International Strategic Client Director (Food & Beverages)

Job title:

International Strategic Client Director (Food & Beverages)

Company

Kantar

Job description

We’re the world’s leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day. Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.Job DetailsWe are looking for a candidate to join our Client Success team for international FMCG clients. EP, through its partnership with You Gov and Kantar Worldpanel, is the leader in consumer panel research solving client questions in more than 50 countries around the world.EP provides a truly global working experience; from the moment you join, you will find yourself immersed in a vibrant working environment, learning daily from a team built on a wide spectrum of experience and cultures. Our team is spread across Europe with Hubs in different locations.Just as our clients are at the centre of everything we do, our people are the foundation, and we have the same levels of passion and commitment to them and their careers with us.You will…

• Create and maintain strong relationships with all main client decision makers/budget holders, developing the application of consumer panel as a solution to answer business questions with strong influence on client thinking
• Maintain a dialogue with key client collaborators about their ongoing hot topics, business priorities, proactively finding opportunities
• Manage a growing and partially virtual team, sharing knowledge and encouraging a culture of learning. Including multiple direct line reports.
• Create high functioning relationships with EP colleagues, senior partners, and local Kantar & YouGov teams
• Lead major EP projects across a portfolio of clients, responsible for the development and delivery of high profile, multi-country insights
• Develop opportunities to grow revenue for the team, with a focus on increasing the contribution of EP products and services
• Negotiating new and existing contracts

You have…

• Profound knowledge in quantitative research, ideally understanding of Consumer Panel data
• A desire to develop commercial skills through spotting opportunities – proactive project-mining, and proposal writing
• Experience delivering against commercial targets and act proactively in pursuit of opportunities.
• The ability to build strong relationships and influence both externally and internally senior level contacts and to be seen as an expert by those contacts
• Experience delivering insight based consultative projects with the ability to provide valuable client insights, and present complex data clearly and incisively
• A confident, compelling and engaging communication style that conveys the expertise expected of a consultant
• A collaborative approach with clients and colleagues of various personalities and cultures

You have…

• Dedicated, taking ownership of tasks, working independently, creatively and resourcefully
• Able to handle multiple requests and make decisions about who and what to prioritise.
• A great teammate with experience working with multiple stakeholders and partners
• Willing to step out of your comfort zone
• Comfortable building virtual networks/relationships and working in virtual teams

​Kantar benefits

• Option of flexible hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Private Medical & Dental Insurance
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Life Assurance & Income Protection
• Cycle to Work Scheme

At Kantar, we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to encourage new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.We want to build an equality of opportunity in a fair and encouraging working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to thrive in a space where their mental health and well-being is taken into consideration.We want to build a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.Privacy and Legal StatementPRIVACY DISCLOSURE: Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited (“Kantar”). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager(s) and for consideration for potential future opportunities by Kantar and its affiliate Kantar group companies. For full details of our privacy policy please visit www.kantar.com.#LI-NP1 #LI-HybridCountryFranceWhy join Kantar?We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Expected salary

Location

Chambourcy, Yvelines

Job date

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 07:11:26 GMT

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