Assistant CMI Manager - Skin Cleansing
Unilever
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- For leading the charge on continuous tracking and monitoring of Market Performance metrics and liaising with agencies responsible
- For leading conversations & partnering with the varied Business Teams and associated functions
- In supporting the Category & larger Country CMI team on everyday partnering
- For leading design and execution of the Insights and strategic understanding roadmap for brands and mixes
- In conjunction with CMI Manager, carry out market research projects
- Determine the optimal research plan and method
- Conducts and co-ordinates the project with the research agency partners and functional CMI partners
- Manages projects within agreed budgets
- Able to interpret and communicate key findings/recommendations
- Be able to independently analyze & be on top of Market & Brand Performance (Share, Penetration, Distribution, Pricing, Brand Power)
- Be able to combine primary/secondary research to provide actionable insights for the team
- Be able to support the Business Partners with their plans on long-term strategy and associated research plans
- Able to independently coach market research agency partners towards desired output without involving the line manager most of the time
- Experiment using innovative new tools in Type B/Type C innovation projects
- Has a strong understanding of MR tools and processes and continually develops their research skills, making full use of CMI Tools like People World, Dashboards, Guidelines tools and templates, Training opportunities
- Good communication skills. Can work collaboratively with different functions
- Marketing business partners
- CMI South Asia BU Team + Personal Care BG CMI teams
- MR Agencies, Advertising Agencies, Digital Agencies
- R&D/CTI
- HIVE, PDC
- Strong understanding of research techniques
- Strong communication skills to be able to manage conversations with Business Partners and give initial recommendations
- Understands categories, brands, and customers, able to grasp business issues
- Strong curiosity and initiative to run deep-dive analyses into market performance results
- Keen Sense of Ownership and can run discussions with teams independently
- Understanding of Unilever processes and Ways of Working
- At least 5 years of work experience in Market Research / Consumer Insight roles in the agency/client side – preference for candidates with relevant agency background (Nielsen IQ, Kantar World Panel, Kantar BGS, etc.)
- Has strong experience running research projects independently and managing different facets of the same.
- Has experience working with different stakeholders across functions and managing expectations