Kantar Nigeria We offer the most complete view of consumers - the way they live, shop, vote, watch and tweet - in over a hundred countries worldwide. For the benefit of our clients, Kantar connects these specialists as well as providing access to the wider WPP group of companies and other partners.
POSITION : Senior Researcher / Associate Director - Qualitative
Job Descriptions
- The Senior Researcher / Associate Director - Qualitative in Nigeria, will be responsible for the complete management of business, with direct responsibility managing client relationships and projects and building a strong qualitative team. This role encompasses covering strategic planning, talent management, and delivery of financial targets.
As part of this role you will be required to:
- Develop measurable business/financial goals for self and others
- Be accountable for and drive financial performance for your business unit - achieve annual agreed revenue growth and profitability
- Develop an expertise led organization that aims to exceed client expectations, anticipate future needs and deliver excellence
- Engage in high level client interaction to hunt and lead the development of big business opportunities
- Actively promote a learning culture that accelerates the development of expertise
- This role will be based in Nigeria, but may require working with multiple geographies including occasional travel as needed.
Knowledge and Skills Required
- Demonstrate excellence as a Qualitative practitioner and view Qualitative as a strategic, consultative tool
- Good leadership skills with a particular emphasis on coaching and mentoring
- Passionate about solving strategic problems through creative, custom solutions
- Previous working in an environment where you can partner with clients on their most critical business challenges
- You have developed your capability to the point where you can confidently challenge clients and help them ask the right questions - not just take client orders
- You are driven by excellence and want to grow client relationships through providing outstanding results
- You have depth of experience in strategic qualitative work, in ethnography based research and in using cultural insight to solve client problems
- You want to use the capability you have developed to increase the expertise of others and help shape our offer
- You show empathy and respect for differences in mindsets and skills in the business environment; respect the values and diversity, skills and background that others bring and effectively utilize this knowledge to lead, motivate and drive change
- You want to be a key part of a team of globally recognized, prestigious leaders driven to put the quality back into qual.
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