Lead Consultant - Research & Consulting - FMCG/CPG Domain

Job Description: Reporting to the Consumer Insight Head, you will be responsible for:

As a Lead Consultant your role will be to research and prepare, with other members of the India team, multi-client annual & quarterly market reports on Soft Drinks, Beer, Packaging, Wines & Spirits, Dairy & Hot Beverages. Research and work on single client / ad-hoc reports or projects. To conduct industry meetings with beverage companies, supplier companies and other industry organisations as key element of GlobalData research methodology, identify & develop GlobalData contacts in the beverage & supply-side industry, monitor industry trends & developments through desk & field research.

In summary job role will cover -

- Build new and maintain collaborative relationships with both old and new contacts in the beverage & other allied industries to obtain accurate market data and insights

- 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

- Maintain a list of industry contacts & data sources

- Monitor company, industry & general information sources (including web sites, company reports - ) 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 all channels (off-premise / - at home- / retail and on-premise / - away from home- )

- Liaise regularly with Regional Research Manager/DOBI as required on all aspects of research activities

- 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 into category, company & channel trends & developments

- Maintain & update profiles 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 GlobalData clients as/when required by GlobalData.

- Respond to queries or enquiries from GlobalData clients or GlobalData Sales & Marketing throughout the year as promptly and thoroughly as possible.

- Submit sales leads & enquiries for potential report or project sales to Globaldata regional account manager and / or the Sales & Marketing team in HQ

- Provide assistance & guidance to Globaldata 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 Globaldata data and reports.

Skills requirements:

- 8 to 10 years of Research & Consulting experience. The candidate must have good experience in FMCG domain and domestic market experience will be an added advantage.

- Market research skills, specifically: gathering, management & analysis of data, structured interviewing techniques, competitive analysis and business-to-business research expertise

- To have knowledge of the beverage industry and / or its supply side industries; esp. if they have some knowledge of the dairy industry

- Ability to build a strong network and good working relationships with senior executives in the beverage industry & its associated value chain and find and develop new industry contacts

- Ability to work independently as well as collaborating as required with members of the India team, Global Data head office and regional Research & Sales teams

- Fluency in spoken and written English

- Excellent MS office skills

- Ability to analyse data, explain data/ numbers, your research methodology, understand the beverage industry and provide insights on the market

Personality :

- Personable and outgoing character who can identify, contact, communicate and talk to people with ease (face-to-face, by telephone, email - )

- An enquiring mind and nature of someone who want to learn and discover things, a person suited for research

- English is the preferred office / company spoken language and with the ability to read and write English

- Ease and familiarity of reporting to one person but working for and with others as part of a team