Research Manager

Kantar Group; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kantar Group is seeking a Research Manager for its Agri division in Helsinki. You will coordinate agricultural and food-market research projects, produce regular market-tracking reports, and monitor Finnish markets to deliver accurate, timely insights.

You will work with Finnish-speaking clients, leveraging advanced Excel and data sources to identify patterns, validate data, and tailor findings to client priorities.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Finnish to discuss findings and respond to client questions, working English proficiency.
• Advanced Excel for organizing, validating and analysing datasets and recurring reports.
• Strong project-management skills to coordinate multiple reporting cycles and contributors.
• Data-driven mindset with curiosity to investigate underlying factors and patterns.
• Ability to craft concise client narratives from data, with agriculture/food market context a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate agricultural and food-market research projects with clear plans, responsibilities and delivery schedules.
• Produce regular market-tracking reports using Excel, ensuring outputs are accurate, consistent and timely.
• Monitor Finnish agricultural and food markets, identifying changes and relevant developments for clients.
• Manage data-quality checks, investigate inconsistencies and resolve issues before client deliverables.
• Translate data and market information into actionable findings and insights tailored to client priorities.
• Present findings to Finnish-speaking clients and answer questions about implications for their organisations.
• Improve reporting processes, templates and data-handling practices to enhance recurring delivery.

Skills

Finnish language

English proficiency

Analytical mindset

Project management

Data interpretation

Tools

Excel

Job description

As a Research Manager in Kantar Agri, you’ll help deliver agricultural and food-market research that enables clients to understand market developments and make informed decisions. You’ll coordinate projects, monitor market data and maintain regular tracking reports, ensuring that every output is accurate, timely and relevant.

You’ll work closely with the local team and Finnish-speaking clients, using Excel and other data sources to identify patterns and turn them into clear insights. Your work will strengthen the quality and consistency of our reporting, improve how we respond to client needs and help clients focus on the developments that matter most to their businesses.

Job Goals

• Coordinate agricultural and food-market research projects, maintaining clear plans, responsibilities and delivery schedules.
• Produce regular market-tracking reports using Excel, ensuring outputs are accurate, consistent and delivered on time.
• Monitor Finnish agricultural and food markets, identifying changes, patterns and developments relevant to clients.
• Manage data-quality checks, investigate inconsistencies and resolve issues before information is included in client deliverables.
• Translate data and market information into clear findings and practical insights tailored to each client’s priorities.
• Present findings to Finnish-speaking clients, answering questions and helping them understand the implications for their organisations.
• Improve reporting processes, templates and data-handling practices to make recurring delivery simpler, more reliable and efficient.

Ideal Skills and Capabilities

• Professional proficiency in Finnish, with the ability to discuss findings, explain data and respond to client questions; working proficiency in English.
• Advanced Excel capability, including organising, validating and analysing datasets and maintaining recurring reports.
• Strong project-management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple reporting cycles, deadlines and contributors.
• A genuine interest in working hands-on with data, combined with an analytical and curious mindset and the motivation to investigate underlying factors, explore questions in depth, detect data-quality issues and identify meaningful patterns in numerical information.
• Ability to craft clear, concise client narratives from data; exposure to agriculture, food markets or market research is beneficial but not essential.

Kantar is one of the most recognised and trusted brands in its industry, with unmatched depth of experience and global reach. What makes this moment different is how much is changing at once.

We are working on the world’s most influential brands, investing in AI and technology, and evolving how intelligence is delivered. The work is becoming more connected, more dynamic and more impactful.

People joining Kantar now are not stepping into something finished. They are joining a business that is evolving, and they will help shape what comes next.

If you want to work on iconic brands, solve complex problems, learn from exceptional people and do work that genuinely makes a difference, Kantar offers that opportunity.

Privacy and Legal Statement

At Kantar, the diversity of our colleagues provides a richer environment and a broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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