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Senior Associate, Brand Guidance


Singapore



Purpose:

Are you curious and enthusiastic about brands? Do you want to learn how to build iconic brands that achieve financial growth in the market? Do you want to know how advertising, media and everything that a brand does impact purchase? Why do people love some brands and not others?
This is an exciting opportunity join the Brand Guidance domain in Insights Division, Kantar Singapore. You will be working with a team of hardworking brand builders to build substantial impact on our clients businesses. You will be supporting the team to ensure efficient delivery of Brand Growth Programs and connecting various data sources to deliver significant insights. As a key interface between Kantar and our clients, the role includes client engagement, consultancy, study design and analysis, driving preparation of presentations and reports.
You will be a mini team leader, where you will be responsible for the growth of one to two team members who will support your operational excellence. You will get to hone your leadership skills by learning how to elevate the skills of your team members, handle resources optimally and develop the careers of your line reports.
If you have a curiosity about understanding brands and encouraging growth in people and businesses, this is the role for you!


The Role:



Project & Account Management

Work together with junior team to ensure accurate and timely delivery of questionnaires, scripts, fieldwork, data & chart provision, and dashboard publications.
Responsible for accurate data and analyses, crafts reports and presentations to ensure deliverables meet client/seniors needs.
Pre-empting and advancing operational challenges to Team Leader to eliminate delay in client deliverables.
Champion good relationships with onshore and offshore teams and provide constructive feedback to improve speed of delivery.


Analysis and Insights Expertise

Apply accurate sample design, questionnaire design, data spec and chart spec principles to deliver against clients briefs.
Accurate analysis of data to formulate hypotheses to build relevant and impactful narrative.
Understand data from various sources (e.g. sales data, media spend data)
Demonstrate knowledge of Kantars brand philosophies and apply these appropriately to the design & analysis.
Find opportunities to deepen insights for clients using further analysis including case studies and meta takeaways as appropriate


Client Management and Consultancy

Demonstrate confidence when interacting with clients
Support the team lead in developing strong relationships with clients by understanding your clients business objectives
Chip in to client discussions at briefings, regular project meetings and presentations
Present with impact in client presentations


People Management (Good to have, but not a must)

Manage a team of one to two members by optimally delegating tasks
Participate in the training of more junior team members as appropriate
Support Team Lead in completing all Performance Appraisals for your team by providing comprehensive feedback on their performance


Key relationships:



Your Business Unit Leader: Client Partner/ Director/ Senior Consultant

They will be responsible for developing your research and brand competence to support client consultations and team development. In turn, you are accountable for delighting clients and achieve profitability through excellence in operations and insights delivery.


Your Domain Leader: Head of Brand Guidance:

The Domain leader will support you in understanding and implementing the Kantar offer, frameworks and protocols to reflect the best of our expertise. You will be responsible for staying connected to the internal teams on your accounts and ensure our projects reflect the best client & domain practices globally.


Your Team: Analysts and Associates

Effectively distribute tasks and responsibilities, while supporting any obstacles in project execution with project management teams. Lead the growth of juniors your team through regular career conversations with support from your Business Unit Leader.


Your Clients: Insights and Marketing teams at client organizations

Discover and understand the clients brand & business challenges, and deliver compelling data stories to help their brands achieve financial growth


Skills & Experience Required:

Desire to work in a highly bold, fast-paced, and changing environment
Ability to handle multiple workstreams and projects at the same time
Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Has a passion for discovering patterns hidden in data sets
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build and maintain relationships with collaborators of all levels

Kantar is an equal opportunities provider


Location
Singapore, 50 Scotts RoadSingapore




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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 thats out of the ordinary and join us.

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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 worlds 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, Kantars 30,000 people help the worlds leading organisations succeed and grow.