Insights Manager at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research based pharmaceutical and health-care companies, is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK employs over 97,000 employees in over 100 countries worldwide.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc is one of Africa's largest consumer healthcare companies, producing leading brands such as Lucozade, Ribena, etc.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Insights Manager

Requisition ID: 109416
Location: Ilupeju, Lagos
Position: Full-Time Temporary
Functional Area: Commercial

Details
This role will initially exist as a 6 month Fixed Term Contract. The job holder will be responsible for developing quality consumer insights through research and data synthesis.

Job Responsibilities

• Work closely with commercial teams (mainly Marketing) within the West and East African Markets to develop consumer understanding
• Coordinate consumer research in West and East African Markets
• Provide insights into market and consumer dynamics and trends
• Identify opportunities and risks to deliver business value incorporating consumer, shopper and expert insights
• Coordinate research requirements for the brands and manage the research process and details
• Manage assigned 3rd party research agencies to ensure research objectives are met and shared with the teams accordingly
• Ensure 3rd party research providers deliver quality data that is value for money and information that is actionable and well aligned with objectives
• Handle consumer immersions and related activities and be the voice of the consumer
• Drive Insights capabilities cross the teams through coaching, training and one-on-one team sessions
• Drive understanding and consumer closeness through Consumer Immersions and identify the opportunities thereof
• Work with Brand teams to develop relevant insights from research information to feed into category and brand planning and innovations and connections accordingly
• Ensure tracking and reporting on key brand health measures for key brands and guidance on actions to ensure consumers love for brands and to be first choice with shoppers and experts
• Keep abreast of developments in the field of marketing research and continuously update the team on relevant developments and trends and engage with improved methodologies to ensure actionable insights
• Work with Brand teams to ensure great advertising through use of dependable and insightful information for briefs and pretesting
• Work with Brand teams to develop winning concepts by applying insights and testing accordingly

Basic Qualifications

• A university graduate with a minimum 5 years relevant experience across various qualitative and quantitative research projects
• Experience in FMCG and or Marketing research industries
• Well developed communication, writing and interpersonal skills
• High level of computer literacy as well as knowledge of marketing information

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and Qualified candidate should:
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