Who We Are
Euromonitor International is the leading independent market research company; investigating and understanding what consumers want and need, helping businesses create products and services that cater to their preferences and trends. We are an organisation that champions flexibility, with opportunity to grow and be supported with continuous learning and development.
What You Will Be Doing
The Consultant role is central to the running and further growth of Euromonitor’s ad hoc research capacity. Consultants must be self-starting, autonomous individuals willing and able to take on full personal responsibility for delivering projects to full client satisfaction.
The primary function of the Consultant role is to successfully execute the strategic objectives of Euromonitor Custom research clients. The Consultant position reports, on a line-management basis, to a Consulting Manager.
How You'll Be Doing It
Primary and Secondary Research: Conduct thorough, detailed desk research on a regular basis across multiple studies to gain a thorough understanding of project objectives with the goal of better informing the client and the consulting team.
- Primary Interviewing: Conduct interviews with trade associations, leading companies and internal Euromonitor associates to gain insights into specific custom research objectives.
- Secondary Research: Utilize in house resources and external published information to more clearly understand the market and companies under review.
- Share new resources with colleagues and seek out new sources of information.
Research Management: oversee and be responsible for on-going custom research work for projects, including:
- Client Communication:
- Client communication from project inception through project completion, ensuring that all core objectives are met.
- Presenting findings via phone and in-person to clients to ensure that all client objectives have been met.
- Understanding, maintaining and developing the relationship between Euromonitor and any custom research client.
- Project Set-up:
- The planning of projects including development of briefs, templates and other supporting materials necessary for meeting all project objectives.
- Conducting preliminary research into new project areas in order to develop more useful project documents.
- Project Execution:
- The day to day line management of any contract analysts (as relevant) including regular communication via phone and email, establishing schedules and administering final payments.
- Work closely with the Research Recruiter to ensure that projects are adequately resourced and that the pool and quality of contract analysts matches project volume and complexity.
- Continued upkeep of all folders and materials associated with current projects to ensure that all information is easily accessible to other relevant Euromonitor personnel.
- A full review of all generated materials via querying, validation and final interpretation of data and analysis to fully meet client objectives.
- Liaising with colleagues in other regional offices to ensure that all project team members have a clear understanding of goals, objectives and timelines.
- Delivering timely, thorough analysis that meets client objectives.
What You'll Need
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in consulting or market research
- Highly developed research skills and knowledge of desk research and sources, trade interviewing and a solid understanding of and/or experience in strategy and competitive analysis
- Experience in presenting to clients at an executive level
- Experience evaluating, manipulating and analyzing numerical data
- Experience managing or leading small market research teams beneficial with hands-on management skills
- Highly numerate and possess an analytical mindset, critical thinker with a structured yet creative approach to problem solving
- Ability to formulate appropriate research solutions and manage complex ad hoc research projects to a successful outcome
- First class organisational skills, including prioritisation, scheduling, multi-tasking and comprehensive, unfailing attention to detail
- Excellent written/verbal presentation skills
- English & Mandarin fluency a must (both written & oral)
- Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills
- Tenacity, attention to detail and commercial awareness
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
What You'll Get
- Work for the leading market research firm in the world, with 50+ years of global FMCG experience, award-winning forecasts and 16 offices across the globe
- Work with an ambitious, hardworking, and growing team based in the heart of Sydney. Euromonitor's plans are set to have double digit growth and grow the corporate base to new business divisions and functions
- Grow your skills with Euromonitor to become a strategic advisor to top FMCG companies
Benefits
International: not only do we have a very multinational workforce in each office, dealing with our 16 offices worldwide daily.
A nurturing culture promoting flexibility and accountability: Providing a culture for ambitious team members to grow in their career having appropriate work-life balance is critical in our values. We offer flexible hours, hybrid work from home and office as well as 15 working days from anywhere in the world. We also focus on productivity by having rules such as free-meeting Fridays and shorter working hours in the summer on Fridays.
Committed to making a difference: We think that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our extensive Corporate Social Responsibility Programme gives each member of staff two volunteering days a year in addition to holidays. It sees us reaching out into the local community with our mentoring, group volunteering, and fundraising initiatives as well as supporting international charities through our website sales, matching staff sponsorship fundraising, and carbon offsetting all our flights, amongst many other activities.
Opportunities to grow: we offer extensive training and development opportunities at all levels. The vast majority of our managers and directors have been promoted from within and many have moved across departments as well as upwards. We pride ourselves on identifying and rewarding talent.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Euromonitor International does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.
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Last updated on Aug 1, 2024