Europe and Asia Job Opportunities

Account Director - Agency and Media Team

This is an exceptional opportunity to join our very successful team. The successful candidate should be highly confident and capable in New Business, identifying new business opportunities in the UK Agency and Media sectors, engaging and closing at C Level.

The ideal candidate will possess first class customer acquisition skills... You will be at ease whilst giving presentations or negotiating with a variety of staff from directors to marketing teams; supported by a strong sense of empathy and an intuitive understanding of agency business objectives. Having the right attitude; based on enthusiasm, ambition, energy and a positive outlook, should all be characteristics you cherish and display.

Candidates should possess the following:

• Ideally, you will have 3 years proven sales track record
• Completed a business-related degree and have a minimum of three years advertising agency experience.
• New business experience of consulting, marketing, or research services within the media or advertising industry.
• Ability to take ownership and deliver defined sales targets
• Analytical mind that can identify what elements of Mintel’s suite of products can help drive our clients business forward.
• Be hugely inquisitive, always getting to know your clients businesses and industry inside-out
• Superior communication skills, that engage and wow your clients to action
• Fun and dynamic personality who works well within a results driven team
• Flexibility to travel where necessary, initial role in London. Clean Driving License

Shopping Associates

Mintel International, is extending its team of services network associates and requires part time, occasional help from residents of Innsbruck (Austria), Shanghai (China), France, Basel (Switzerland), Bologna, Brascia, Genova, Milan, Palermo and Turin (Italy) , Sundsval and Uppsala (Sweden), Innsbruck (Austria), Krakow (Poland), Stavanger (Norway), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), Arecibo (Puerto Rico), Gavle, Vasteras, Orebro, Malmo & Stockholm (Sweden), Geneva (Switzerland) and Düsseldorf, Bonn, Aachen, Krefeld, Grefrath & Mönchengladbach (Germany), Madrid, Barcelona (Spain), South Korea, Singapore. We regret we do not currently have vacancies in any other locations.

The work involves shopping for commonly available products in local grocery stores and checking soft drink fountains in fast food outlets to be added. Applicants must display a good command of English, have access to a computer and possess good eyesight.

Please apply for these positions by visiting shopper.mintel.com and filling out the application form online.

Mintel Ireland - Freelance Report Writer

At Mintel, we are looking to build and develop our network of freelance report writers who are available to work on a contract basis, primarily to complete market studies within the IrishFMCG sectors such as Food, Drink or Health & Beauty products and Household Goods categories.

Freelance report writers should have existing experience, gained in FMCG products, in the majority of the following disciplines:

• Consumer Research - analysis of consumer buying behaviour and shopping patterns.
• Desk research - visiting local libraries, researching relevant trade and business press.
• Market analysis/report writing - interpretation of numerical data; providing insightful explanations to trends in market data.
• Identification of market drivers and constraints, together with analysis of how each factor's weighting varies between sectors and over time. (Micro analysis)
• Strategic analysis - in-depth written analysis, examining issues influencing markets at country level. (Macro analysis)
• Primary research (telephone interviewing) - canvassing industry opinion by interviewing manufacturers, retailers, trade associations, importers and other industry participants/observers.
• Competent and confident telephone manner; tenacity.
• Numerical analysis - to interpret and analyse market intelligence data being retrieved (from desk research and primary research). This may require intelligent estimating. Ability to understand and work with numbers and attention to detail is critical.

Please email a copy of your CV to jsloan@mintel.com or post to

Julie Sloan
Mintel Ireland
6 Citylink Business Park
Belfast
BT12 4HB

Join our Talent Pool

At Mintel, talented people are the life-blood of our business and the reason for our success as a Superbrand.

If you feel that you could help make a difference to our business then I would love to here from you.

Please feel free to email me your cv and career objectives at shollow@mintel.com and I will contact you if I feel that we have an opportunity which could meet your career objectives.

Simon Hollowood

Head of Recruitment

Telesales Executive - UK

As a result of consistent year over year growth and significant future market opportunity across Europe, we now seek to hire an additional Telesales Executive to join our very successful team to manage our UK markets.

The Sales team at Mintel has a very structured and well developed training programme that allows people to develop their skills within a well supported framework, offering a clearly defined promotional path.

