Account Director - Market Research - Client Service Team

Job Description:

Advise our clients on the brand performance and deliver creative solutions with Quantitative Research Methodologies. Account Director is part of the Client Service team.

Key outcome statement:

- 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

- Developing processes and process improvements for greater time and cost efficiencies

- 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

- 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 Questionnaires, Drafting proposals, expertise in Concept test, Brand Tracks.

- Overall management of the research team and suppliers.

- Budget control and time spent monitoring job cost summaries regularly.

Capabilities Statement:

- The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who is client focused and comes with proven expertise in MR or Marketing and Branding (with regular interaction and understanding of MR) with a track record of leveraging your knowledge for own business or client benefit.

- Demonstrated ability to get best out of teams, investing in their development and striking the right balance between tasks and relationships

- Process orientation and ability to manage processes for cost and time efficiencies

- Track record of networking skills which you have leveraged for yourself and your organization

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- Understanding and leveraging synergies across organizational units for better client delivery.