Research Manager

MMR Research; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research firm is seeking a passionate Research Manager to oversee market research projects for top FMCG brands. This role involves managing client relations, innovative research design, and guiding a skilled team. Candidates should possess strong communication and organisational skills, with a proven background in quantitative research methodologies.

Benefits

Pensions

Bonus schemes

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Previous experience within an ad-hoc agency environment essential.
• Quantitative experience essential, exposure to qualitative preferable.
• Experience in report writing and storytelling from data is essential.

Responsibilities

• Designing world-class quantitative and qualitative research.
• Coaching junior team members and client liaison.
• Delivering presentations using data insights.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Strong organisational skills

Time management

Agility

Teamwork

Job description

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Are you a researcher looking for an exciting next step in your career? Do you enjoy working on high profile global accounts within the FMCG industry?

We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated and passionate individual to join our brilliant London research team as a Research Manager.

Company

MMR is an independent, global company specialising in food, drink and consumer packaged goods research. We work regularly with over 50% of the top 100 global food and drink brands. We have offices in Amsterdam, London, Oxford, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok, Mumbai, Cali, Durban and Sao Paulo and have a team of 800 highly engaged and dynamic research professionals that is multi-discipline in nature covering fields such as R&D, insight, marketing, sensory science, data sciences and psychology.

MMR delivers a class leading set of marketing science tools and approaches, many of which are proprietary to MMR. We are endorsed by our global client base for our agility and technical expertise and willingness to adapt research solutions to directly focus on specific client challenges. We have built a reputation of providing innovative statistical analysis and techniques, coupled with optimal research design consultancy that successfully delivers against our clients’ specific business objectives.

Role

As a Research Manager, you will take the lead on running a diverse range of market research projects across exciting global FMCG brands. This role involves client liaison and project management from research design through to final debrief presentations. Responsibilities include:

• Designing world class quantitative and qualitative research across a range of bespoke methodologies
• Working with and coaching junior members of the research team
• Exploring data to unlock the meaningful insight
• Creating & delivering story-led presentations through a variety of mediums

The work covers a range of ad-hoc projects, typically involving quantitative and qualitative research, in the UK and internationally. With MMR’s focus on developing new and better research methods and sophisticated analysis techniques, the role offers the opportunity to gain experience of several novel and exciting approaches to conducting research and interpreting data.

Requirements

• Previous experience within an ad-hoc agency environment essential
• Quantitative experience essential and exposure to qualitative preferable
• Experience of involvement in report writing essential
• Ability to tell a story from the data is essential
• Agile and adaptable to client needs
• Strong organisational & time management skills required
• Strong communication skills & the ability to work effectively as a team essential
• Experience within FMCG beneficial

Here at MMR, we are about building a workplace for the future. We believe in equal opportunities and celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves.

Our benefits are some of the best in the industry, we can share them with you if you want to know more. Our focus is not just on the expected benefits such as pensions and bonus schemes but the wellbeing of our employees. We’ve taken great strides to ensure that we support you to remain happy and healthy during your time with us.