Mintel International Group is a global leader in providing consumer market research, competitive intelligence tools and bespoke consulting solutions to large organisations. With group headquarters in London and US headquarters in Chicago, Mintel has been a market leader for more than thirty-five years and is a recognised business Superbrand.

-Starting, growing and supporting all aspects of the business sales cycle, as you target new and previous customers for Mintel's Market Research reports

-Manage and track a high volume of telephone prospects

-Meet with the Editors at the beginning of each month to get a full understanding of the report's findings and methodologies

-Maintain records of all interactions with qualified prospects using our internal tracking database

-Conduct presentations over the phone with manager and director levels

- Bachelors degree

- Must be willing to build on existing business relationships and develop new clients

- Must be a highly motivated individual

- Confident in speaking and presenting to clients

- Fluent in English

- Be fun to work with

Global Insight Analyst - Food and Drink

Mintel has a portfolio of products that cover Food and Drink;

• A Global New Product Database and sales data
• Consumer market reports
• Trends Database (250 trends covering all behaviours)
• Menu Insight (a restaurant menu database)
• Global Market size database

Key objectives of the Analyst role

• Provide cutting-edge insights and thought-provoking opinion
• Interact directly with clients, through all available means of communication
• Leverage integrated insight to drive cross sales of all our products
• Make it easier for clients to find solutions to the business issues and challenges they face with higher quality analysis, improved delivery, and direct access to experts
• Change the perception of Mintel from data providers, to a business that delivers high quality market analysis and insight
• Provide a broader geographical perspective to issues, markets and products via improved exchange of ideas and knowledge through Mintel’s increasing International capability
• Develop consultancy or additional enquiries based on high quality of content
• Drive frequency and quality of client interaction with Mintel

Job requirements

1. Food and/or Drink industry knowledge gleaned from working in or with the industry
2. Ability to analyse multiple sets of data and write concise, insightful analysis
3. Ability to think creatively when analysing and presenting data, and to tell a  compelling story
4. Ability to analyze and determine business issues that can be addressed by Mintel’s product portfolio
5. Strong client development skills
6. Be very comfortable presenting to high-level and diverse groups, be media trained and conversant with comms via new media channels
7. Industry experience gained across the European market

Experience

1. Experience working in food/drink industry with a strong overall understanding of both markets
2. Research/advertising/marketing strategy and/or consultancy background
3. In depth experience of NPD/competitive intelligence and brand development required
4. Exposure to and knowledge of international markets
5. Very strong analyst with good presentation skills and ability to be forward looking and base projections on fact, knowledge and good judgement

Interested? Then please send your cv and letter of application to Simon Hollowood, Head of Recruitment at shollow@mintel.com

Account Director - Food and Drink Team

We are looking for an outstanding sales-orientated Account Director to join our sales team, with B2B responsibility for the UK market. Working within the fmcg industry, focused on the Food & Drink sectors, you will be managing and building upon a prestigious portfolio of Mintel Oxygen, Mintel GNPD, Inspire and GMN clients across the UK. The candidate will have a tremendous opportunity to sell the full range of Mintel Food & Drink products to ensure clients have the right suite of products to meet their requirements

The ideal candidate will possess first class sales/account management and customer development skills. This will be combined with the ability to manage required sales activity across a wide geographic area in order to meet financial targets. You will be at ease on the phone, communicating directly with users of our products to find potential opportunities within an organization. You will be comfortable giving on site presentations or negotiating at Director level within companies; supported by a strong sense of empathy and an intuitive understanding of clients’ business objectives along with being solution-driven & results focused. Having the right attitude; based on enthusiasm, ambition, and a positive outlook, should all be characteristics you cherish and display.

· Ideally, you will have completed a marketing or business degree and have a minimum of two to three years sales or marketing experience in the UK.

· Strong sales experience of consulting, marketing, or research services within the Food & Drink or associated industries is desirable.

· Fluency in English is a must for this role.

Flexibility to travel throughout the week (3-4 days) while being based at our London office is essential, together with a full clean driving license.

Interested? Then please send your cv and letter of application to Simon Hollowood, Head of Recruitment at shollow@mintel.com

Freelance - Quantitative Consumer Research Analyst

At Mintel, we are looking to build and develop our network of freelance quantitative consumer research analysts who are available to work on a contract basis to produce reports based on analysis of consumer research data.

