Associate Director

Associate Director - Skale 70

Introduction

At Kantar Consulting our strategic consultants around the world partner with our clients to inspire actionable solutions that drive brand growth.

We are an integral part of Kantar working with marketing leadership and leveraging Kantar IntellectualPropertyand capabilities to land the practical implications and actionable recommendations for portfolio and brand growth.

We are experts on the following offers:

GrowthFinder: we identify new space for brands to grow and optimise clients portfolio and go to market strategy finding incremental spaces based on a deepcommercialised understanding of where demand sits inmarkets and categories today and tomorrow.

Brand Strategy: we design the right growth trajectory for each brand articulating its positioning architecture and core culturally relevant messaging.

Futures & Innovation:we help anticipate and plan for future through trend driven scenarios which shape the biggest innovation opportunities.

Organisational Performance:we design winning commercial operating models and embed behaviour change through capability programmes.

Valuation: we conduct bespoke brand valuation to capture the value of the brand(s) and define holistic ways to act upon their key growth drivers

Job Description

Do you havecorporate strategic marketing or strategic consulting experience withproven track record of delivering impactful solutions and building strongrelationshipsAre you interested in brands and businesses how they connect with people how they communicate how they sell and how they can evolve

As Associate Director you will lead projects and teams shape the solutions and storylines and guide clients towards growth decisions winning new projects with clients. You will also develop your solution expertise in one of the consulting practices andsupportadvance it. You will improve your project management skills and coach and develop others sharing your skills and knowledge to grow the team.

Competencies

Associate Directors are expected to demonstrate the following competencies according to the Kantar Success Factors Framework:

• Leads with Impact: Takes ownership of projects(across the whole lifecycle from scoping to execution and evaluation)and leads internal teams and client engagements. Flags issues and proposes solutions. Shows authenticity and openness and admits strengths and weaknesses.

• Solves Problems Decisively:Uses our key solutions with some senior help. Solves complex problems by asking the clients question making hypotheses and doing a structured analysis.Has the ability to develop a deep understanding of client needs and then address them.

• Contextualises Meaningful Data: Understands the clients reality based on document reviews and stakeholder interviews. Explains how the analysis findings affect the client. Can find interpret and combine findings across different Kantar data types for a bigger client question.

• Guides Business Action:Engages with clients to interact and get their agreement. Begins to show their ability to run workshops and discussions that help client decision-making.

• Connects to Win: Includes diverse perspectives and collaborates to use the power ofwinningtogetherandcommunicatingwith empathy.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; youll need to build effective relationships internally and with clients and have a desire to contribute to wider thought leadership.

• Builds Great Teams:With strong work ethic manage project teams coaches and energises them helping to deliver to time quality and budget successfully. Hands-on project work as well as delivering via the work of others and planning and coordinating resource on a global /regional /local level to deliver goals.

• Drives Lasting Change:Champions innovative solutionsand client offeringsand activates change supporting others to adapt.A big picture thinker with a strong ability to provoke and inspire clients to think differently about how to drive growth for their industry business category and product/service.

Owns Commercial Success:Build excellent client relationships up to C-level establishing as a credible expert in Commercial Strategy.

Pursues opportunities with relentless hunger prioritises resources to achieve targets and balancesshort and long-termvalue creation.

Requirements

• 6-8 yearsofexperience working for or with a global brand in brand marketing or experience in growth/brand consulting or other relevant professional services is required.

• Proven track record of delivering impactful solutions and building strong relationships.

• Ideally French-speaking