Project Management Executive

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

Manila, Philippines

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

About the job

The role incumbent, as an individual contributor assigned to a specific geography, is responsible to plan, commission and monitor activities to ensure the successful completion of assigned primary market research projects.  He/she/They have to be the bridge across all project EW and suppliers, manage project schedule, ensure delivery while monitoring financial parameters.

Job Goals

• Understand end-to-end project life cycle
• Ensure delivery of a complete project to the geography from inception to completion with minimal guidance
• Proactively list all the relevant internal and external information that will be required for the project design/setup and alert local account team to these needs
• Source quotes from external suppliers, where appropriate, always ensuring that the best cost and timing has been given and work with the client service team for all necessary approvals
• Commission all internal and external stakeholders
• Produce the project plan and relevant timelines. Ensure that all stakeholders have access/are notified of timelines
• Coordinate with the production teams and clients (CS/in-market team for seamless project execution
• Execute project plans to ensure timely and accurate delivery of outcomes in alignment with the agreed design, timeline, and budget
• Accountable for quality control throughout the entire project, from inputs to deliverables (in questionnaires, scripts,) code frames, , meeting specifications
• Responsible for script checking, including translated scripts, before sharing with the client
• Independently manage client communication. Establish a primary point of contact with stakeholders and nurture relationships
• Proactively foster stronger relationships between Client Service, local teams, and technical teams
• Lead or participate in kick-off meetings, review meetings, regular status calls, and consistently provide project status updates, address queries, and offer support and guidance to all relevant teams
• Log and document all feedback, accurately by the set deadline, adhering to process protocols and conventions.
• Inform all stakeholders of project status especially with respect to scope, time and cost (estimated vs actual), along with  progress
• Troubleshoot and resolve queries from various stakeholders while supporting Project lead for root cause analysis (RCA) and action steps.
• Deliver to defined performance metrics and competencies
• Comply with defined processes and guidelines as per ISO manual
• Interact with Stakeholders  across functions within the cluster / country team
• Adhere to defined work practices viz. Time Sheets, work status, responsiveness to queries, escalation to line manager
• Any other task as provided by the Manager or the organization at any time.

Ideal Skills and Capabilities:

• Graduate of any 4 years course or Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communication, Management or any other related course
• With at least 1-2 years of working experience in Market Research and Project Management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• With organizational skills, data-oriented, and keen on details
• Process-oriented, solution-finder, decision maker
• Effective leadership skills and a team player
• Willing to continuous improvement and mentorship
• Flexible in given tasks and/or extended shifts

Continue to shape your future at Kantar. We're proud you're considering how to always get better and are making the investment in your career. Let’s continue to win together and help shape the brands of tomorrow.

What part of Kantar might I be joining?

You’ll be joining our Insights division, the masters of using data to resolve challenges. They help brands define what they should stand for, how to reinvent and renew their offer, how to better reach audiences, and how to win with consumers. By blending human insights expertise with the latest technology advances, Insights make sure we can deliver innovative information to brands everywhere.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And if we combine the expertise of our people with the latest AI technology, we can really help brands discover some amazing insights.  

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way works for them. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and 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.

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