Manager - Consumer & Retail

About the role:

Location - Gurugram

The primary role of this position is to manage projects primarily within the Consumer and Retail sector. As a Manager, you will be required to lead the project delivery and management end-to-end. Manager typically leads 1-2 projects at a time.

Key Responsibilities:

Ownership of the entire project report and output

Managing entire project life cycle scoping, problem structuring / hypotheses definition, research analysis, presentation storyboarding, delivery communication, project closure, knowledge management

· Extrapolate information pertaining to sectors/ competitive intelligence/ competition benchmarking/ Qualitative/ Quantitative Research/ Macro Economic study of Sectors

· Ownership of analysis on Excel and be comfortable with handling data to derive meaningful insights

· Leads, motivates, develops, and coaches the team toward developing optimum solutions for clients

· Work collaboratively with 1Lattice Analysts, Research Associates, and cross-functional data science and technology teams

· Ability to multi-task, manage time effectively, and delegate to subordinates

· An excellent communicator and presenter

· Be updated with the current trends in the research field

· Support business development activities through both steering specific pursuits and developing long-standing, existing relationships with clients

· Undertake sector-based research and work on company documents, Sector points of view, industry documents, and ad-hoc pieces of research

· Be extremely focused on outcomes; be flexible to deal with ambiguous and dynamic environments, morph as required

Desired background:

· Minimum 3+ years of research/consulting, advisory, or market research experience

· Prior work in relevant fields like management consulting, business research, market research, equity research, or other similar backgrounds (preferred work experience in consumer and retail sector)

Desired Competencies:

· Having commercial acumen, technical experience, and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment

· Good understanding of any one key sector/segments

· Strong research skills and past experience in research

· Analytical, ability to derive patterns from data and push for insights

· Resourcefulness and tactfulness in getting market inputs and client requirements

· Ability to deliver analysis and slides independently

· Ability to work and influence in client settings

· Work collaboratively with counterparts in business partner teams to drive an impact together

· Strong levels of ownership and should demonstrate pride in output

· High focus on outcomes and must enjoy driving clients to action

· Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills- should be able to work independently on these tools

· Strong client management and presentation skills