Kantar - Vice President/Associate Vice President - Market Research

Job Title - Associate Vice President/ Vice President.

Unit Overview:

At Kantar IMRB, we provide innovative solutions to all kinds of marketing challenges.

Working with big brands in South Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, our research, local knowledge and international databases mean that we know the region's consumers better than anybody else.

Join us in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka and you'll be part of 30,000 colleagues and 12 world leading research, data and insight brands at Kantar.

At the heart of WPP, our unique consumer insight inspires clients to flourish in an extraordinary world.

Role Overview:

Commercial:

- Identify and develop new opportunities and clients.

- Pre-dispose clients to Kantar's offerings.

- Be a trusted advisor to clients.

- Demonstrate strong commercial discipline.

Research:

- Demonstrate thought leadership for Kantar.

- Ensure timely delivery of high quality insights and recommendations.

- Strong analytical skills, comfortable with disparate sets of information and ability to draw accurate.

- Ability to demonstrate category /vertical understanding and make relevant recommendations to the client.

People management:

- Build a high performing team of researchers.

- Mentor and guide team members.

- Help team members grow in the organization.

Role Requirements & Capabilities.

- At least 14-15 years' experience in market research.

- Experience in working with clients in Enterprise technology or digital technology preferred.

- Should have a strong client focus and proactiveness.

- Good grasping skills, good project management skills.

- Good presentation and facilitation skills.

- Lead a team of Researchers to service clients.

- Motivate and guide support functions like field /analysis.

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.

We're 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 you're not an exact match, we'd love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.