger—engaging when needed to bring customer and behavioral insights into planning, challenge assumptions, and help leaders set priorities and make decisions.
• Communicate with clarity and credibility: Create audience-appropriate deliverables (slides, briefs, and emails) that are ready for executive consumption when needed; clearly articulate the “so what,” recommended actions, and expected impact.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Successful candidates will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and will possess the following:

• 2-4 years of relevant experience
• Critical thinking skills
• Influencing skills
• Relationship management skills
• Strong business/commercial acumen
• Strong communication skills
• Tools and process acumen
• Education: Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred but not required)

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As a Sr. Client Success Manager - Activation, you will serve as a strategic partner to a portfolio of CPG clients, driving holistic commercial growth across both Media and Incentives. You will leverage deep knowledge of Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) products, incentive capabilities, media solutions, and activation workflows to deliver data‑driven recommendations that accelerate brand performance.

In this role, you will connect client goals with integrated activation strategies bringing together audience planning, incentives, media investment, and campaign execution. You will collaborate closely with Client Partnerships, Lead Client Success Managers, Media and Insights Specialists, and Campaign Operations to ensure flawless activation from pre‑sale through post‑campaign optimization. You excel at telling a compelling data‑driven story, identifying organic growth opportunities, and proactively driving cross‑sell and up‑sell strategies that benefit customers, brands, and Kroger.

This role requires curiosity, strategic thinking, exceptional communication, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced and evolving environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Client Leadership & Relationship Management

• You are a key client contact, responsible for fostering client relationships, planning media investment and delivering highly effective media plans for a set of clients within your aligned client pod.
• Develop a deep understanding of client business objectives, KPIs, and competitive landscapes to craft actionable activation strategies.
• Lead client communications including status calls, planning discussions, and performance reviews.
• Translate client goals and potential pain points into strategic activation plans across Media and Incentives.

• Leverage data and insights to proactively uncover growth opportunities across Media and Incentives.
• Develop and present compelling narratives using campaign results, customer insights, and audience analytics.

• Manage the activation lifecycle: kickoffs, timelines, trafficking inputs, in‑flight optimization, reporting, and invoicing.
• Monitor campaign pacing, troubleshoot performance issues, and recommend optimizations to drive KPI achievement.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery of all activation deliverables.

• Identify incremental opportunities to cross‑sell and up‑sell Media and Incentives solutions.
• Maintain strong understanding of relevant of the industry to inform strategic recommendations.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4–5+ years of experience in media, incentives, account management, business development, or related digital marketing roles.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking skills with experience using data insights to drive performance.
• Experience managing integrated media or incentive‑based campaigns; publisher, agency, retail media, or CPG experience preferred.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, storytelling, and client‑facing skills.
• Strong project management abilities with experience managing multiple campaigns simultaneously.
• High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize in fast‑paced environments.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving solutions forward proactively.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across cross‑functional teams.

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As a Lead Commercial Strategy & Sales Consultant, you are responsible for owning both commercial strategy and sales consultation for a defined set of streamlined 84.51° solutions (84.51° Collaborative Cloud).

This role blends the responsibilities of a Commercial Solutions Consultant and an Insights Sales Consultant, creating a tighter connection between strategy development, product alignment, and front-line sales execution. You serve as a key liaison between Sales, Product, Tech, and Commercial Strategy—ensuring solutions are positioned effectively, sold efficiently, and continuously informed by market and client feedback.

This role is intentionally scoped to offerings with well-defined use cases, standardized delivery, and clear strategic purpose.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Commercial Strategy & Solution Ownership

• In partnership with G4, lead commercial strategy for assigned solution(s), including positioning, go-to-market approach, and commercial principles.
• Partner closely with Product and Technology teams to align solution capabilities and roadmaps to client demand and commercial growth.
• Incorporate market trends, competitive intelligence, and client feedback into solution evolution and prioritization.

