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Senior Project Leader – European Research Projects


24/11/2010: Senior Project Leader – European Research Projects


GfK Significant, Customer Research, Belgium. The philosophy of Significant GfK is client-oriented, based on aspiration for quality and transparency, put into practice every day by people with a real passion for research.


Highlights

  • The Project leader manages all phases of international social market research projects, from acquisition through execution and client delivery.
  • The Project leader is responsible for understanding client requirements, design and management of research, coordination and supervision of the project team (Project Assistant, sub-contracted agencies) and delivery of results.
  • The Project leader reinforces existing relationships with client.
  • The Project leader will work independently, reporting to the Research Director.


Job Profile

  • Preparing and generating proposals 
  • Communicating with clients to understand and document the research objectives 
  • Developing study design and selecting the most appropriate research methodology and techniques 
  • Outlining fieldwork plan with Project Leaders and Project Assistants 
  • Supervising fieldwork planning, co-ordination and advising in case of any fieldwork related issues 
  • Outlining analysis plan with Project Leaders and Project Assistants 
  • Supervising coding and analysis 
  • Analysis of data and results (statistical analysis and report content analysis) 
  • Preparation of global (and local) reports in collaboration with Directors and Managers 
  • Preparation of executive summaries. 
  • Training of Project Assistants 
  • Advising all team members where requested

Your Profile 

Professional experience:
  • The candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of ad hoc market research experience and a passionate interest in the field. 
  • The candidate should be experienced in using a wide range of market research techniques and skilled in data analysis, synthesizing and reporting findings with a business orientation.
  • The candidate should have a proven in-depth methodological expertise.
  • The candidate should have experience in serving as main client contact and running of international market research projects. 
     
Communication and leadership skills:
  • The candidate must be a good communicator (both verbally and in writing) and an accomplished ‘presenter’ for clients. 
  • The candidate should have experience in coordinating project teams and be resistant to stress in the face of peak workloads.
  • The candidate should have a flexible nature, be used to managing several tasks simultaneously, be well organized, work efficiently and rapidly, with experience in managing and sticking to deadlines.

Education, technical and language skills:

  • The candidate should have a university degree (bachelors, minimum) or higher academic degree.
  • The candidate should be a strong user of MS Office (Excel & PowerPoint) and SPSS. Knowledge of additional market research data analysis tools is a plus.
  • The candidate must be fluent in English (written & spoken). Fluency in other major European languages is a plus.

Further requirements:
 
  • The position is located in Leuven (Belgium) and might require occasional travel.

Contact

Please send your application to Natalie Dahlem, Human Resources manager, Significant GfK by email to natalie.dahlem@gfk.com.
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