Senior Consultant / Consultant (Strategy3)
Ipsos is an independent market research company controlled and managed by research and advisory professionals. Founded in France in 1975, Ipsos has grown into a worldwide research group with a strong presence in all key markets. Ipsos ranks third in the global research industry.
Ipsos has been listed on the Paris Stock Exchange since 1999 and generated global revenues of € 1.837 million in 2020.
With offices in 90 countries, Ipsos HK delivers insightful expertise across nine service lines: Advisory, Brand Health Tracking, Audience Measurement, Healthcare, Ipsos UU, Customer Experience, Market Strategy & Understanding, Observer & Social Intelligence Analytics.
Ipsos Strategy3 is an advisory unit within Ipsos. We specialize in helping businesses grow—we explore markets, understand consumers, build brands, and develop new products.
To meet our clients’ needs in Hong Kong, the Greater China region, as well as ASEAN, we are expanding our team and inviting applications for the role of Senior Consultant / Consultant.
Visit www.ipsosstrategy3.com to learn more about Ipsos Strategy3’s offerings and capabilities.
Role Overview
The Senior Consultant / Consultant role is a critical project leader role which formed the backbone of the Ipsos Strategy3 project teams. As a (Senior) Consultants, you are integral for designing and managing multiple workstreams of projects. These engagements could range from industry research projects to strategy consulting projects. S3 (Senior) Consultants manage and lead industry research projects independently, and works together with Engagement Managers on more complex advisory related engagements. You are the critical touchpoint for clients and a trusted guide for junior staff.
Responsibilities
Successful candidates with a creative and analytical orientation will be responsible for:
- Managing all types of industry research projects and their execution
- Managing project fee, time, resources, team members
- Providing client liaison
- Preparing and conducting presentations
- Supervise and leading project team members as well as other staff and research assistants
- Delivering high-quality analytics through relevant industry stakeholders, in-house tools and analysis frameworks.
- Structuring, writing, and editing detailed business research reports
- Ensuring project deliverables are client worthy
- Communicating and persuading clients with insights and recommendations
- Supporting seniors in project scoping, setting effective goals and work plans to deliver projects on time and within budget; through creating efficiency and productivity by pre-empting and adapting to changes in scope and resource priorities during the project
- Executing research work and interviews,
- Developing excellent client support and relationships with different client touch points to build added business
- Learning and applying their knowledge, tools and frameworks to effectively provide solutions to clients.
Person Specification
A successful candidate will have:
- Degree holder, preferably in business, management, economics, finance, marketing; MBA and other relevant Master’s degree holders are also welcome to apply
- About 4-5 years of experience (for Senior Consultant) and about 2-4 years of experience (for Consultant) in business consulting, industry and commercial research, business-to-business research, market intelligence, or management consulting, preferably with overseas exposure or MNC experience
- Strong grasp of fundamental economic concepts and frameworks
- Excellent report writing skills, with fluent spoken and written knowledge of business English is a must
- Fluent spoken and written knowledge of Chinese is a must (fluency in both Cantonese and Mandarin is considered as a strong advantage)
- Outgoing personality with excellent interpersonal skills with strong client-driven mindset, comfortable with people interaction
- Able to work effectively in a team environment and independently under tight deadlines and pressure
Successful candidates will experience being part of project-based market/industry research and consulting teams, working on projects to support data collection and research as well as data analysis.
Candidates with less experience may be considered for the Consultant position.
We offer an attractive remuneration package with a 5-day workweek to the right candidates. Interested parties, please send resumes to [email protected].
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