Ruud van Hasseld

Marketing Research Lead BeNeLux

Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands

About

20+ years in Marketing of FMCG. Specialized in consumer-, shopper- and business intelligence.

Experience

  • JTI (Japan Tobacco International) (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Marketing Research Lead BeNeLux
      2023 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

    • Strategy & Insights Manager NL
      2021 - 2023 · 2 yrs

  • JDE Peet's ()
    • Global Brand Manager
      2019 - 2021 · 2 yrs

      - Realise innovation pipeline value through new product development - Lead packaging improvements, communication campaigns and direct-to-print process - Define E-commerce content strategy and development

    • Global Business Intelligence Manager
      2015 - 2019 · 4 yrs

      - Lead market/business intelligence for the coffee categories - Support the category teams on strategic topics - Build a business intelligence platform where: • data from multiple sources, countries and brands come together, is harmonized and made easily accessible, delivering one version of the truth • senior management reports are updated automatically without any manual interventions • less time is spent on creating reports, more time is left for analysing and delivering evidence based insights

  • Heineken (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Global Brand Health Manager
      2012 - 2015 · 3 yrs

      - Roll out of a Brand Health Tracker in 100+ markets (Project ONEquity) - Development of an online solution for accessing and reporting Brand Health data - Analysis for Heineken Company brands vs competition on regional and global level by using Brand Health-, Media- and Market Measures data

    • Shopper Intelligence Manager
      2008 - 2012 · 4 yrs

      - Shopper research as input for the renewed Category Vision Off-Trade - Packaging and innovation studies for the Brand Marketing teams - Development of the new Promo and Pricing strategy for the Off-Trade portfolio - Harmonizing Consumer, Media, Financial and Brand Health data into 1 system, the Business Intelligence System (BIS)

  • British American Tobacco (7 yrs 1 mo)
    • Consumer Intelligence Manager
      2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs

      - Lead the process of consumer and customer insight generation - Ensure integrity of insights in the strategic and operational decision making process - Full responsibility for the guardianship of all research systems, protocols and platforms

    • Market Intelligence Analyst
      2001 - 2005 · 4 yrs

      - Analysis of market trends based on Nielsen data - Managing the Brand Health Tracker - Conducting different ad hoc market research studies - Development of meaningful and actionable consumer and customer insights