 Sales Consultation & Pitch Support

• Actively participate in client pitches, providing solution-specific domain expertise and real-time guidance during the sales process as needed.
• Support sales teams with optimized scoping recommendations aligned to client business objectives and solution guardrails.
• Serve as a trusted solution expert for Account Executives navigating complex or nuanced client scenarios.

 Proposal Scoping & Deal Enablement

• Lead scoping once opportunities advance, partnering with Data Science, Product, and technical teams to design optimal proposals.
• Translate client needs into clear technical requirements and negotiate scope details during the proposal phase.
• Own creation of client-facing proposals and ensure alignment to commercial standards.

Kickoff & Knowledge Transfer

• Lead internal project kickoffs following deal close to ensure seamless handoff from sale to delivery.
• Provide teams with full context on client objectives, scope decisions, and success measures.

Commercial Enablement & Collateral

• Create and maintain external sales collateral, including sales decks, one-pagers, use cases, and client case studies.
• Maintain internal commercial materials such as FAQs, rate cards, commercial standards, and contracting guidance.
• Support solution launches and enhancements in partnership with Sales Enablement and Product teams.

Governance & Stakeholder Alignment

• Support leadership review and recommendations for complex approvals (e.g., data exports for 84.51° Collaborative Cloud).
• Proactively engage Kroger and internal stakeholders when solutions require co-development, alignment, or endorsement.

COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS

Strong cross-functional collaboration is required. This role partners closely with:

• Sales/Account Management: Provide solution expertise, messaging, and proposal support.
• Product: Align commercial strategy with roadmap and solution evolution.
• Technology & Data Science: Ensure feasibility, efficiency, and clarity in solution design and execution.
• Solutions Education & Enablement: Coordinate launches, enhancements, and ongoing training content.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• 6–8 years of relevant experience in commercial strategy, analytics consulting, product enablement, or sales support.
• Strong familiarity with the KPM Insights and activation ecosystem and solution portfolio.
• Strong commercial and analytical acumen with comfort navigating technical topics.
• Persuasive storyteller and trusted advisor to sales teams and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence without authority and manage cross-team relationships.
• Bachelor’s degree required (Master’s preferred but not required).

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As a Lead Commercial Strategy & Sales Consultant, you are responsible for owning both commercial strategy and sales consultation for a defined set of streamlined 84.51° solutions (84.51° Consumer Research Full Service and 84.51° In-Queries).

This role blends the responsibilities of a Commercial Solutions Consultant and an Insights Sales Consultant, creating a tighter connection between strategy development, product alignment, and front-line sales execution. You serve as a key liaison between Sales, Product, Tech, and Commercial Strategy—ensuring solutions are positioned effectively, sold efficiently, and continuously informed by market and client feedback.

This role is intentionally scoped to offerings with well-defined use cases, standardized delivery, and clear strategic purpose.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Commercial Strategy & Solution Ownership

• In partnership with G4, lead commercial strategy for assigned solution(s), including positioning, go-to-market approach, and commercial principles.
• Partner closely with Product and Technology teams to align solution capabilities and roadmaps to client demand and commercial growth.
• Incorporate market trends, competitive intelligence, and client feedback into solution evolution and prioritization.

Sales Consultation & Pitch Support

• Actively participate in client pitches, providing solution-specific domain expertise and real-time guidance during the sales process as needed.
• Support sales teams with optimized scoping recommendations aligned to client business objectives and solution guardrails.
• Serve as a trusted solution expert for Account Executives navigating complex or nuanced client scenarios.

Proposal Scoping & Deal Enablement

• Lead scoping once opportunities advance, partnering with Data Science, Product, and technical teams to design optimal proposals.
• Translate client needs into clear technical requirements and negotiate scope details during the proposal phase.
• Own creation of client-facing proposals and ensure alignment to commercial standards.

Kickoff & Knowledge Transfer

• Lead internal project kickoffs following deal close to ensure seamless handoff from sale to delivery.
• Provide teams with full context on client objectives, scope decisions, and success measures.

