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Manpower are currently seeking an interim CTI Project Assistant Manager, to work with our global FMCG client Unilever, renowned for brands such as Dove, Sure, Persil, and Simple, and become an integral part of their fast-paced FMCG environment.

The position is based in Seacroft, Leeds. This is a full-time temporary role for 12 months, requiring 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive, paying up to £43,780 per annum, pro rata, depending upon experience.

The Consumer Technical Insights (CTI) Team creates deep consumer understanding to guide the development of superior products and experiences. We are looking for people with a natural curiosity and desire to interrogate and connect data to help us translate what consumers want into technical action standards that our Research and Development teams can deliver against.

In this role you will be working within our area of Consumer testing which focuses on quantitative and qualitative testing.

• Work as part of a cross-functional team and as the advocate of the consumer, support the team through translating research questions into robust CTI testing.
• Autonomously build comprehensive CI plans for multiple small to medium projects, partnering with CMI, and landing insights with impact into project teams.
• Lead the planning, co-ordination, and execution of qualitative, quantitative, and technical testing, leveraging internal capability and/or external partners as required to deliver outstanding innovations.
• Build strong and collaborative relationships with both internal and external partners.
• Understand data governance to ensure all research is managed with the upmost ethical standards, including ensuring consumer personal & sensitive personal data is always protected.
• Understand data fundamentals to facilitate working with data to clean, transform and structure as required to enable visualisation and statistical analysis.
• Analyse, interpret and report test data, as required, to a high standard and evaluate alongside human panel data, to build recommendations and next steps to support the development of superior products and stories.
• Present data in an appealing and engaging way tailored to the audience: fully detailed debrief to technical teams and senior (WL3) stakeholders as required.
• Keep up to date with new methodologies and techniques in consumer and sensory research, supporting in the implementation of these, where appropriate, ensuring best practice is applied.
• Support the CTI data and digital transformation of consumer data by working with internal partners to identify, develop and implement processes and tools for ongoing continuous improvement.
• Champion the voice of the consumer and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of Unilever & Competitor products within R&D to help identify opportunities for competitive advantage.

• Experience of managing consumer research programmes, preferably in an FMCG company.
• Strong interest or knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changes effectively.
• Experience of working with research agencies to brief and commission testing.
• Ability to connect difference sources of data, recognising insights and communicate them effectively to different teams.
• An interest in, or experience/ knowledge of statistics and statistical software such as Compusense, JMP or SAS is desirable.
• Summarising and presenting results in an impactful way, tailored to the audience.
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Psychology, Market Research or Statistics preferred.

• Leeds working environment:
• There is a canteen available onsite serving hot and cold food.
• There is a Staff Shop where Contingent Workers can buy discounted products.
• Free tea and coffee on site.
• Free parking.
• R&D sites have Free Fruit, Relaxation/Energy facilities like Table Tennis.
• Uniform for factory workers.