Junior Consumer Insights Researcher

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering a complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and comprehensive consumer insights delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms, NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

About the Role

Our Consumer & Marketing Insights (CMI) Department enables clients to make data-driven decisions to help them grow. We listen to their needs, establish research strategies, and provide relevant insights and recommendations, while keeping the time investment for our clients at a low level by supporting them in all their decision-making.

We are looking for a person that is passionate about all aspects of (market) research and throws themselves completely into performing a project from beginning to end. You understand what our clients require insights on and perform just the right analyses to deliver clear action points to them. You do so in collaboration with other team members throughout the company.

Job Responsibilities

• Run projects smoothly, from questionnaire and quotas to material updates and fieldwork follow-ups.
• Make data weighting decisions.
• Update report templates.
• Coordinate with the report automation team for performing updates.
• Run report automation.
• Analyze reports.
• Coordinate the involvement of internal teams (Project Management, Marketing Science, IT Development...).
• Be a daily contact point with the client.

Who You Are

• Client-facing, positive, and comfortable, with clear and assertive communication (both verbally and in writing).
• Natural positiveness, openness, while being people-caring.
• Eagerness to learn and to develop aptitude on advanced market research topics & projects.

Required Skills and Experience

• A maximum of 2 years of experience in consumer research or custom research, quantitative research, with data usage, experience in working with questionnaires, client-facing experience.
• Brand Tracking proven expertise, and interest in all methodologies (consumer, advertising, behavioral research, qualitative…).
• Global or Multi-country projects key experience ideally.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint usage and affinity.
• Organizational skills to manage research projects, meeting deadlines and budgeted time.
• Fluent in English.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Additional Information

NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide.