Associate Research Manager

Company Description

GfK. Growth from Knowledge.

For over 90 years, we have earned the trust of our clients around the world by solving critical questions in their decision-making process. We fuel their growth by providing a complete understanding of their consumers’ buying behavior, and the dynamics impacting their markets, brands and media trends. In 2023, GfK combined with NIQ, bringing together two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights - delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms - GfK drives “Growth from Knowledge”.

Job Description

An Associate Manager from the Consumer & Marketing Insights Team will maintain a client service orientation by managing day-to-day administration of client service / sales activities and coordinating on analysis and reporting of assigned research projects. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Client Servicing

• Maintain an accurate, complete, up-to-date and insightful client business profiles to be shared with senior management 
• Serve as primary contact to junior level client contacts on ad-hoc analyses and understand and respond to questions on content, basic data issues/questions, report generation, etc. 
• Assist senior staff in delivering quality services to clients and ensure the services provided to clients are timely and precise according to client business needs and specifications and at the same time meeting the company's quality standards 
• Unsupervised on-site presence which includes responsibilities on data requests, technical basic support and analysis 
• Assist in sales activities in conjunction with senior staff in terms of preparation of proposal and credential presentations 
• Communicate client needs to appropriate team members 
• Provide "in office" research, administrative and operational support to senior staff 
• Be directly accountable for work conducted for their nominated clients in terms of analyses, charting, etc 
• Ensure client service deliverables are aligned with the regional client service standards 

Functional / Technical 

• Maintain an accurate and up-to-date knowledge on research techniques and applications 
• Provide value-added analyses and respond to special requests 
• Integrate multiple data sources to answer business issues 
• Manage assigned project independently 
• Perform quality checks on all reports for alignment to request, accuracy and correctness 
• Ensure standard operating procedures within area of responsibility are observed 

Qualifications

Qualifications

• BA / BS/ Bachelor's Degree 
• 3-5 years in Market Research or related services in Tech/Durablue Industry (Insights team)  
• Basic knowledge of statistics 
• Intermediate level knowledge of research techniques and methodologies 
• Working knowledge of common Microsoft Office applications 

Additional Information

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Our Benefits

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

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s 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 insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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