AbsolutData - Retail/CPG Analytics Manager

Founded in 2001, AbsolutData is an award winning global consulting oriented analytics firm, headquartered in San Francisco, with a global delivery model. We help clients take data-driven decisions, which make them more successful and profitable.

AbsolutData currently partners with more than 15 leading fortune 500 financial services, consumer packaged goods, retail and technology companies globally and was rated as one of the fastest growing research and analytics firm by Inc. 500 & Deloitte and was selected as one of the Top 10 companies in outsourcing marketing services by IAOP.

AbsolutData services are differentiated and provide significant incremental value to our clients by helping them tackle big data challenges, optimize marketing spends, increase campaign ROI and marketing effectiveness, create better customer satisfaction and retention, execute effective targeted marketing, understand and influence consumer behavior, predict future trends, create additional sales opportunities with existing customers, and optimize business results.

Key Responsibilities

- Managing analytics projects (across different domains), making significant contributions to design of analytical approach and handling the work plan.

- Being responsible for all aspects of project management (including resource allocation, scope identification etc) to ensure that they are on time, on target with client needs, and reflect our high quality standards.

- Handling and building relationships with key strategic accounts.

- Ensuring effective client management including developing and managing internal processes for seamless project delivery, streamlining existing processes, leading/assisting business development initiatives in the company including managing and developing existing and/or new client relationships.

- Managing a medium to large sized team, subject to business requirements and being responsible for people management activities like developing and coaching team members, supporting & implementing processes like appraisals, project dashboards, project effort tracking etc

Client Servicing

- Being a Business Consultant/Subject Matter Expert to a delivery project

- Managing & developing existing and/or new client relationships

- Applying knowledge of Analytics in different industry domains.

Project Management

- Leading and managing multiple projects

- Effectively planning, scheduling and monitoring the assigned projects.

- Anticipating eventualities, identifying potential risks, developing contingency plans and regularly tracking the same to ensure timely delivery of projects

- Regularly monitoring the progress of projects involving review of all deliverables, slippages, defects, efforts etc and taking appropriate corrective and preventive measures, if required

- Ensuring effective inter and intra-functional coordination and functioning, proactively addressing all issues

People Management

- Being involved in people management activities including leading a medium to large sized team subject to business requirements, supporting & implementing processes like appraisals, mentoring, coaching, training, capability development etc.

- Appropriately aligning responsibilities, accountability and authority for team members

- Identifying development needs of team members, pro-actively developing skills that are required currently & in future, grooming them to take on additional responsibilities and facilitating their growth

- Setting direction and inspiring team members, encouraging them to value clients and deliver high quality service

Desired Skills and Experience

Core Competencies

- Good Analytical & Problem Solving Skills

- Effective Decision Making Skills

- Good Communication Skills: Refers to effective oral, written & presentation skill

- Effective Leadership, People Management Skills

- Experience of managing multiple projects, leading teams and handling client interactions in the past

- Consulting Skills - Ability to impact business decisions through analytics and research

Educational Qualifications & Experience

- Degree : Postgraduates from Premiere Institutes in Economics, Statistics or other Quantitative disciplines/MBA

- Relevant Experience : 7+ years of relevant experience in Analytics

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Priyanka Bhatia