Market Research Analyst

Term: 1 Year - Contractual RoleObjectiveThis position is responsible for building, consolidating and leveraging consumer insights within the marketing team to maintain a culture of consumer centricity for solving key business challenges.Areas of responsibilityUncover commercial insights to create a competitive advantage through consumer and market understanding.Analyze consumer research and secondary data to identify insights, trends, and implications that add value to the design and implementation of strategic as well as tactical business initiatives.Adept with the Nielsen retail audit panel and brand health tracking and self-reliant to drive data analysis, trends and monthly reporting:Monthly reporting- Diligently, accurately and timelyAnalyzing data & providing insights to leadership & marketing teamAbility to handle data analytics and visualizations toolsExecuting annual Brand Reviews with the agencies to diagnose the current category & brand performance and mapping opportunities for growthWorking closely with the Marketing Team and the agency partners to drive quantitative and qualitative researches with agilityUnderstanding the business context from the marketing team to design the research and methodology to address the objectiveOwns different aspects of research including sample design, research process and application of research output onto the business.Collaborate with agencies for a suitable approach & proposal and implementation of research, analysis and reportingThe above could include product tests, comms tests, ad-hoc qualitative testsWorking closely with Associate Head MR on strategic projects like shoppers, segmentation etc. and handling on-going business reviews.Key Performance Indicators Across research facets as mentioned above, handling multiple agencies, brand teams & cross functional teams and ensuring effective & efficient work management without impacting quality of deliverable as well as timelines.Actively engaging and challenging key stakeholders through interpreting complex information and data.Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills to influence cross-functional teams and leadership to impact decision-making; Willingness to "have an opinion" backed up by insight and analytics and the confidence to influence team members in meetings and one to one basis.Understanding of consumer & shopper to stimulate initiatives & participate + contribute in strategic discussions.Understanding of portfolio and brand strategy along with NPD pipeline.Ensuring on-going work is not impacted at the time of key business reviews.Qualification MBA/ PGDM from Premier Institute7-9 years of experience in Market Research with substantial exposure in the quantitative domain