Kantar

Insights Division

Associate Director – Innovation Domain Delivery Lead

South Jakarta, Indonesia

The role is part of the Innovation solution area specializing in research that guides brands in all phases of their NPD (New Product Development) process, from Targeting & Positioning, Ideation to Concept, Product, Pack, Pricing, and Bundle testing. Role offers exciting opportunities to be a known authority in this space, addressing client’s Innovation challenges through research to aid their offer optimization, portfolio management, and other elements of Innovation. It offers an opportunity to engage with some of the biggest brands in Indonesia and become advisors to their strategy. The role promises to accelerate one’s learning curve through intellectually challenging work in a high growth market like Indonesia.

Kantar is the world’s leading evidence-based insights and consulting company. We have a complete, outstanding 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 encourage growth.

Insights

Our insights colleagues are authorities in human understanding. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to redefine and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers.

Key Outcomes

• Account Management – Independently build & manage relationships with existing & new clients to gain their trust as an authority in Innovation and maintain existing business / grow new business.
• Analysis and Research Expertise – Design and implement appropriate research solutions in proposals and projects to answer clients’ business objectives.
• High Quality Deliverables – Take personal responsibility to ensure that the team provide deliverables that meet or exceed client expectations in terms of timelines, quality, and budget.
• People Management – Lead, run, and develop a high performing and engaged team of 6-9 team members with 3-4 direct line reports.
• Commercial Management – Proficient in Innovation project commercial management (costs, margins), identify and pursue opportunities to grow revenue and profitability for the Solution area.
• Kantar & Personal Branding – Drive Kantar and personal reputation by becoming a leading voice in the market on Innovation through thought leadership.

Capabilities

• A trusted advisor to clients – a good listener and inventive problem-solver.
• Possess (or have strong desire to develop) deep knowledge of Innovation research methods, analyses, and solutions
• Familiar with Concept, Product, Pack, and Pricing test research designs and analysis methods
• Experience in working closely with cross-functional teams including Operations team and senior management.
• Sound leadership experience with people management capabilities – to empower, mentor, and be the role model and encouraged juniors.
• With at least 10 years market research or marketing business experience, with four years in a mid-senior management position.
• Nice to have: experience and knowledge of Conjoint studies, multivariate statistical analysis such as regression, factor analysis.

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 to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

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 is 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 wellbeing 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.

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and a broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Kantar is an equal opportunity provider

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