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| Company: |
Canadean Ltd |
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| Job Title: |
Researcher/Research Consultant/s |
| Job category: |
Consultancy |
| Job Location: |
France |
| Job Reference Number: |
RES0145World |
| Job Description: |
Title: Research Consultant
Reporting to: Regional Research Manager (RRM)/Director of Business Intelligence
Summary Responsibilities:
- Prepare multi-client annual & quarterly market reports on Soft Drinks, Beer, Packaging, Wines & Spirits, Dairy & Hot Beverages
- Research and deliver customised single client reports where required.
- To monitor industry trends & developments through desk & field research
- To carry out industry meetings (with beverage companies, supplier companies and other industry organisations)
- To collect, analyse and report consumption and production data on brands, companies, flavours, packaging, distribution and pricing
- To provide written insight into industry trends & developments (in English)
- To work closely with Canadean’s Research, Edit, Project & Sales Teams
Key Tasks:
• Monitor company, industry & general information sources (including web sites) to keep up to date with latest developments in the beverage industry and its related value chain.
• Regularly monitor beverage products sale, packaging & pricing in a variety of relevant retail and on-premise (“away from home” ) channels.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with contacts in the beverage & other industries to obtain accurate market data and insights.
• Maintain a list of industry contacts & data sources and submit this to Canadean HQ personnel as and when required.
• Liaise regularly with Regional Research Manager/DOBI as required on all aspects of research activities
• Carry out regular in-depth face to face & telephone interviews (with key manufacturers, industry suppliers & other industry organisations) to obtain company data and market insights
• Collect, analyse and submit fully reconciled and up-to-date data (including forecasts) on beverage production, sales & consumption trends in pre-defined data templates
• Provide written insights (in English) into category, company & channel trends & developments
• Maintain & update profiles (in English) of leading beverage companies at regular intervals.
• Submit complete reports to specification on or before delivery dates specified.
• Liaise with Edit & Projects teams to promptly answer queries & update current & historical data or commentary where needed to complete a report or project on time.
• Prepare and make industry presentations and attend meetings with Canadean clients as/when required by Canadean.
• Respond to queries or enquiries from Canadean clients or Canadean Sales & Marketing throughout the year as promptly and thoroughly as possible.
• Submit sales leads & enquiries for potential report or project sales to Canadean’s Sales & Marketing team
• Provide assistance & guidance to Canadean’s Sales & Marketing staff and other senior executives when they are visiting the country /countries for which the Research Consultant is responsible.
• Maintain and protect at all times the confidentiality of Canadean’s data and reports.
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Skills Required:: |
Skills required:
• Market research skills, specifically: gathering, management & analysis of data, structured interviewing techniques, competitive analysis and business-to-business research expertise
• Ability to build a strong network and good working relationships with senior executives in the beverage industry & its associated value chain
• Ability to work independently as well as collaborating as required with members of Canadean’s head office and regional Research & Sales teams
• Fluency in spoken and written English as well as the native language spoken in the country of research
• Good skills with Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Email & Internet
• Ability to explain numbers & research methodology
• Ability to plan & maintain schedules and work to strict deadlines
Canadean provides:
• A single annual contract covering one or more individual projects (most of these are continuous annual and/or quarterly reports) with additions to contract for extra projects
• Regular payments including expenses where appropriate
• Opportunity to earn commission on sales of reports, data or projects
• Full programme of induction & training
• Full instructions, templates & research tools
• Regional Consultant meetings
• Regular performance evaluation & feedback
• Support of Regional Research Manager & head office project management and Business Intelligence Centre
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Language Requirements: |
English-Very GoodFrench-Very GoodGerman-Very GoodSpanish-Very GoodArabic-Very GoodChinese-Very GoodHindi-Very GoodJapanese-Very GoodRussian-Very Good |
| Employment Type: |
Contract |
| Yearly Salary: |
Unspecified |
| Posting Date: |
2009-06-15 |
| Level of Education: |
Bachelor |
| Years of Work Experience: |
3 to 5 Years |
| Job also available in: |
Currently seeking candidates in around 20 countries worldwide. |
| Company: |
Canadean Ltd |
| Contact Name: |
Canadean Ltd |
| Contact Phone: |
01256 394200 |
| Preferred Method of Contact: |
E-mail |
| Preferred Language of Resume/Application: |
English |
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