Partner, Client & Growth

Kantar is the worlds leading AI-native marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the worlds top companies. We combine the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced analytics to uncover how people think and act. We help clients understand what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future.

About the job

As Partner Client & Growth you will lead strategic client relationships in Shanghai helping senior clients address their most important business and growth challenges. You will work closely with clients to frame business problems identify growth opportunities and translate consumer brand and market insights into clear strategic recommendations that create meaningful business impact.

This role brings together client leadership commercial ownership thought leadership and consultancy excellence. Acting as a trusted advisor you will grow and strengthen client partnerships shape innovative solutions to complex business questions and help clients make confident decisions that drive sustainable growth.

Job Goals

• Grow senior client relationships by becoming a trusted advisor on critical business brand and growth challenges.
• Build a strong business pipeline through existing client growth new client development and collaboration across Kantar solutions.
• Shape strategic client thinking by connecting consumer insight brand performance category dynamics and market trends to inform business decisions and uncover growth opportunities.
• Lead consultative engagements that move beyond research delivery to influence marketing innovation portfolio and growth strategies.
• Own revenue profitability pricing and forecasting for the client portfolio applying strong commercial discipline and account planning.
• Deliver impactful consultancy and insight solutions that help clients address complex business questions and create measurable value.
• Share thought leadership market expertise and best practices across clients teams and the wider Kantar network.

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

• Experience leading senior client relationships within consumer insights strategy consulting management consulting or insight-led business advisory environments.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience growing client portfolios developing new business opportunities and managing revenue and profitability.
• Ability to structure ambiguous business questions develop strategic frameworks and translate complex challenges into clear business recommendations.
• Experience synthesizing multiple data sources including consumer brand category and market intelligence into actionable insights and growth strategies.
• Strong understanding of FMCG and/or beverage categories with the ability to engage senior marketing and commercial leaders as a trusted advisor.

Why join Kantar

Kantar is one of the most recognised and trusted brands in its industry with unmatched depth of expertise and global reach. We are investing in AI evolving how intelligence is delivered and working with some of the worlds most influential brands. Joining Kantar means shaping what comes nextwork that is more connected more dynamic and more impactful.

Privacy and Legal Statement

At Kantar the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our people and broader depth of thinking for our clients. We are committed to inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of society.

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We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health andwell beingis taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool be locally representative drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the worlds leading data insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think feel shop share vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies Kantars 30000 people help the worlds leading organisations succeed and grow.