Project Management Specialist

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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 is our highest priority and we encourage our people to work in a way that supports their health and well-being. 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, so we welcome applications from all backgrounds 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.

About the position:

The Specialist in Project Management will be responsible for the smooth and efficient management of the end-to-end coordination of multiple projects for a set of countries. He/She will have regular contact with the stakeholders and suppliers globally. He/She will keep the relationships with all stakeholders/suppliers engaged in the project, managing the timing, and ensuring the highest quality delivery and the healthy financial performance of the projects.

Role Description

• Strong project management competence to handle the day-to-day needs in the project life cycle
• Work with Senior Project managers to ensure everything follows the timeline and schedule
• Check and validate scripting and data processing input/output materials
• Attend meetings to provide clarity to all key project stakeholders and be part of interview reviews with the Delivery Manager
• Reliable to achieving the objectives of the given project
• Key communication to report problems that arise on the given tasks in the project.
• High sense of confidentiality
• Responsible for achieving KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and SLA (Service Level Agreement) performance on deliverables to the stakeholders (i.e. CS, DM, Scripting, DP, etc)

Role Requirements

• Graduate of any 4years course in Business, Communication, Management or any other related course
• With at least 3-4 years of working experience in Market Research and Project Management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• With organizational skills, data-oriented, and keen on details
• Process-oriented, solution-finder, decision maker
• Effective leadership skills and a team player
• Willing to continuous improvement and mentorship
• Flexible in given tasks and/or extended shifts

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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.