Senior Market Intelligence Analyst
40 hours per week in Venlo (NL)
What you will do
As a Market Intelligence Expert, you will be part of the Market Intelligence team within the Product Planning & Market Intelligence department. You will analyze market developments, customer behaviour, competitors, and macroeconomic factors that influence the digital commercial printing market. You will combine quantitative and qualitative information and translate complex market data into clear insights, strategic scenarios, and concrete recommendations for senior management and business leaders.
Your main responsibilities include
Leading market, customer, and competitor analyses to identify strategic growth opportunities and business risks at an early stage
Developing market outlooks, strategic scenarios, forecasts, and opportunity assessments to support portfolio and investment decisions
Translating market developments into strategic recommendations for the Mid Term Plan (MTP) and Long Term Plan (LTP) cycles, portfolio management, innovation prioritization, and business cases
Preparing executive-level analyses and the annual Market Chapter, transforming complex data and market signals into clear conclusions, implications, and strategic options
Challenging assumptions and influencing decision‐making by bringing an independent, market‐driven perspective to discussions about value propositions, roadmaps, and go‐to‐market strategies
Coordinating data and insight projects and maintaining relationships with research institutes, industry associations, analysts, and opinion leaders
Continuously improving methods, frameworks, data sources, and tools for market research, forecasting, and AI‐enabled insight generation, both for yourself and for the team
Who you will work with
You will work closely with your direct colleagues in Market Intelligence, with the Senior Manager Market Intelligence and with the Senior/ xecutive management. Together, you will determine which market data, reports, and studies are required and make an important contribution to the strategic MTP and LTP cycles.
In addition, you will build and leverage an extensive international network across CPP and other Canon organizations, including Canon Inc. (Tokyo) and the Regional Sales Headquarters . You will engage with business leaders, customers, industry experts, research agencies, and analysts. For new products targeting adjacent markets, you will work with the Business line and Canon Inc. to clearly define the relevant market segment. Externally, you will represent CPP in its relationships with industry associations and market analyst firms.
What you bring
You are an analytically strong and proactive professional who looks beyond the immediate question. You recognize the underlying business challenge, bring structure to incomplete or fragmented information, and convincingly translate insights into decisions with long-term impact. You are comfortable operating in an international environment with many stakeholders and is a credible discussion partner at top management level.
In addition, you bring:
A completed academic degree or equivalent academic‐level working and thinking ability
At least 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in an international, high‐tech production or development organisation with multiple stakeholders
Proven experience influencing and advising stakeholders at top management level, including SVP level
Experience leading cross‐functional strategic initiatives
A strong affinity with technology, data, and numbers, combined with the ability to turn complex analyses into practical advice
Excellent advisory, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Excellent command of business English; proficiency in Dutch and German is an advantage
What we offer
We offer an inspiring, dynamic working environment with plenty of opportunities to develop both personally and professionally.
In addition, we offer excellent employment conditions:
A competitive salary that reflects your educational background and experience
38 days of annual leave
8% holiday allowance
Travel allowance
Hybrid working for a healthy work‐life balance
A wide range of training and professional development opportunities
A laptop and smartphone
An attractive lease scheme for a bicycle or e‐bike #LI-DNI
What do we stand for?
We develop and manufacture high‐tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high‐quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.
With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.
Further information about Canon Production Printing is available at cpp.canon.
Senior Market Intelligence Analyst in Venlo werkgever: Canon Production Printing
Canon Production Printing in Venlo biedt een stimulerende werkomgeving waar teamwork, nieuwsgierigheid en duidelijke communicatie centraal staan. Als R&D Prototype Technician krijg je de kans om te werken met geavanceerde technologieën en bij te dragen aan de ontwikkeling van innovatieve producten, terwijl je profiteert van een competitief salaris en uitstekende secundaire arbeidsvoorwaarden. De locatie in Venlo biedt niet alleen een dynamische werkcultuur, maar ook volop mogelijkheden voor persoonlijke en professionele groei.
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