Director, Qualitative

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Kantar

Insights Division

Director, Qualitative

Singapore

The primary responsibilities are to be in charge a certain amount of revenue growth on a yearly basis; building strong client relationships, make a proven difference to the client’s business, and for overall client satisfaction. They are also accountable for overseeing the entire research process, deliverables, client engagement and consultancy. As part of the senior management Team, responsibilities include business development, people management and financial management along with business strategy implementation.

Kantar is the world’s leading evidence-based insights and consulting company. We have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of how people think, feel and act; globally and locally in over 90 markets. By combining the deep expertise of our people, our data resources and benchmarks, our innovative analytics and technology, we help our clients understand people and inspire growth.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develops and implements account management plans for key client
- Lead/Support accounts to oversee the team deliver all account deliverables while working to agreed budgets, and course-corrects where required
- Ensure all deliverables meet client needs and generate strong insight and impact for clients business
- Design appropriate solutions to drive meaningful insight for clients’ needs and their business
- Formulate, articulate and validate hypotheses to help build appropriate, relevant and impactful stories
- Deliver effective advice and consultancy for your clients
- Manage and develop a high performing and engaged team with 1-3 direct line reports and creates a culture which fosters team collaboration, growth and learning
- Build strong relationships and deliver to account responsibilities sufficiently to retain clients and maintain existing business
- Leading accounts to oversee the team deliver all account deliverables while working to agreed budgets, and course-corrects where required
- Ensures all deliverables meet client needs and generate strong insight and impact for client’s business
- Delegates to team effectively, providing constructive feedback and support for other account members to ensure account responsibilities and deliverables are met to a high standard in agreed timelines

CAPABILITIES
- Proven Experience in Market research or Consumer Insights within agencies or end-users
- At least 12 years progressive experience
- Expertise in Brand Strategy and Qualitative research methodology
- Experience in leading a team and mentoring
- Strong communications and presentation skills
- Review account and project profitability to understand opportunities to maximize financial performance for future project
- Account forecasting of account and new business

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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.

Location

Singapore, Scotts RoadSingapore

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 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.