Mahindra GroupEmployer profile
Manager Market Research
Location not specified · 7–10 yrs
Experience
- 7–10 yrs
Salary
- Not disclosed
Location
- Location not specified
Work mode
- Not specified
Job type
- Full-time
Apply by
- Closing date not listed
Posted
- 14 May 14
About this role
Responsibilities & Key DeliverablesThe position calls for passionate automotive researcher, dedicated to customer insights and to bring strategic clarity to leadership of what customer really wants.
- Research market conditions and lead feasibility studies to determine market demand for existing and new products or services
- Develop customer typologies from the scratch
- Devise and evaluate methods and procedures for collecting data (surveys, opinion polls, or questionnaires) or arrange to obtain existing data.
- Successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously, all in different design/analysis stages
- Proactively anticipating, troubleshooting, overcoming, and/or escalating challenges for planned research
- Lead, along with agencies - Questionnaire Design, Analysis, Reporting
- Managing agencies and their respective leads, from beginning to end, including making actionable recommendations to support key business objectives
- Manage internal stakeholders – advance product planning, marketing, product planning
- Lead the prioritisation of research projects, ensuring strategic alignment with all stakeholders. Conduct competitive/industry/market trend research in specific segments, markets, and delivery modes using appropriate specialized data sources
- Executing all research plans and managing/monitoring field activities
- Budgeting, financial control and expense management for all researches
- Synthesis and communication of both primary and secondary research findings into actionable insights
7- 10 years’ experience in Quantitative Consumer Insights role at one of the leading market research agencies or automotive organisations. Should also have experience in handling Qualitative research, UX/UI research, and design thinking approaches .
Qualifications
Industry Preferred
Masters in Management/ Psychology. Working knowledge of statistics and multivariate analysis.
General Requirements
- Experience in Automotive Primary Quantitative Market Research with practical knowledge of research methodologies like Focus group discussions, direct interviews, archetype/ ethnographic research, UX/UI and design thinking would be preferred
- Ability to moderate brainstorming workshop sessions with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent Idea presentation skills-making razor sharp presentations, through Power Point, Excel sheets or MS Word documents with clear business logic to Senior Management
- Reasonable understanding of Automotive trends, segments and current dynamics and the ability to draw market valuable insights and intelligence reports
- Cross-functional working skills to collaborate with functions like Design, Innovation, R&D, Marketing Services
- Communication & Networking skills within and outside the Organization to build good relations with market research partners
- Strong interest and knowledge of consumer electronics and automotive industry is desirable