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Job Details


Job Title

Client Service, Senior Associate


Location

Tokyo, Japan


































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Role Overview


As a Senior Associate in the team, you would be required to provide support across projects for several accounts, working collaboratively with your team members to help successfully deliver to our clients needs. Developing specialist solutions related expertise is critical so that you can develop trusted advisor status with your internal and external partners. This role is client-facing and provides an exciting opportunity to help our clients identify and prioritise innovation opportunities to drive business growth, and to help clients develop commercial shopper strategies to influence shoppers along the path to purchase and at the point of conversion.


Role Description


You will enjoy this role if you have a passion for learning and developing knowledge and skills across a range of brand improvement and build significant impact on our clients businesses, both strategic and tactical. Having existing experience in media planner/strategic planner is beneficial but not a prerequisite for success in applying for the role. Were looking for someone who is passionate about developing their skills and quantitative research experience, has strong attention to detail and can work independently, managing their own time, and taking ownership of managing internal and external stakeholders, with guidance from their seniors and mentors. You must have strong communication skills, pay attention to detail, and like to take ownership and accountability.

Role Responsibilities


Proactively support team members throughout the entire end-to-end research process.

Develop client relationships and proactively look for revenue growth opportunities across teams.

Proactively look for opportunities to learn and develop your skills, in addition to managing the self-learning process.

Take ownership and accountability on all assigned tasks and responsibilities.

Help to prioritize tasks efficiently across the team to deliver against project timelines and client needs.

Ownership of the costing and proposal writing process for accounts in charge, with guidance.

Develop internal and external stakeholder relationships to help drive successful partnerships and projects.

Drive positive team culture, support other team members when under pressure, and act as a leader to junior staff.


Role Requirements :



Bachelors Degree in a relevant discipline with at least 2-3 years of experience in a market research industry.

Analytical abilities to answer client questions by interrogating data sources.

Ability to apply critical thinking to problem-solving.

Taking ownership and accountability for assigned tasks.

Strong attention to detail, ability to manage own time, handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Open and honest communication.

Proficient in Japanese, English Business Level.




Why join Kantar?


We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. 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, nobody knows people better than Kantar. You can be the expert of several solutions by comprehending our unique products.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our people are looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for our people is our highest priority and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage our colleagues to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all, and were flexible in our approach to ensure people feel included and accepted. Were committed to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, which is why we welcome applications from all background and sections of society. Even if you feel like youre not a perfect fit, wed love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.




Privacy and Legal Statement


PRIVACY DISCLOSURE : Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (Kantar). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager.


Location
Tokyo, Shinjuku Maynds TowerJapan




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 competitiveand alsoto 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 thats 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 andwell beingis 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 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.