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Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. We have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of how people think, feel and act; globally and locally in over 90 markets. By combining the deep expertise of our people, our data resources and benchmarks and our innovative analytics and technology, we help our clients understand people and inspire growth.
Our insights colleagues are experts in human understanding. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to redefine and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Singapore
You are responsible revenue growth on a yearly basis and building strong client relationships, making a proven difference to the client’s business, and for overall client satisfaction. An Associate Director manages a high performing team with responsibility for its people, clients and business delivery and growth. You are also accountable for overseeing the entire delivery process, deliverables, client engagement and consultancy, providing insightful, value-added market intelligence to new and existing clients. As part of the senior management Team, responsibilities include business development, people management and financial management along with business strategy implementation.
Role Description

• Develops and implements account management plans for key client
• Lead/Support accounts to oversee the team deliver all account deliverables while working to agreed budgets, and course-corrects where required
• Ensure all deliverables meet client needs and generate strong insight and impact for clients business
• Design appropriate solutions to drive meaningful insight for clients’ needs and their business
• Formulate, articulate and validate hypotheses to help build appropriate, relevant and impactful stories
• Deliver effective advice and consultancy for your client
• Manage and develop a high performing and engaged team with 1-3 direct line reports and creates a culture which fosters team collaboration, growth and learning
• Build strong relationships and deliver to account responsibilities sufficiently to retain clients and maintain existing business
• Leading account to oversee the team deliver all account deliverables while working to agreed budgets, and course-corrects where required
• Ensures all deliverables meet client needs and generate strong insight and impact for client’s business
• Delegates to team effectively, providing constructive feedback and support for other account members to ensure account responsibilities and deliverables are met to a high standard in agreed timelines

Role Requirements

• Proven Experience in Market research or Consumer Insights within agencies or end-users
• At least 8-10 years progressive experience
• Domain expertise or experience in projects in areas of Innovation
• Experience in leading a team and mentoring
• Strong communications and presentation skills
• Review account and project profitability to understand opportunities to maximize financial performance for future project
• Account forecasting of account and new business

Location Singapore, Scotts RoadSingapore
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.