Freelance analysts should have existing experience in the following disciplines:

• Statistical analysis – to interpret and analyse consumer research data using a suitable software package (e.g. SPSS, Quanvert, SNAP etc), providing insightful explanations of trends where possible.
• Report writing – to produce a report that is coherent, concise and to specification.
• Displaying data – to generate appropriate charts using Excel.
• Ability to understand and work with numbers and attention to detail is critical.

If you are interested in registering on our database, please email a copy of your CV to scallinan@mintel.com. Applicants will be contacted if there is a project that matches their location and experience.

Client Development Manager - Mintel Food and Drink Team

As part of our additional investment into the Mintel Food and Drink Team we are looking for two additional talented people to join the team working as Customer Development Managers.Working within the Mintel Food & Drink team you will be expected to be competent in your use and interpretation of data from our product portfolio (including GNPD, GMN, Inspire, Oxygen and Menu).

The main aim of your role is ensure that our clients use Mintel's data to its full extent (whether that be helping them use the data or presenting data analysis to them directly).  

You will be confident in front of clients presenting our data across a variety of formats including onsite and via webinar over the telephone. You will be organised and efficient managing your diary and your webinars effectively to deliver data to as many people as possible.

You will have skills in customising presentations to fit the clients you are presenting to using a library of pre-published content prepared by the Mintel Food and Drink Global Research team. You will also be running some custom analysis for clients.

You will be confident in the use of all products sold in the region to a level where you are able to train clients – training meetings will be set by the account managers and will be mainly office based delivered via webinar (either individual or group sessions).

You will be expected to be out of the office up to 10 days a month. You will be responsible for logging all presentations you run on our CRM system, collating feedback at each session and feeding back to the Account Director on any additional contacts, sales opportunities or requests that need immediate attention along with an overview of the session.

Essential to the role is a close collaboration with the Account Directors in your territory to ensure we deliver the required number of insight presentations per month. A background in Food and Drink is desirable but not essential.

Languages required : all candidates must be fluent in English and any combination of German, French, Italian and Spanish.

Candidates must be confident in working directly with clients, familiar with our data sources and possess insightful analytical skills coupled with engaging presentation skills.Candidates must hold a valid driving license.

French Speaking Client Development Manager - Mintel Beauty Innovation Team

As a member of the Mintel Beauty Innovation team, a CDM has background in the beauty industry and a responsibility to  analyse and deliver shared content using all of Mintels sources to supply clients with additional insight and beauty expertise to add greater value from their subscriptions.

These presentations will be provided in many forms power point, webinar, face to face and consider our insights from 3 perspectives: Markets, Competitors and Trends.  The CDM will deliver these both to the Account team (who will in turn share with clients) and also to clients directly. The CDM is mainly office based but will occasionally travel with Account Directors to aid with on-site presentations and training to major accounts in the territory they cover. The CDM is responsible for all in-coming client support requests to Account Directors and to helpdesk. All support is logged on our CRM system. The CDM also provides regular web-based and phone-based solutions focused training sessions to users across the region.

Support Target Retention Rate
Support client retention of the Beauty Innovation service through presentations and training to illustrate application of data.. Support Account Directors with Trend presentations.

Data Application
Demonstrate to client how to apply the data they have and discover how clients are using the information and collect ROI stories to illustrate. (shared presentations across DA team globally).

Sales Opportunities
Highlight potential for account growth to Account Directors ie extra reports to current subscription, users or sites, additional data coverage (eg IRIS, Menu, BI)

Red Flag Accounts
Support account directors in accounts where renewal has red flag status.

Relationship Building
Work alongside the account directors to increase awareness of Mintel and  to increase numbers of users within the client base in the territory you are focusing on

New Users
Identify and log new users across all accounts to increase the value and ROI from each account (especially important on accounts with red flag status through presentations, one to ones and calls to identify new and potential users)
 Webex Training sessions
Access to user manager to customize content, set up email alerts for users.
Accounts to be prioritized with Sales Director weekly

Data Application/Training Visits
Guided by CDM manager, their will be approximately 5 on-site session in any month.

Product Development and User Guides
Contribution and suggestions toward design of new user guides, and assist product development with suggestions

Value Added Deliverables
Support Beauty Innovation clients by creating timely monthly newsletter and quarterly trend presentations to be sent to all clients who subscribe further expressing Mintel’s expertise and dedication to the beauty categories.

