Senior Research Manager

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Job Details

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies. Kantar’s 30,000 people based in more than 100 countries help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow. Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and flourish in an extraordinary world.

Our insights colleagues are experts in human understanding. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to disrupt and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers.

SENIOR RESEARCH MANAGER (Quantitative research)

Manila, Philippines

Role Description

Account Management

• Attends to clients’ research needs independently with minimal supervision from AMD Director / Business Unit Head (BUH).
• Recommends appropriate research projects/programs based on client’s informational needs/problems.
• Prepares proposals and cost estimates for projects using innovative, customized research methodologies and business solutions.
• Costs out each study and establishes appropriate operating budgets and timetables for each phase of the project.
• Oversees proposals and cost estimates for projects delegated to junior team members (RA/RE/ARM).
• Meets with clients and/or supervises junior team members’ meeting with clients to discuss details of proposed projects.
• Provides feedback to clients on the progress of projects.
• Ensures profit objectives of projects under his/her responsibility.
• Networks and develops close relationships with set of clients.
• Assists in championing at least one TNS packaged products.
  
  

Business Development and Financial Management

• Build strong relationships and deliver to account responsibilities sufficiently to retain clients and maintain existing business
• Identify and pursue opportunities to grow existing client business, revenue and profitability
• Respond to new business opportunities through:
• Liaising with clients to understand their needs
• Designing solutions
• Preparing accurate costs
• Preparing proposals
• Presenting in pitches
• Review account and project profitability to understand opportunities to maximize financial performance for future projects
• Ensure that Direct Costs are within the budget
• Complete timesheets accurately and on time
• Ensure Finance processes are followed through:
• Client Contracts
• PO
• Billing
  
  

Project Management

• Applies the most appropriate and cost efficient research methodology to answer client’s research objectives.
• Designs questionnaire on the basis of the proposal.
• Advises junior team members on the suitable methodological design for the project.
• Briefs assigned staff, including Field and Data Management Services on the nuances of the project and provides directions for their respective assignments. (as per need basis for Qual)
• Has command responsibility on the proper implementation of all assigned projects from proposal, questionnaire design, fieldwork, data processing, statistical testing, analysis, presentation and up to documentation.
  
  

Role Requirements

• At least eight (8) years work experience in quantitative research.
• College degree in any of the following – Communication Research, Marketing, Statistics, Math, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Mass Communication, Management or any related discipline.
• Knowledge of various statistical and analytical techniques and/or tools is an advantage.
• Proficient in MS PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Demonstrates intellectual and professional integrity.
• Good networking skills and service orientation.
• Innovative, adaptable and flexible.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Articulate at conveying ideas, both oral and written.
• Good presentation skills
• A fast learner, good in numbers and attentive to details
  
  

Location

Mandaluyong City, Ortigas CenterPhilippines

Kantar Rewards Statement

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.