Account Director

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Job Details

We are looking for an Account Director to join our Quantitative team in Cairo!

What you'll be doing:

• Interact with key clients on a day-to-day basis, advising to proactively address needs, provide thought leadership and solve business problems that drive satisfaction.

• Lead strategically and commercially across all research domains within the Quantitative department.

• Be part of our senior leadership team and manage a team of associate directors, supporting them on technically and commercially.

• Supervise and deliver against specific account revenue targets, as well as, plan and forecast future revenue across client accounts.

The skills & experience you’ll need:

We are looking for someone with a flair for building new and nurturing existing relationships with clients and internal stakeholders. In addition, you will need:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Economics or Business Administration or any relevant degree.

• Proven experience (6+ years) leading large quantitative research studies. Experience with brand health tracking, segmentation, U&As, market sizing and other marketing research techniques.

• Strategic and commercial client partnering experience, proactively delivering on agreed deliverables and identifying new opportunities for further collaboration.

• People management experience.

• Fluent in both English & Arabic.

Why join Kantar?

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, nobody knows people better than Kantar.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our people are looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for our people are our highest priority, and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage our colleagues to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all, and we’re flexible in our approach to ensure people feel included and accepted.

We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, which is why we welcome applications from all background and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not a perfect fit, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Interested?

Send us your CV today by formally applying through Kantar's careers website.

Location

Cairo, Downtown MallEgypt

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At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and also to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that’s out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world’s leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar’s 30,000 people help the world’s leading organisations succeed and grow.