Candidates for this role must be fluent in French and happy to travel to meet cleints as required.

Interested? Please send your cv and letter of application to Simon Hollowood, Head of Recruitment at  shollow@mintel.com

Account Director - Spain

We are looking for an outstanding sales-orientated Account Director to join our sales team, with B2B responsibility for the Spanish market. Working within the food and drink sectors, you will be managing and building upon a prestigious portfolio of Mintel Oxygen, Mintel GNPD, Inspire and GMN clients across the Spain and Portugal. The candidate will have a tremendous opportunity to sell the full range of Mintel Food & Drink products to ensure clients have the right suite of products to meet their requirements

The ideal candidate will possess first class sales/account management and customer development skills. This will be combined with the ability to manage required sales activity across a wide geographic area in order to meet financial targets. You will be at ease on the phone, communicating directly with users of our products to find potential opportunities within an organization. You will be comfortable giving on site presentations or negotiating at Director level within companies; supported by a strong sense of empathy and an intuitive understanding of clients’ business objectives along with being solution-driven & results focused. Having the right attitude; based on enthusiasm, ambition, and a positive outlook, should all be characteristics you cherish and display.

Candidates should possess:

· Ideally, you will have completed an marketing or business degree and have a minimum of two to three years sales experience in Spain
· Strong sales experience of consulting, marketing, or research services within the Food & Drink or associated industries is desirable.
· Fluency in Spanish and English is a must for this role.

 One week each month will be office based in central London, with regular travel for rest of the month. Flexibility to travel throughout the week (3-4 days) is essential, together with a full clean driving license.

Interested? Then please send you cv and letter of application to Simon Hollowood, Head of Recruitment, at shollow@mintel.com

Account Director - Germany

We are looking for an outstanding sales-orientated Account Director to join our sales team, with B2B responsibility for the German market. Working within the food and drink sectors, you will be managing and building upon a prestigious portfolio of Mintel Oxygen, Mintel GNPD, Inspire and GMN clients across the German speaking Europe The candidate will have a tremendous opportunity to sell the full range of Mintel Food & Drink products to ensure clients have the right suite of products to meet their requirements

The ideal candidate will possess first class sales/account management and customer development skills. This will be combined with the ability to manage required sales activity across a wide geographic area in order to meet financial targets. You will be at ease on the phone, communicating directly with users of our products to find potential opportunities within an organization. You will be comfortable giving on site presentations or negotiating at Director level within companies; supported by a strong sense of empathy and an intuitive understanding of clients’ business objectives along with being solution-driven & results focused. Having the right attitude; based on enthusiasm, ambition, and a positive outlook, should all be characteristics you cherish and display.

Candidates should possess:

· Ideally, you will have completed an marketing or business degree and have a minimum of two to three years sales experience in Germany
· Strong sales experience of consulting, marketing, or research services within the Food & Drink or associated industries is desirable.
· Fluency in German and English is a must for this role.

 One week each month will be office based in central London, with regular travel for rest of the month. Flexibility to travel throughout the week (3-4 days) is essential, together with a full clean driving license.

Interested? Then please send your cv and letter to Simon Hollowood, Head of Recruitment at shollow@mintel.com

Freelance Report Writers - Household Goods

At Mintel, we are looking to build and develop our network of freelance report writers who are available to work on a contract basis, primarily to complete market studies within UK sectors such as Furniture, Housewares, DIY/Garden and Domestic Appliances/Small Electricals.

Freelance report writers should have existing experience, gained in these sectors, in the majority of the following disciplines:

• Consumer Research - analysis of consumer buying behaviour and shopping patterns.
• Desk research - visiting local libraries, researching relevant trade and business press.
• Market analysis/report writing - interpretation of numerical data; providing insightful explanations to trends in market data.
• Identification of market drivers and constraints, together with analysis of how each factor's weighting varies between sectors and over time. (Micro analysis)
• Strategic analysis - in-depth written analysis, examining issues influencing markets at country level. (Macro analysis)
• Primary research (telephone interviewing) - canvassing industry opinion by interviewing manufacturers, retailers, trade associations, importers and other industry participants/observers.
• Competent and confident telephone manner; tenacity.
• Numerical analysis - to interpret and analyse market intelligence data being retrieved (from desk research and primary research). Ability to understand and work with numbers and attention to detail is critical.

