Account Director - Quantitative Research

Kantar is the worlds leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

Our Insights colleagues are the masters of using data to resolve challenges. They help brands define what they should stand for, how to reinvent and renew their offer, how to better reach audiences, and how to win with consumers and customers. By collecting substantial data from across the world, they blend human expertise with technology, making sure we can deliver innovative insights to brands everywhere.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Should exhibit high ownership by speardheading the end-to-end design & execution of complex research programs specially brand health tracking, for comprehensive brand and category performance measurement.
• Guiding the research executives working on a project to understand exactly what is required of them and training them if necessary. Contribution to the overall training of executives in quantitative research techniques.
• Client management and presentation of company credentials, proposals, and research results
• Ensuring the highest level of client servicing and account planning to build senior networks across our client base.
• Report writing and presentation creation including client recommendations, with the ability to work independently
• Negotiation of acceptable costs and contract agreements with suppliers.
• Creation of discussion guides and screeners + moderation of groups, interviews, ethnography, and online forums
• Budget control and time spent monitoring job cost summaries regularly.
• Overall management of the research team and suppliers.
• Achieving growth and managing business financials
• Identifying new business initiatives and leveraging skills across units
• Building and nurturing strong client relationships
• Creating an environment that fosters new work/innovations
• Driving thought leadership in teams
• Developing research capability among team members

CAPABILITIES STATEMENT

• The candidate needs to have around 6 12 years of experience in primary Quantitative research & should have handled Brand Health Tracks into FMCG domain.
• Should have handled a minimum team size of 5 team members.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. Were dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like youre not an exact match, wed love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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