Junior Researcher Innovation Nicotine Products

Ipsos Doxa; Milano; In loco; EUR 26.000 - 31.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Meal vouchers

Ipsos Training Center access

International environment

Descrizione del lavoro

Ipsos Doxa in Milan seeks a Junior Quantitative Researcher to support the Innovation Service Line, focusing on nicotine products globally. You will assist in research design, data analysis, and client delivery, contributing to proposals and final reports.

The role requires 1–2 years in market research, strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, and advanced English. The position offers competitive salary (€26k–€31k gross per year) and meal vouchers, in a dynamic international environment.

Competenze

• Contribute to understanding business issues and transform them into research questions.
• Draft survey designs and create winning proposals.
• Execute research projects, analyze data, and write reports with storytelling.
• Collaborate with field staff to monitor activities and control timeframes and costs.
• Present survey results and comments; may deliver presentations with the manager.

Mansioni

• Manage day-to-day research activities and coordinate with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Draft research projects and methodologies aligned with client objectives.
• Produce interim results and draft questionnaires with guidance.
• Monitor field activities to ensure timelines and costs are managed.
• Verify data quality and develop analysis plans; check results.

Conoscenze

MR experience

Quantitative methods

Excel/PowerPoint

English proficiency

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description

ipsos Doxa is one of the world’s largest market research companies, present in 90 markets and employing more than 20,000 people. Our passionately curious research professionals have built unique multi-specialist capabilities that provide true understanding and powerful insights into the actions, opinions and motivations of citizens, consumers, patients, customers or employees.

For our Milan office, we are looking for a Junior Quantitative Researcher to be placed within the Service Line Innovation, in one of our international team, specialized in innovations and consumer behaviour in Nicotine product category across the globe, creating and executing cutting edge marketing research services and solutions for R&D and branding, portfolio management and other business units of our key client.

“Real Insights from Real People”: this is our philosophy to guide customers in identifying, qualifying and forecasting the commercial potential of innovation ideas, products and packaging.

Our innovative and strategic solutions help our customers be quicker to seize opportunities earlier and more agile in finalizing the launch of their products to market.

Within our team, you will be part of the crew on a daily basis in the different phases of market research, from start-up to delivery of the results to the end customer. Specifically, you will contribute in understanding of business issues and their transformation into research questions, drafting survey designs, creating well thought and winning proposals, research projects execution, analysis, report writing and storytelling.

Your role

Within the Innovation Service Line, and specifically within the team specializing on nicotine products, you will support the manager and the entire team in the operational management of the different phases of a market research project, from the briefing to the delivery of the final results to the client.

Specifically, You Will Have The Following Responsibilities

• to ensure the proper management of assigned day-to-day research activities and effective coordination with the client and internal project stakeholders;
• based on the guidance gathered from the Service Line, support your line manager in drafting research projects, helping to formulate methodologies consistent with the input received and in line with the client’s specific objectives;
• assist the team in the production – whether guided or partially independent – of interim research results (requesting quotations, drafting research proposals, defining and preparing questionnaires);
• interact with field staff to continuously monitor activities, ensuring that timeframes and associated costs are consistently managed effectively;
• verify the quality and methodological consistency of the research data received, prepare analysis plans, and check the results obtained;
• analyse data, draw up reports and, where required, share them with the client, working alongside their research manager;
• create presentations of survey results, accompanied by comments; in some cases, depending on the complexity of the project, deliver the presentation directly alongside their manager.

Required Hard Skills

• At least 1-2 years’ previous experience in market research and analysis
• Knowledge of quantitative research tools
• Advanced Excel, Power Point
• Advanced English

Required Soft Skills

• Team work
• Flexibility and proactivity
• Effective communication

Other Information

• National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL) for the Tertiary, Distribution and Services sector
• Compensation range: Annual Gross Salary (RAL) €26k - €31k, plus meal vouchers (ticket restaurant)

Our Offer

• A dynamic and international work environment
• A people-focused workplace and committed to CSR, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
• Active participation in corporate welfare activities
• Continuous on-the-job training and access to “Ipsos Training Center”, our e-learning platform
• A People & Culture HR Team
• Opportunity to deliver better research and insight to our national and international top-clients with subject-matter experts

Ipsos Taking Responsibility

We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees, creating an inclusive, collaborative, supportive work environment based on respect, fairness and equal opportunity. Ipsos doesn’t tolerate racism, homophobia or misogyny or any other form of discrimination and ensures understanding, acceptance and enhancement of diversity, including differences in national origin, gender identity, sex, age, colour, religion, sexual orientation and disability.

Our values

We believe in our corporate culture and values of Integrity, Collaboration, Curiosity, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Client First in relationships with colleagues, clients and society.

The recruitment process is open to candidates of both genders in accordance with Legislative Decree 198/2006. Personal data collected for the purposes of the recruitment process will be processed in accordance with GDPR

About Us

Ipsos is one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights. Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets. And we are proud of our continuous efforts in making Ipsos the best place to work!

About The Team

The Innovation Service Line guides clients throughout the innovation journey as they develop and launch new or improved products and services spanning a range of verticals. We help our clients develop the initial idea for a product/service, ensure the fully-articulated description of the product/service resonates with consumers, confirm that prototypes of the product/service properly deliver on consumer expectations, and finetune the full mix prior to launch. This is accomplished using best-in-class services, including idea screening, concept testing, product testing, price and line optimization, package testing and volumetric forecasting.