Commercial Enablement & Collateral

• Create and maintain external sales collateral, including sales decks, one-pagers, use cases, and client case studies.
• Maintain internal commercial materials such as FAQs, rate cards, commercial standards, and contracting guidance.
• Support solution launches and enhancements in partnership with Sales Enablement and Product teams.

Governance & Stakeholder Alignment

• Support leadership review and recommendations for complex approvals.
• Proactively engage Kroger and internal stakeholders when solutions require co-development, alignment, or endorsement.

COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIPS

Strong cross-functional collaboration is required. This role partners closely with:

• Sales/Account Management: Provide solution expertise, messaging, and proposal support.
• Product: Align commercial strategy with roadmap and solution evolution.
• Technology & Data Science: Ensure feasibility, efficiency, and clarity in solution design and execution.
• Solutions Education & Enablement: Coordinate launches, enhancements, and ongoing training content.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• 6–8 years of relevant experience in commercial strategy, analytics consulting, product enablement, or sales support.
• Strong familiarity with the KPM Insights and activation ecosystem and solution portfolio.
• Strong commercial and analytical acumen with comfort navigating technical topics.
• Strong knowledge of the consumer research ecosystem is a significant plus.
• Persuasive storyteller and trusted advisor to sales teams and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence without authority and manage cross-team relationships.
• Bachelor’s degree required (Master’s preferred but not required).

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The Media Account Manager supports the Account Management and Account Executive teams across a portfolio of Kroger brands, playing a key role in campaign strategy and execution. This role contributes to informing media plans, building audiences, and delivering post-campaign reporting and insights.

The ideal candidate brings a strong understanding of Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) media products and hands-on experience with 84.51° Stratum, leveraging data to answer client questions and inform media strategy.  Responsibilities include owning audience builds, analyzing 84.51° Stratum reports, translating insights into actionable recommendations that drive performance, and assisting with post-campaign QA and reporting.

Success in this role requires the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and maintain a high standard of quality, and the desire to “wow” your clients and partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Account Management team with campaign intake and setup, ensuring all requirements are captured accurately.
• Deliver precise and timely audience sizing and final targeting to enable on-time, error-free campaign execution.
• Assist in QA and validation of wrap report analyses, ensuring insights and recommendations are accurate and actionable.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Account Executives, Account Management, Campaign Operations, Data Scientists, and Client Partners to execute client campaigns effectively.
• Proactively identify and troubleshoot campaign issues, partnering with Campaign Operations and Account Managers to implement solutions.
• Leverage 84.51° Stratum to pull, analyze, and interpret reporting that informs and strengthens media strategy.
• Interface with cross-departmental stakeholders to ensure seamless coordination and execution across campaigns.
• Manage a high volume of campaigns with strong attention to detail, working both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) or equivalent work experience
• 1+ years of experience managing client relationships within targeted marketing communications or related projects
• Knowledge of Kroger Precision Marketing inventory and its differentiation in the marketplace
• Proficiency in 84.51° Stratum
• Experience with Bullseye, Prism, and KAP platforms is a plus
• Strong attention to detail with effective project management capabilities
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Technical proficiency and ability to leverage tools accurately and efficiently
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams

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As a Director, Investment Optimization & Performance at 84.51°, you will guide enterprise level investment strategies and activation plans that influence merchandising, retail media, and category decisions. You are responsible for leading a team of consultants and partnering with the broader cross-functional team that is critical for the mission’s success.

You will work across the Kroger enterprise, one of the world’s largest retailers and the third largest employer. This role requires building strong, trusted relationships with your Kroger stakeholders and influencing decisions that drive long-term customer loyalty and more effective use of supplier investment across the Kroger ecosystem.

