Senior Research Executive (Brand Health Tracking)
Position Title:
Senior Research Executive
Division/Department:
Brand Health Tracking
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide a safe pair of hands in managing more complex research projects i.e. set up more detailed questionnaires, more advanced analytical requirements and demonstrate the ability to apply knowledge across markets
- Effectively manage multiple projects at once and anticipate potential problems and how to prevent them
- Awareness of financial targets and identify job profitability problems and resolve them with support if required
- Carry out tasks displaying solid basic research knowledge
- Design research and draft small proposals that demonstrate good knowledge
- Draft and or produce research projects outputs
- Check and appropriately analyze more complex data, interpret accurately and make good recommendations based on it
- Analyze projective data (qualitative research only)
- Moderate standard and extended groups providing an immediate client debrief of findings if required. Lead and direct debriefing/synthesis of group findings, write fluent and original discussion guides for most projects and effectively use projective techniques (qualitative research only)
- Client relationship: build and maintain relationships; measure to be set through review process (guideline target – 35% of time). Manage clients appropriately and proactively and their projects / relationship (advance task)
- Identify simple business opportunities and discuss with seniors
- Develop product / sector knowledge and champion it
- Display good, basic supervisory / mentoring practices with junior staff (advanced task)
- Keep abreast of current trends within market research, in order to develop personal skills / knowledge base
- Keenness to learn and proactive about self-development and development of others
- Provides project direction to junior staff
Pre-requisites:
- Degree in Business, Social Science, Statistics or related studies
- At least three years of good foundation market research experience
- Knowledge of basic statistics an advantage
- Experience in questionnaire design, table specifications and project management
- Good communication skills, written and oral
- Sound problem-solving skills
- Able to work under pressure and meet aggressive deadlines
- Exceptional time management skills
- Good data preparation skills