Junior Consumer Market Insights Manager

Junior CMI Manager - Your future position?

Location: Mumbai

Reporting to: CMI Lead Manager

As an Junior CMI Manager, you will Design, execute and communicate market research projects and build consumer understanding in line with company's busi-ness objectives.

Core Responsibilities

Project Management

• Project Management /Leadership of regional MR projects - Effectively plans, leads and communicates all required functional steps in the CMI project
• Identification of methodology for Consumer MR -with supervision of a more senior CMI manager when needed
• Commissioning and Set-Up
• Cost Management
• Management and quality control of Field
• Management of Data Analysis
• Ensure CMI data is stored centrally and accessible for future reference

Business Partnering

• Act as CMI Business Partner on specific projects for internal colleagues, working closely on projects throughout the development cycle providing in-depth interpretation of results to guide fragrance development and selection and to help to build rationale to support our submissions etc.
• Support sales and development teams as market research expert in direct contact with clients, to discuss and review CMI strategies, methodologies and results
• Work with category teams to fill in the identified gaps in knowledge and to develop and test hypotheses

Academic Background

University Degree/Masters Degree (or equivalent experience)

Professional experience

• 5+ Years of experience
• Market research Agency + FMCG industry exposure is mandatory
• Helps to have a mix of both qualitative & quantitative research experience
• Experience of having run product tests with customer groups/ ability to analyse product test data
• Willingness to get "hands on" with work
• Self-driven and accountable for delivery

Technical Skills

• Demonstrates competent knowledge and use of Market Research theory and qualitative and quantitative methodologies (protocols, designs, questionnaires etc.)
• Expertise in analysing large data sets and drawing strategic conclusions and implications
• Familiar with data reduction, consumer segmentation and driver analysis techniques to interrogate data from different perspectives, to develop hypotheses for fragrance development and arguments to support submissions
• Able to effectively cohesively integrate information from multiple sources (primary/secondary,) methodologies (quant + qual,) or past studies
• Proficient in use of statistical software for analysis of research data (in locations where this is done in-house)
• Verbal and written command of English and local language
• Proficiency in using common PC applications

Market Knowledge

• Competent knowledge of market dynamics and trends for specific country, segment, category, or geographic area as required
• Understanding of fragrances (olfactory families, main benchmarks etc.) is a plus

Our Benefits:

• Attractive package with benefits (Medical insurance, pension etc).
• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
• Acreative team environment that will inspire you.

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