Your primary area of focus is merchandising, leveraging our industry leading customer insights and intelligence to drive merchandising strategies that are relevant to our customers. This includes optimizing investment across trade promotion and alternative profit - balancing customer impact, investment efficiency, and long-term category health.  To operate effectively in this domain, you are expected to know the current state of the business, the latest trends, and the innovations that are impacting and disrupting this area – all from a customer perspective and an enterprise investment perspective.

What you'll own:

• Leadership of a team that builds and maintains solutions to evaluate total supplier investment and its connection to retail performance across a major retailer
• Stakeholder management across merchandising, commercial sales, and analytics - communicating findings and recommendations to senior leaders
• Product and roadmap ownership for investment evaluation and recommendation capabilities
• Team development: hiring, coaching, and growing a team of analysts and consultants

What makes this role distinctive:

• You will work at the intersection of retail strategy, commercial investment, and applied analytics - connecting how investment decisions across multiple vehicles relate to business outcomes
• You will have access to rich first-party data assets that enable a uniquely comprehensive view of investment and performance
• Your work will directly inform how investment is planned and allocated across a large, complex retail organization

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

Successful candidates will thrive in a fast‑paced environment that is a little unorthodox at times and will possess the following:

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in analytics, consulting, retail/CPG, merchandising, or related fields.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• Strong business, commercial, and strategic acumen
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, driving change, and driving adoption of new tools, processes, or operating models
• Comfort with advanced analytics concepts and the ability to direct analytical teams and critically interpret model outputs.
• Experience working closely with retail, CPG, merchandising, sourcing, retail media or category leadership on investment or category strategy
• Education: Bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferred but not required)

At 84.51°, people are the key to everything. We are dedicated to always doing what’s right and never compromising on our values. That’s why we have created a culture where every opinion is respected, and contrary thinking is encouraged. Making life more rewarding for our community and our associates is an essential part of the process. Our team is known for their enthusiasm, camaraderie and sense of fun. We work hard and we play just as hard. That’s why we engage in a range of official and unofficial activities to get together, serve the community, and have fun. We continually seek people who make us better. In order to continue to grow, we need more great people who want to join us in doing cool, industry-changing, brain-stimulating work. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Senior Consultant at 84.51°, you are flawlessly executing against the customer first plan for our partner and clients as you leverage leading customer insights from Kroger, market insights, and human insights to makes customers’ lives easier.  The customer’s voice influences every decision as you identify problems, develop solutions, activate insights and evaluate the impact on customers for Kroger and CPGs.

Your primary client is Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers and the third largest employer.  You are expected to build strong, trusting relationships with your Kroger stakeholders and influence their decisions that drive long term customer loyalty.

Your primary area of focus is communications, leveraging our personalization science to create a relevant and long term relationship with our customers.  This includes:  targeting the right audience, delivering relevant content, using the right channel, timing it just right, and measuring the impact.  In this area, you may work on digital, word of mouth, retail media, and/or conventional campaigns, but all of them will be personalized.  To operate effectively in this domain, you are expected to know the current state of the business, the latest trends, and the innovations that are impacting and disrupting this area – all from a customer perspective. 

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Successful candidates will thrive in a fast paced environment that is a little unorthodox at times and will possess the following:

• 2-4 years of relevant experience
• Critical thinking skills
• Influencing skills
•  Relationship management skills
•  Strong business/commercial acumen
•  Strong communication skills
• Tools and process acumen
• Education:  Bachelor's degree (Master's Degree preferred but not required)

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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. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

• 2–4 years of experience in analytics, retail/CPG, category management, revenue growth management, finance, or consulting.  

• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel; experience with BI tools (Power BI/Tableau) and/or SQL preferred.  

• Ability to translate data into clear insights, recommendations, and executive-ready storytelling.  

• Strong stakeholder management skills; comfortable working “shoulder to shoulder” with internal teams and external partners.  

• Experience building repeatable reporting processes, dashboards, or performance scorecards with consistent definitions.  

• Project management fundamentals: prioritization, tracking actions, and delivering against timelines in a cross-functional environment.  

