Junior Project Manager

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Job Details

Are you looking to start your career as a Project Manager on an international scale? Do you pride yourself on your ability to lead projects efficiently, on time, and on budget, and you troubleshoot like a boss? Then, let’s connect! We would like to reinforce our team of Project Managers in our Kantar Global Research Centre, and we want to learn more about you!

Global Research Centre (GRC) is a project management and analytical hub that is a part of Kantar - the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. Over 30,000 of our employees spread across 100+ countries help our international clients understand people and inspire growth. We work with some of the largest brands in the world, in various research fields, including advertising effectiveness, brand health, and public opinion. To learn more about us, watch the videos below.

Our GRC Team: https://www.welcometothejungle.com/en/companies/global-research-center

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

Working in categories ranging from Fashion to Banking, from Retail to Automotive, and beyond, you will be responsible for end-to-end management of several international market research projects simultaneously. Like a true expert, you will coordinate all processes on those projects which have a lifecycle ranging from 3-4 weeks to 12 months, coordinating the work of all the suppliers across the world, and maintaining relationships with our internal clients. That includes:

• Being the first point of contact for all our internal clients and project collaborators
• Project set up – identifying project needs, assessing risks, crafting project timeline and budget
• Maintaining timely delivery of project’s breakthroughs, handling the changes in scope
• Working with data, troubleshooting issues and finding solutions, ensuring the quality of workflow
• Supervising project financials, being able to identify drivers of overspend and profitability, propose / highlight cost-saving solutions where possible
• Actively working with key GRC experts on continuous process improvements and development

As an experienced Project Manager, you will also join the introduction trainings to see Kantar culture and understand the specifics of projects run by GRC and learn more about Kantar IP tools. After this, apart from working on robust and continuous live projects, you will be actively involved in the process development and will be mentoring less experienced colleagues and enhancing their PM skills.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR…

We encourage experienced candidates with curiosity about project management and market research but also fresh graduates who share our keen interest in advertising and brand performance. We have a very good and effective training program, a robust knowledge base, and a supporting network of specialists always ready to help you, and we will provide you with all vital trainings. We are looking for candidates with:

• Bachelor´s (or equivalent / higher) degree. Background in Marketing Research, Procurement, Logistics is a huge advantage, but not a must
• Interest in the technical side of project management including automation tools and platforms utilization, innovation, troubleshooting
• Excellent professional communication skills in English (verbal and written), Czech is an advantage
• Prioritization skills and attention to detail, able to multi-task and get the job done
• Dedication to high standards of process reinforcement and quality of outputs
• Comfortable with ambiguity, innovation, and change, striving for continuous improvement
• MS Office package working proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Open-mindedness and cultural sensitivity in a multicultural environment

If picking up the phone with an internal client, or checking tables and graphs make you panic and you are not comfortable with changes, it is probably not the right role for you.

What else do we offer:

• A wide range of global projects we work on with the world's largest brands
• Energized, open-minded, diverse, and multicultural team in Prague (from 40+ countries)
• Dynamic career path, very solid training, quick professional growth and development
• Hybrid work model
• 25 days of holidays + 2 paid days off for volunteering
• Mental healthcare for employees and family members
• Modern office in one of the newest WPP campuses in the city center of Prague
• Yoga classes twice per week
• Meal vouchers
• Pension contribution
• Tools for learning and continuous development (LinkedIn learning, Workday learning)

If this sounds like a match to you, apply now and join us!

Important note:

We are aiming to fill the role as soon as possible, and therefore, we highly encourage candidates who are available to start within a month to apply.

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Location

Prague, Strossmayerovo namestiCzechia

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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.