Associate Manager - Chemical Research - Consulting Firm

Job Roles and Responsibilities :

- Perform secondary research and assist with supporting CHEMICALS research needs on key topics as highlighted above.

- Manage and perform complex research across CHEMICALS topics when needed utilizing different sources and advanced secondary research techniques (desk research, interviews of subject matter experts). 

- This includes in-depth research on geographic and/or horizontal segment trends, competitors, industry market trends and issues, and relevant technology topics.

- Provide support to consultants and local research team in the use of internal and external resources, information sources and services.

- Conduct in-depth reference interviews with customer to identify key questions to be addressed and the nature and purpose of the deliverable.

- Develop relationships with Accenture executives and market secondary research services to those executives, both orally and through written communication.

- Identify new sources of relevant content and contribute to evaluations of external content for acquisition.

- Development of CHEMICALS topic expertise and knowledge as well as deep understanding of relevant specialty sources.

- Actively participate in general cross-team responsibilities e.g. participating in Accenture Research workgroups at local, regional or global level etc.

Qualification, Experience & Skills :

- A full-time post-graduate degree/qualification MBA/PGDM is a must.

- 9-12 years of business research experience years of business and competitor research experience, preferably in a consulting or IT services environment, IT services industry

- Analyst firm, and or demonstrated equivalent skill.

- Exposure to specific industry segment(s) in CHEMICALS

- Work experience collaborating in a team of research professionals.

- Understanding of business and economics issues at large.

- Working with senior executive customers, who are the high-end users of the research Output.

- Experience of writing reports, and presentation slides for delivery to internal and external audience.

- Experience with alternative modes of research delivery/data visualization tools also a Plus (e.g., Power BI etc.).