• Change management mindset: ability to support training, adoption, and process improvements to embed new tools.  

• High attention to detail and comfort working with complex data sets and ambiguous problem statements. 

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred but not required. 

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At 84.51°, people are the key to everything. We are dedicated to always doing what’s right and never compromising on our values. That’s why we have created a culture where every opinion is respected, and contrary thinking is encouraged. Making life more rewarding for our community and our associates is an essential part of the process. Our team is known for their enthusiasm, camaraderie and sense of fun. We work hard and we play just as hard. That’s why we engage in a range of official and unofficial activities to get together, serve the community, and have fun. We continually seek people who make us better. In order to continue to grow, we need more great people who want to join us in doing cool, industry-changing, brain-stimulating work. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Lead Consultant at 84.51°, you are the driver of the customer first journey as you lead the insights driven strategy, execution, and implementation work that drives long term sustainable change and makes customers’ lives easier.  We are also counting on you to innovate.  You know the customer and our capabilities thoroughly, so you are in a great position to drive innovation.  The customer’s voice influences every decision as you identify problems, develop solutions, activate insights and evaluate the impact on customers for Kroger and CPGs.

Your primary client is Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers and the third largest employer.  You are expected to build strong, trusting relationships with your Kroger stakeholders and influence their decisions that drive long term customer loyalty.

Your primary area of focus is Pricing & Promotions, leveraging our industry leading customer insights to drive strategies that are relevant to our customers.  To operate effectively in this domain, you are expected to know the current state of the business, the latest trends, and the innovations that are impacting and disrupting this area – all from a customer perspective.

In this role, you will be part of the Enterprise Price & Promotion Strategies (EPPS) team with key responsibilities in areas of both Strategy and Capability ownership:

• Build a deep understanding of customer sentiment and behavior around price and promotions
• Build a deep understanding of the business domain, stakeholders, business processes, and constraints in which your strategy solutions play
• Partner with Kroger stakeholders to understand the Price & Promotion vision and create a roadmap to achieve that vision
• Own and work to define intended outcomes of, and path forward for, development of strategy solutions
• Understand and communicate organization objectives, strategies and solution needs to the team to facilitate results (where collaborative/as colleague)
• In collaboration with internal business partners, own development and creation of strategy solutions
• Create, develop, and test new strategies designed to meet the needs of Kroger and our customers
• Measure the impact of Kroger strategy implementations against both short and long term objectives, including impact to both Kroger and our customers
• Manage and communicate dependencies and risks

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Successful candidates will thrive in a fast paced environment that is a little unorthodox at times and will possess the following:

- 4-8 years of relevant experience

- Critical thinking skills

- Influencing skills

- Relationship management skills

- Strong business/commercial acumen

- Strong communication skills

- Tools and process acumen

- Education:  Bachelor's degree (Master's Degree preferred but not required)

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AGENCY CLIENT SUCCESS ASSOCIATE, ACTIVATION (G1)

NEW YORK

SUMMARY

The Agency Client Success Associate, Activation will play a critical role in executing media campaigns across Non-Endemic, Alcohol Beverage, and Pharma verticals. This role is responsible for translating client strategy into flawless campaign activation, optimization, and delivery across onsite, offsite, and in-store channels.

You will partner closely with Agency Client Partnerships Executives, Sales, and cross-functional teams to ensure campaigns are executed with precision, meet regulatory requirements where applicable, and deliver against client objectives.

