Senior Research Executive

Role purpose: 

So where do you fit here 

A successful candidate for this role will be someone who can establish strong relationships with both our clients and our colleagues. You will quickly become a trusted partner working with many of our clients teams including marketing sales category and many more.  

You will be expected to understand our clients needs and then create and present solutions that helpachieve their strategic and tactical goals. 

If telling stories through data excites you but youre uncertain whether you have the data knowledge: get in touch. We have an excellent training program ensuring you understand all our products and how we create analyses. 

In your role you would:  

• Be responsible for delivering analytics & insights services and conducting tactical client training for Guided Analytics & NIQ GFK CMI products and solutions such as Brand Health Usage & Attitudes and other ad hoc studies.
• Entrusted to deliver flawless research and analytics to our clients. 

• Have a strong working knowledge of the client business priorities and the role we can play in supporting these goals 

• Be a confident and capable crafter of compelling insights deliver clear and actionable recommendations to our clients helping them grow their business.  

Throughout your tenure you will develop the following competencies: 

• Relationship Building: Develop effective long-term professional interactions with customers based on trust working toward the best interest of those involved providing positive results. 

• Active listening: Enhance mutual understanding in communicating with customers by expressing genuine interest in and providing full attention to the content and meaning of customers messages 

• Information seeking: Curiosity and desire to know more about things people or issues. This involves going beyond routine questions and includes digging or pressing for exact information; resolving discrepancies by asking in-depth questions. 

• Influence and persuasion: Persuading convincing influencing or impressing others in order to get them to support a specific agenda make a specific type of impression or take a specific course of action. 

• Composure and resilience: Effectively deal with pressure maintain focus and intensity and remain optimistic and persistent even under adversity. Have the ability and propensity to recover quickly from setbacks rejections and conflicts and to maintain self-control in the face of hostility or provocation. 

• Organizational Savvy: Gather and accurately assess information related to the organizations formal and informal communication channels and power relationships 

• Business Acumen: Makes sound business decisions based on a strong understanding of the companys business model strategic goals and relevant policies as well as best practices and current technologies in their own discipline or functional area. 

About you 

You are a high-performing individual thriving in ensuring high client centricity & customer satisfaction. You know how to take care of client requirements & develop long-lasting client relationships.  Awareness of the market landscape our CMI products and our processes is at the forefront of your mind. You know that collaboration amongst teams and active listening of clients is critical to meet goals and grow. 

Qualifications :

We are looking for people with:  

• Graduate or Post Graduate with atleast 2-3 years of experience in data analysis and delivery 

• Ideally a first experience in a related industry but not essential 

• Customer Centric mindset 

• Awareness of data analytics industry business model products services and solutions like Brand Health Segmentation Usage & Attitude Customer Experience & Shopper solutions etc.  

• Awareness of market trends and its interdependencies impacting customers  

• Excellent time management and prioritization skills with a proven track record of delivering projects on time 

• Confident numerically & ability to analyse data confidently 

• Problem solving and solutions orientated 

• Performs work accurately and effectively with attention to detail 

• Engaging presenter 

• Good at building relationships internally and with clients 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Experience of working in an analytical environment 

• Capable of leveraging tools such as Microsoft excel and PowerPoint  

Additional Information :

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the worlds leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insightsdelivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platformsNIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90% of the worlds population.

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