- GrowthFinder: we identify new space for brands to grow and optimise clients’ portfolio and go to market strategy, finding incremental spaces based on a deep, commercialised understanding of where demand sits in markets and categories today and tomorrow.
- Brand Strategy: we design the right growth trajectory for each brand, articulating its positioning, architecture, and core culturally relevant messaging.
- Futures & Innovation: we help anticipate and plan for future through trend driven scenarios which shape the biggest innovation opportunities.
- Organisational Performance: we design winning commercial operating models and embed behaviour change through capability programmes.
- Valuation: we conduct bespoke brand valuation to capture the value of the brand(s) and define holistic ways to act upon their key growth drivers.
Join Kantar’s Consulting team as an Associate Director, where you’ll lead by example beyond project delivery. You’ll inspire and develop your team, take full ownership of client relationships, and identify opportunities for cross-sell and new business within existing engagements. Additionally, you’ll play a key role in shaping and enhancing our practice areas and solution offerings, driving continuous improvement and innovation.
- Lead with Impact
Takes ownership of projects with confidence. Own client relationships and drive strategic direction locally, ensuring project success with minimal senior oversight. - Solve Problems Decisively
Tackle complex client challenges with clarity and logic. Elevate thinking and approaches across and beyond projects. - Contextualise Meaningful Data
Apply industry insight to frame client issues. Use Kantar data to challenge assumptions and build strategic narratives. - Guide Business Action
Spots new business opportunities in live projects, leads proposals and involves senior team to capture the opportunity. - Connect to Win
Collaborate across Kantar to shape winning solutions. Build bridges beyond Consulting to deliver integrated client value. - Build Great Teams
Foster a culture of respect, growth, and celebration. Develop talent and retain high performers through inclusive leadership. - Drive Lasting Change
Champion scalable solutions and thought leadership. Innovate practice areas to align with market trends and future needs. - Own Commercial Success
Considered a partner and solution expert by clients. Understands the levers of profitability and has overall accountability for delivering project recoverability.
- 6-8 years of experience working for or with a global brand in brand marketing or experience in growth/brand consulting or other relevant professional services is required.
- Proven track record of delivering impactful solutions and building strong relationships.
Location
Amsterdam, AmsteldijkNetherlandsKantar 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 also 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’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.
What We Do
Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. . We have a complete, unique 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 and our innovative analytics and technology, we help our clients understand people and inspire growth.
