Project Management- Specialist 1

Kantar

Cairo, Egypt

Kantar stands out as a best-in-class 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 based in more than 100 countries help the world’s leading organizations succeed and grow.

Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and thrive in an outstanding world. Our insights colleagues are specialists in comprehending human behavior. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce, and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to disrupt and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers

Role Deliverables:

Direction:
- Support the day-to-day management of the actual project throughout the project lifecycle in conjunction with Managers.

Efficiency, Quality & Productivity:
- Deliver on project tasks and activities, ensuring effective management and delivery of projects as per standard methodologies.

Project Management:
- Fulfill and finalize project tasks within the timeline, ensuring quality standards are met.
- Implement project schedules and processes.
- Coordinate between CS and DP on KPI checks and ensure sharing with client service team.
- React promptly and efficiently to project adjustments to ensure alignment.
- Assist in collation of project costs.
- Collate timelines based on project discussions and process for sign-off.
- Attend debrief/wrap-up meetings and collate information on challenges, takeaways, and highlights.
- Ensure timely readiness and sign-off of translated questionnaires.
- Send questionnaire, sample, adverts, videos, and other materials to Scripter.
- Attend kick-off meetings when required.
- Follow-up with Scripter for pilot readiness.
- Brief Supervisors/Field Managers for UAE and KSA jobs.
- Accompany clients in field visits and attend CLT projects.
- Final sample to Data Validation team.
- Deliver final data to analyst teams or suppliers.
- Liaise with suppliers and communicate project needs.
- Check Kantar Projects timeline for accuracy.
- Coordinate and implement translations and supplier quotations.

Costs & Proposals:
- Proficient user of the costing system.
- Participate in project proposals and cost collation.
- Develop and orchestrate approval for incentive requests.
- Check trip plans and FSOC against project budget and arrange sign-off.

Communication & Relationships:
- Communicate timely information to managers regarding deadlines or problems.
- Daily project-related communication with OPS and Suppliers.
- Share status report updates with CS team and ensure alignment.

Basic Functions:
- Raise resource issues with managers.
- Bring up partner concerns and field feedback for timely resolution.

Training:
- Proactively responsible for own learning and development.

Capabilities:
- Tertiary education, preferably a degree (B.Com/Business Administration/Project Management/Post Graduate qualification).
- Confirmed understanding of MS Office.
- Minimum 1-2 years of relevant project management experience.

Behavioral Dimensions:
- Solution driven with good communication skills.
- Good negotiating and conflict resolution skills.
- Innovative, enforce to Deadline, quality, and is detail oriented.
- Ability to run and empower people and Lead by example.
- Maintain personal well-being and balance for self and team.

Kantar is an equal opportunities provider.
 

Why join Kantar?

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to encourage new thinking and shape the world we live in. 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, nobody knows people better than Kantar.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our people are looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for our people are our highest priority, and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage our colleagues to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all, and we’re flexible in our approach to ensure people feel included and accepted.

We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, which is why we welcome applications from all background and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not a perfect fit, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Interested?

Send us your application (including CV) today!

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