This role requires strong activation expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to operate at speed across a high volume of campaigns, while maintaining a high bar for quality and client experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Campaign Activation & Execution
• Own end-to-end campaign activation across Non-Endemic, Alc-Bev, and Pharma campaigns, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness
• Translate client strategy and briefs into executable campaign setups across KPM platforms and partners
• Manage campaign intake, QA, trafficking, and launch readiness
• Pacing, Optimization & Performance
• Monitor campaign pacing and performance; proactively identify risks and optimization opportunities
• Partner with Client Partnerships Executives and Sales to ensure campaigns deliver against KPIs and client expectations
• Support delivery of clear, actionable performance insights and wrap reporting
• Vertical Expertise (Non-Endemic, Alc-Bev, Pharma)
• Apply understanding of category-specific nuances, including regulatory considerations (e.g., Pharma, Alcohol) and non-endemic advertiser needs
• Ensure campaigns align with compliance requirements, targeting standards, and measurement expectations
• Cross-Channel Activation
• Execute campaigns across onsite, offsite (programmatic/DSP), and in-store media, ensuring seamless coordination across channels
• Partner with product and activation teams to leverage available capabilities and drive innovation
• Client & Agency Support
• Support Agency Client Partnerships Executives in delivering a high-quality client experience
• Assist with audience sizing, campaign planning inputs, and activation recommendations
• Manage client onboarding, platform access, and respond to billing/invoicing inquiries
• Operational Excellence
• Maintain high standards for accuracy, organization, and execution across a high volume of campaigns
• Identify and recommend improvements to activation workflows, tools, and processes
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Campaign Operations, Creative, Product, and Data Science teams

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 2–4+ years of experience in digital media activation, campaign management, or ad operations (retail media or agency experience preferred)
• Experience working across programmatic, onsite media, or retail media networks
• Strong project management skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple campaigns and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret performance data and take action
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with regulated categories (Pharma, Alcohol) is a plus

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Senior Business Acceleration Consultant – Merchandising

Cincinnati

SUMMARY:

At 84.51°, people are the key to everything. We are dedicated to always doing what’s right and never compromising on our values. That’s why we have created a culture where every opinion is respected, and contrary thinking is encouraged. Making life more rewarding for our community and our associates is an essential part of the process. Our team is known for their enthusiasm, camaraderie and sense of fun. We work hard and we play just as hard. That’s why we engage in a range of official and unofficial activities to get together, serve the community, and have fun. We continually seek people who make us better. In order to continue to grow, we need more great people who want to join us in doing cool, industry-changing, brain-stimulating work.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Senior Business Acceleration Consultant at 84.51°, you are critical in driving a customer first journey as you support insights driven strategy, execution, and implementation work that drives long-term sustainable change and makes customers’ lives easier.  We are also counting on you to bring new and innovative ideas forward. You know the customer and our capabilities thoroughly, so you are in a great position to help drive innovation. The customer’s voice influences every decision as you identify problems, develop solutions, activate insights, and evaluate the impact on customers.

Your primary client is Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers and the third largest employer.  You are expected to build strong, trusting relationships with your Kroger stakeholders and influence their decisions that drive long term customer loyalty.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enable Strategic Impact: You will translate rich insights into compelling, customer‑centric stories that inform merchandising strategies across assortment, pricing, promotions, in‑store experience. You influence strategy for addressing emerging trends including – but not limited to – multicultural and health & wellness initiatives. You will collaborate with cross‑functional partners to shape recommendations that support Kroger’s strategic objectives and performance.
• Champion the Customer: Be the unwavering voice of the Kroger shopper, ensuring that every strategic recommendation and activation plan is grounded in a profound understanding of their needs, behaviors, and motivations.
• Innovate the Future of Retail: Stay at the forefront of customer and retail trends, technologies, and competitive intelligence, leveraging this knowledge to proactively identify and seize merchandising opportunities for Kroger.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Successful candidates will thrive in a fast-paced environment that is a little unorthodox at times and will possess the following:

• 2-4 years of relevant experience
• Critical thinking skills
• Influencing skills
• Relationship management skills
• Strong business/commercial acumen
• Strong communication skills
• Tools and process acumen
• Education: Bachelor's degree (Master's Degree preferred but not required)

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As a Senior Pricing/Promotion Consultant at 84.51° on the Enterprise Pricing & Promotion Product team, you are the driver of the ‘customer-first’ journey as you advance price/promo science-driven strategy, execution, and implementation work that drives long term sustainable change and makes customers’ lives easier. We are also counting on you to innovate.

