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Senior Associate

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Are you curious and enthusiastic about brands? Do you want to learn how to build iconic brands that achieve financial growth in the market? Interested 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 Insights Division, Kantar Malaysia, working with a team of passionate brand builders to build significant impact on our client’s businesses. You will lead a strong team to deliver successful Brand Growth Programs and connect various data sources to deliver important insights and stories. 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.

As an emerging leader, you will get to hone your leadership skills by learning how to elevate the skills of your team members, lead resources effectively and develop the careers of your line reports. You will also support the implementation of broader business initiatives sought at redefining the way we work and deepening the domain knowledge of the wider team.

Role Description

The primary responsibility is support the team in managing accounts on a day-to-day basis and effectively contribute to the efficiency of the business unit. You are responsible for creating meaningful impact on our client’s businesses and as a key interface between Kantar and our clients.

Role Description

Support research studies from proposal through to analysis and reporting.Build positive relationships with key clients on day-to-day basis, and lead study debriefs.Work with Associates and Senior Associates/ Consultants to ensure quality and timely delivery and help train new members to the team.Help other team members to ensure projects are set up accurately, ensuring best practices are adhered to and teaching methods to improve effectiveness and efficiency, while helping them to ensure they understand the key elements of research and methodologies.Contribute to the solution strategy by leading a project crafted to increase efficiencies, automation, and quality of output.

Role Requirements

At least 3 years validated experience in a research/consumer insights space.Strong analytical skillsEffective communicator, presenter, and influencerDesire to challenge the status quo, able to see new ways of doing things and develop action plans to inspire change and achieve strategic goals.Ability to build positive relationships with internal and external partners.Ability to understand sophisticated methodological concepts and explain these to others.

Benefits of working at Kantar Insights Malaysia

Growth opportunity: fast career progression – you track your own career journey!Yearly performance bonus, Life & Medical Insurance, Flexi Benefit, Birthday LeaveHeavy investment in learning & development: On the job learning, Mentoring, Knowledge HubHybrid working system, flexible working hoursInclusive & diverse, multicultural team, open and transparent culture, non-hierarchicalCareer Development Opportunities across different domains: Innovation & PD, Brand & Shopper, Customer Strategies, Qualitative, Advertising, Media & Digital.Opportunity to work with Fortune 500 companies, SMEs, government bodies, media owners and NGOs.International transfer opportunities for high performing individuals

Kantar is an equal opportunities provider

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Location

Kuala Lumpur, Centerpoint NorthMalaysia

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.