Senior Associate

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

Our Insights colleagues know about helping brands find new areas of growth. With expertise in areas like marketing, retail and sales, e-commerce and organisational excellence, teams combine industry intelligence, data and sophisticated marketing technology into solutions that can deliver innovation and change for our partners.

Job Details

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Associate /Senior Associate to join our qualitative market research team. This position is ideal for someone passionate about understanding consumer behavior and generating insights that drive business decisions. The Junior Executive will assist in the design, execution, and analysis of qualitative research projects, working closely with senior team members and clients.

WHAT'D YOU DO:

• Project Management: Manage qualitative research projects from start to completion, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to project scope.
• Research Support: Assist in designing and developing qualitative research plans, including defining research objectives and methodologies.
• Data Collection: Support the execution of qualitative research activities, such as coordinating and scheduling interviews, focus groups, and other data collection methods.
• Fieldwork: Assist in conducting fieldwork, including note-taking, recording, and observing focus groups and interviews.
• Data Analysis: Analyze qualitative data using various techniques (e.g., thematic analysis, content analysis) to identify patterns, insights, and trends.
• Reporting and Presentation: Contribute to the preparation of research reports and presentations by summarizing findings and assisting in the creation of visual aids.
• Client Interaction: Participate in client meetings to understand project requirements and provide updates on research progress.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with other researchers, analysts, and cross-functional teams to ensure comprehensive project execution and integration of insights.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure the accuracy and quality of research deliverables, maintaining high standards in all aspects of the research process.
• Administrative Support: Perform administrative tasks related to research projects, including organizing files, managing project timelines, and coordinating logistics.

Key Competencies:

• 2-5 years working experience in Research, Marketing, Analytics, Consulting– ideally in FMCG, tobacco, telecommunication industry
• The candidate will possess a bachelor’s degree – Psychology or Marketing major is a plus
• Excellent knowledge and usage of PPT, Word Doc and Excel
• Strong communication and time management skills
• Analytical mindset and critical thinking
• Search engines, web analytics and business research tools acumen
• Adequate knowledge of data collection methods (polls, focus groups, surveys etc)
• Ability to interpret large amounts of data and to multi-task
• Interested and curious about PEOPLE and the WHY behind a behavior

WHAT’D WE OFFER:

• Attractive annual leave (18 days in your first year and 20 days from the third year)
• Private health insurance cover
• Hybrid working arrangement
• Flexi-benefits (for Dental/Optical/Fitness class/Supplement/etc.)
• Team bonding activities
• Recognition programs.

Country

Malaysia

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 by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

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 that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and 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.

Location

Kuala Lumpur, Centerpoint NorthMalaysia

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 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.