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Senior Research Manager

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Salary
£competitive + car + bonus
Closing date
1 Nov 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing, Other Job Function

Job Details



Our client is one of the most sought after FMCG businesses in the North West, boasting a diverse product portfolio and household name brands! They are currently undergoing an exciting period of change with a real focus on bringing innovative new products to market and Research is at the heart of these developments! Sitting in a newly created group function is a new Senior Research Manager role with a focus on Ad-Hoc research.

Reporting into the Group Marketing Director this role will ensure the business remains focussed on delighting consumers by leading and managing Ad-Hoc research projects, delivering true consumer insight to underpin brand and commercial decision making.

You will develop consumer marketing insights through qualitative and quantitative research, brand health tracking, innovation concept testing, advertising testing and consumer segmentation studies. You will both challenge existing and seek out new methodologies, keeping the business at the forefront of developments in consumer research in addition to ensuring they are partnered with the best agencies to deliver real results.

You will work cross functionally with your peers as a senior manager to deliver a best in class research function, being a key member of the innovation committee, proactively engaging in the business planning process and delivering first class insight to drive a successful business strategy

Key Responsibilities:
  • Developing and implementing a group consumer research strategy.
  • Undertake and action relevant ad-hoc research projects as specified by the project brief
  • Identify and address ad-hoc consumer research gaps across Brand and Own Label.
  • Support the Group Innovation and NPD agenda with consistent concept testing and consumer analysis utilising qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
  • In conjunction with the Head of Innovation and NPD, lead the strategic partnership with local Universities to enhance consumer insight analysis and data science.
  • Proactively share relevant insights to the wider business to communicate best practice and promote a "consumer research led" mentality in the organisation.
  • Manage and develop team members.
  • On-going management of new and existing agencies to ensure the consumer research objectives are maximised at minimal costs.
  • Provide 'best in class' data tools, solutions and reporting capabilities to support the different needs of the business




The ideal candidate will have extensive experience gained within a consumer research function where you have been researching innovation and NPD concepts and using data sources like IRI, Kantar, Nielsen and Dunnhumby in addition to Qual and Quant research methodologies. As an experienced people manager you will be confident in team management and development, possessing strong communication and presentation skills. Planning and organisation, decisiveness and problem solving are all essential to your success in this role. Having broad commercial awareness developed across consumer markets would be an advantage.

Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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