Market Research Manager | Market Research Recruiter

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Position Type – Contract to Hire

Location – Cleveland

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Recruiter –Bri Barber

 

The Market Research Manager  will manage world-class custom consumer research on an assigned brand within Consumer Products Division for a Multi-Billion Dollar Consumer Goods Brand.  He/She will be responsible for the following:

 

• Guide consumer research design, analysis and presentation for assigned brand:
• Brand strategy & positioning
• Includes evaluation of changes in brand positioning, consumer segmentation and need state segmentation, consumer decision processes, market trends, etc.
• Marketing communications
• Includes evaluation of advertising, packaging communications, etc.
• Innovation/new product development
• Includes evaluation of early ideas and more fully-developed concepts, rigorous product evaluation, volumetric forecasting research, test markets, etc.
• Brand equity evaluation & tracking
• Evaluate brand health to ensure marketing efforts support the strategic direction of the brand. Also monitor competitive brands to assess the impact of their marketing efforts.
• Thought partnership with marketing and other functional areas.
• Responsible for consumer research with annual revenues over $500mm

 

REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM EDUCATION LEVEL:

• B.A. /B.S. in Marketing,  Economics, Psychology, or Sociology required. Relevant Master’s degree or MBA strongly preferred.
• Minimum of three (3) years of marketing research experience in a consumer packaged goods company
• Proven track record of independently managing research in a high performance culture
• Grounding in custom research, both qualitative and quantitative.
• Specific to quantitative – development and optimization of concept , packaging, advertising, product, volume testing and brand equity research
• Specific to qualitative- proficiency in consumer immersion and exploratory research, familiarity with data sources such as Nielsen, IRI, Mintel, Simmons, etc.

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