Consumer Market Insights Manager

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We are currently looking to recruit a Consumer & Market Insights (CMI) Manager for our Fragrance Consumer Products Development team to focus on Quantitative Research for the vibrant markets in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, encompassing countries in the GCC, Levant, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, and Pakistan.

As a CMI Manager, you will be hands-on and manage the consumer market insights activity for the MENA region for our key customers in our B2B environment while also having a strong pulse of the B2B space and taking the coordination lead on regional research projects while making sure they answer the "big questions" behind commissioning them.

You will partner with and support our Dubai fragrance creation centre catering to the wider MENA region.

You will be based in our Dubai office, and report to the CMI Director for MENA

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for -

Project management of regional market research projects:

• Identification of methodology for consumer market research projects.
• Commissioning and set up.
• Cost management.
• Management and quality control of the field.
• Management of data analysis.
  
  

Consumer and Market Insights (CMI) business partnering:

• Partner with the fragrance Evaluation, Perfumers, Sales, Marketing and Technical teams and work closely on active and proactive regional and cross-regional market research projects throughout the fragrance development cycle.
• Provide in-depth interpretation of results to guide fragrance development and selection, and help to build the rationale to support our brief submissions to customers.
  
  

Be our customers' research expert:

• Act as a market research expert in direct contact with our customers to discuss and review CMI strategies, methodologies, and results.
• Discuss and review CMI needs, help draw olfactive hypotheses, discuss test methodologies to generate actionable information and present results through olfactive recommendations to internal and external customers.
• Ensure that we store the CMI data centrally and accessible for future reference.
  
  

Collaborate for category development:

• Collaborate with our Fabric Care category teams, to provide CMI leadership and expertise to improve ways of working and support strategic proactive category plans.
• Identify opportunities and gaps in knowledge and translate insights from consumer behaviours to potential fragrance solutions.
  
  

You?

Your professional profile includes:

• A Bachelor's or University Degree in Marketing, Business Management or a relevant discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant and progressive work experience in quantitative market research, either in the industry or a market research agency environment, ideally for the fragrance industry or with market research companies focusing on the FMCG space.
• Hands-on experience with consumer testing techniques, methodologies, design, statistical approaches, and modelling.
• Understanding of inferential & multivariate statistics and experimental design will be advantageous.
• Excellent project management and presentation skills.
• Comfortable working and collaborating with diverse teams and cultures.
• Proficient in the English language. Knowledge of additional languages like Arabic or French will be an added advantage.
  
  

Your benefits:

• Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
• A creative team environment that will inspire you.
• Attractive compensation package.
• Private VIP health insurance for self and eligible dependents*.
• Support for children's education*.
• Annual flight ticket allowance for self and eligible dependents*.
• Performance bonus*.
  
  

(* As per company policy)

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.

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