Senior Consultant

KANTAR IS THE WORLDS LEADING DATA, INSIGHTS AND CONSULTING COMPANY.

Kantar''s Analytics practice creates leading-edge offers focused on Brand and Marketing ROI, Brand Strategy and Innovation, Content Analytics, Data Strategy and Engineering, and Customer Analytics in a way that is unmatched by our competitors.
The convergence of unique human understanding and business expertise, coupled with innovative data and technology solutions, allows us to better predict consumer behavior, providing customers the confidence to make bold and complex decisions and optimize priorities for growth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Understand written or oral brief from client (business problem)
Ensure Data Veracity as per problem brief; detect and flag anomalies or errors to Project Manager
Hypothesis building
Statistical model development and ensuring statistical hygiene of models
Follow process to ensure accuracy and deliver projects as per timelines
Write model findings with simple insights which make marketing sense
Try different things to get to the best solution
Train younger team members on the process
Use visualization in Excel / PowerBI to prepare analytics results for clients
Use basic programming to automate simple repetitive tasks in Excel Macros / VBA / R / Python

ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Strong mathematical aptitude
Ability to think logically and solve issues - trouble-shoot problems in code or try a different approach if something is not working in the defined process
Excellent communication skills in English (written and oral) are essential
Ability to document analysis (data and model findings) and simple processes
Good attitude and willingness to learn new things and experiment to get to the best solution
Should be a strong team player - work closely with team-mates and Project Manager
Willingness to stretch to deliver to tight schedules
Demonstrate independence in planning own work and executing it on time and with good quality

QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will have consistent scholastic performance
Bachelors degree in Engineering from premiere institute OR Graduate or Post-Graduate in Statistics
Experience and knowledge of MS Office applications like Excel, Word, Powerpoint is a must
Any programming knowledge will be an added advantage. Python / R skills preferred

PRIOR EXPERIENCE
4 - 7 years of relevant experience (Market Mix Modeling)
Knowledge of data analytics will be an added advantage

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