Research Executive

1 week ago

Durban, South Africa MMR Research Worldwide LTD Full time

**Are you a researcher looking for an exciting next step in your career? Do you enjoy working on high profile global accounts within the FMCG industry?**

We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated and passionate individual to join our South Africa team based in Durban as a Research Executive.

MMR is an independent, global consumer and sensory research agency specialising in food, drink, personal and household care research. We are industry leaders, guiding best-in-class innovation for our clients - partnering with over 50% of the top 100 global food and drink brands.

We have offices in London, Oxford, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Mumbai and Durban and have a team of 700 highly engaged and dynamic research professionals that is multi-discipline in nature covering fields such as R&D, insight, marketing, sensory science, data sciences and psychology. MMR delivers a class-leading set of marketing science tools and approaches, many of which are proprietary to MMR.

**About our opportunities...**

As a Research Executive, you will assist team members with running market research projects, involving client liaison and project management from research design through to final debrief presentations.

No two projects are ever the same, often involving exciting innovations, varied methods and international markets. It’s a great opportunity to challenge and add value to client decision-making, all while working with our passionate, friendly teams across the globe.

Responsibilities include:

- Designing and organising fieldwork nationally and overseas
- Creating questionnaires against client objectives
- Analysing Quantitative data
- Creating insightful presentations

The work covers a range of ad hoc projects, typically involving quantitative and qualitative research, and both traditional and online fieldwork in South Africa and internationally. With MMR’s focus on developing new and better research methods and sophisticated analysis techniques, the role offers the opportunity to gain experience in several novel and exciting approaches to conducting research and interpreting data.

**Requirements**:
**Skills and Qualities**
- Previous experience within an ad hoc agency environment essential
- Quantitative experience essential and exposure to qualitative beneficial
- Experience of involvement in report writing essential
- The ability to tell a story from the data is desirable
- Strong organisational & time management skills required
- Strong communication skills & the ability to work effectively as a team essential
- Experience within FMCG beneficial

**Benefits**

MMR offers an open, dynamic, varied and non-hierarchical environment, where bespoke MMR Academy training is offered at every level. We also offer exciting secondment opportunities at our other global locations, as well as a selection of fantastic employee benefits.

MMR delivers a class leading set of marketing science tools and approaches, many of which are proprietary to MMR. We are endorsed by our global client base for our agility, technical expertise and willingness to adapt research solutions to directly focus on specific client challenges. We’ve built a reputation of providing innovative statistical analysis and techniques, coupled with optimal research design consultancy, that successfully delivers against our clients’ specific business objectives.

MMR is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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