Your primary client is Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers and the third largest employer. You are expected to build strong, trusting relationships with your Kroger stakeholders and influence their decisions that drive long term customer loyalty.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you will help shape the vision, development, and rollout of pricing and promotion products used by Kroger merchandising partners. You will leverage industry-leading price science, optimization expertise, and AI-driven capabilities to support product innovation that strengthens Kroger’s ability to connect with customers and compete effectively in the market.

On a day-to-day basis, you will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, business partners, and end users to shape product strategy, gather and translate business requirements, and support adoption of pricing and promotion solutions. You will act as a bridge between business, product, data science, and technology teams to ensure product capabilities align with user needs, strategic priorities, and operational processes.

You will work closely with the Enterprise Pricing & Promotion Data Science team to build a strong foundation in 84.51° price science methodologies and applications. You will also develop expertise in Kroger’s pricing, merchandising systems, and business processes, while staying informed on customer needs, market trends, competitive dynamics, and industry innovations that can influence product direction.

Additional responsibilities include supporting product roadmap planning, identifying opportunities for enhancements, assisting with change management efforts, and helping measure product impact and user adoption. Success in this role requires strong collaboration, strategic thinking, customer-centric problem solving, and the ability to align diverse stakeholders around a shared product vision.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Successful candidates will thrive in a fast-paced environment that is a little unorthodox at times and will possess the following:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Strong strategic thinking skills and ability to understand the customer perspective
• Ability to own and independently lead initiatives
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
• Relationship management skills, ability to drive alignment across stakeholder groups
• Strong business/commercial acumen
• Strong communication skills, especially with driving change with senior level stakeholders
• Tools and process acumen
• Ability to explain technical concepts
• Price/promo experience and/or familiarity with price/promo concepts is a plus
• Prior experience at a consulting company, data science company, retailer, or CPG is a plus
• Education: Bachelor's degree (Master's Degree preferred but not required)

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Cincinnati

SUMMARY:

At 84.51°, people are the key to everything. We are dedicated to always doing what’s right and never compromising on our values. That’s why we have created a culture where every opinion is respected, and contrary thinking is encouraged. Making life more rewarding for our community and our associates is an essential part of the process. Our team is known for their enthusiasm, camaraderie and sense of fun. We work hard and we play just as hard. That’s why we engage in a range of official and unofficial activities to get together, serve the community, and have fun. We continually seek people who make us better. In order to continue to grow, we need more great people who want to join us in doing cool, industry-changing, brain-stimulating work. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a Lead Consultant at 84.51°, you are the driver of the customer first journey as you lead the insights driven strategy, execution, and implementation work that drives long term sustainable change and makes customers’ lives easier.  We are also counting on you to innovate.  You know the customer and our capabilities thoroughly, so you are in a great position to drive innovation.  The customer’s voice influences every decision as you identify problems, develop solutions, activate insights and evaluate the impact on customers for Kroger and CPGs.

Your primary client is Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers and the third largest employer.  You are expected to build strong, trusting relationships with your Kroger stakeholders and influence their decisions that drive long term customer loyalty.

Your primary area of focus is merchandising, leveraging our industry leading customer insights to drive merchandising strategies that are relevant to our customers.  This includes:  assortment, pricing, promotion, space management, visual display, and the customer experience.  To operate effectively in this domain, you are expected to know the current state of the business, the latest trends, and the innovations that are impacting and disrupting this area – all from a customer perspective.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:

Successful candidates will thrive in a fast paced environment that is a little unorthodox at times and will possess the following:

- 4-8 years of relevant experience

- Critical thinking skills

- Influencing skills

- Relationship management skills

- Strong business/commercial acumen

- Strong communication skills

- Tools and process acumen

- Education:  Bachelor's degree (Master's Degree preferred but not required)

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