Associate Account Director at Kantar TNS

Job description

Kantar are recruiting a market researcher who has highly evolved project management skills. Someone who can balance the pressures that come with operating in a global environment – in terms of quality and speed of responses, solutions and approaches to the management of various projects. The role requires someone with a highly established work ethic, who can quickly learn to be agile and flexible in the face of project demands/issues.

At Kantar TNS we understand consumer behaviour like nobody else. One of the world’s largest research agencies, we drive growth by helping our clients make the most of the moments that matter. Our global teams advise on everything from brand, communications and innovation to shopper activation and customer relationships. Join us and you’ll be part of 30,000 colleagues and 12 world leading research, data and insight brands at Kantar. At the heart of WPP, our unique consumer insight inspires clients to flourish in an extraordinary world.

KEY OUTCOMES

• Independent project management and experience in research
• Excellent inter-personal skills which foster brilliant working relationships
• Fantastic Client and supplier management
• Proactivity in the area of program improvement – the ability to step back and assess areas of improvement/where efficiencies could be found
• Solution-based thinking – leading to quick problem/crisis resolution

CAPABILITIES

• Completed Tertiary education (Degree - B.Com, Marketing, B Bus Sc, Business Administration, Project Management or equivalent)
• 3-5 years working experience
• Research & project management abilities
• Critical thinker
• Excellent communicator
• Commercial maturity
• Business maturity

REWARDS

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.

OPENING DATE & CLOSING DATE

Opening date: 11 July 2017. Closing date: 30 August 2017