If you are interested in registering on our database, please forward your cv to Richard Caines at rcaines@mintel.com Applicants will be entered into a database and only contacted when there is a project that matches their location and experience. Thank you for your patience.

GNPD Mystery Shoppers (EUROPE & South Africa)

We need regular Mystery Shoppers in the following locations:

Russia (Moscow and St Petersburg)

Norway (Oslo)

South Africa (Cape Town)

This is not a full time role and can be completed at weekends/evenings. The main duties include monitoring specified retails outlets for new product activity and purchasing and reporting these launches to us.

General duties:

• Visit major retail outlets weekly to monitor new product launches
• Translate all core on-pack data into our shopper website
• Establish a rapport with store managers where possible
• Photograph the product when required (optional if you have a camera but it is a plus)
• Pack and ship products to our London office
• Communicate monthly with your shopper manager
• Relay trends, news and information on local country

A research or retail background is ideal but not essential.

Basic requirements include:

• Home PC and basic computer knowledge
• Internet access at home (ideally broadband, but dial-up is ok)
• Car or access to a car, although in some cases access to public transport will suffice
• Good knowledge of English, plus fluency in the local language

Please email a copy of your CV to aesplugas@mintel.com with subject: Mintel Mystery Shopper - Name of your City

If you are interested in applying for other locations please visit shopper.mintel.com and fill out the application form online.

GNPD Mystery Shoppers (AMERICA)

We need regular Mystery Shoppers in the following locations:

Mexico (Monterrey)

Canada (Winnipeg, Quebec, Calgary, Edmonton)

US (Houston, Midland, Peoria, Cedar Rapids, Colorado Springs, Boise)

This is not a full time role and can be completed at weekends/evenings. The main duties include monitoring specified retails outlets for new product activity and purchasing and reporting these launches to us.

General duties:

• Visit major retail outlets weekly to monitor new product launches
• Translate all core on-pack data into our shopper website
• Establish a rapport with store managers where possible
• Photograph the product when required (optional if you have a camera but it is a plus)
• Pack and ship products to our London office
• Communicate monthly with your shopper manager
• Relay trends, news and information on local country

A research or retail background is ideal but not essential.

Basic requirements include:

• Home PC and basic computer knowledge
• Internet access at home (ideally broadband, but dial-up is ok)
• Car or access to a car, although in some cases access to public transport will suffice
• Good knowledge of English, plus fluency in the local language

Please email a copy of your CV to gstarrs@mintel.com with subject: Mintel Mystery Shopper - Name of your City

If you are interested in applying for other locations please visit shopper.mintel.com and fill out the application form online.

Shopping Associates

Mintel International, is extending its team of services network associates and requires part time, occasional help from residents of:

The work involves shopping for commonly available products in local grocery stores and either recording details of these products, or shipping them to Mintel. Applicants must display a good command of English, have access to a computer and possess good eyesight.

To apply for one of these positions, then visit

http://researchconsultancy.mintel.com/shopperenquiry.html

And complete the application form.

Mintel Ireland - Business Development Manager

Mintel is a respected brand and an established research organisation with a strong portfolio of clients across Ireland. We currently have an opening for an ambitious business development executive to explore new channels and maximise the potential of our portfolio of products in Ireland.

The key responsibilities of this role can be summarised as:

• Meet key activity, sales and profitability targets
• Develop strategic plans for new business
• Account manage a portfolio of existing key accounts
• Travel across Ireland (North and South) essential, (occasional overnight trips to London/UK)
• While the role will encompass some Marketing/PR activities, the focus of the job will be primarily business development.

Candidate:

• Third level degree in business/marketing or equivalent
• 4-6 years sales experience preferably within fmcg (other sectors including media or government also considered)
• Must be able to demonstrate consistent track record in sales management in terms of revenue and profitability
• Experience managing key accounts
• Versatile and creative selling skills (consultancy experience an advantage)
• Financial acumen and negotiation skills essential
• Enthusiastic and committed
• Outgoing articulate personality with great communication skills
• Team player with strong sense of initiative and professionalism
• MS Office skills and skilled presenter

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV to judith.walker@ocoglobal.com or contact Judith on 028 90 241 849 for further information.