Europe and Asia Job Opportunities

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

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Head of Recruitment

Digital Production Designer

The main aim of the role is to contribute to ensuring that our clients use our content to its full extent. Creative visualisation of our content through infographics will be essential: you will be finishing and setting live all webpages, PowerPoint decks and PDFs, working in a busy B2B publishing environment.

Key responsibilities include

• managing content from draft MS Word document to published webpage
• sourcing, manipulating and managing stock and proprietary photography
• charting data and presenting business information in creative and imaginative ways
• creating professional quality PowerPoint decks
• some video editing (webinars and short video clips)

Work will be completed within clearly specified design and editorial guidelines.

Content publishes to tight schedules every working day, so schedule/traffic management is an essential skill. At any one time, there may be up to 50 pieces of editorial being managed through to publication.

You are a graduate with a minimum two years’ experience in graphic design, with a particular focus on, or interest in, infographics and expertise in MS PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, MS Word and Excel.

Interested? The please send your cv to Simon Hollowood at shollow@mintel.com

Account Director, Northern Europe

We are looking for an outstanding sales-orientated Account Director to join our sales team, with B2B responsibility for a Territory across Northern Europe. Working within the food and drink sectors, you will be managing and building upon a prestigious portfolio of Mintel clients across a defined territory, as well as identifying and closing new business opportunities. 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 and acquisition 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 Continental Europe
• An incredible work ethic, attention to detail, amazing interpersonal skills and a passion for sales and account management
• Strong sales experience of consulting, marketing, or research services within the Food & Drink or associated industries is desirable. 
• Fluency in English is essential, additional language skills such as Danish, Dutch, Flemish or French could be an advantage, but not essential.
• 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 (2-3 days) is essential, together with a full clean driving license. Candidates need to reside in the UK.

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

Global Insight Analyst - Food and Drink- 6 month contract

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

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. 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 judgment

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.

Japanese Global Insight Analyst - Food and Drink

This role can be based in London or Japan

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 behaviors)
• Menu Insight (a restaurant menu database)
• Global Market size database

Key objectives of the global team

• Change the perception of Mintel from data providers, to a business that delivers high quality market analysis and insight
• 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
• 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 Deliverables

The role splits into two key areas; Writing insightful analysis, and driving client engagement

• Write monthly category analysis for 4-6 food or drink categories (eg Crisps, Carbonated soft drinks)
• Write monthly analysis on macro trends impacting markets and consumer behaviour
• Write monthly analysis on 5-7 companies (linked to the categories covered)
• Client interaction through powerpoint presentations, webinars, ask the analyst sessions, conferences, etc

Job skills

1. Food and/or Drink industry knowledge gleaned from working in or with the industry
2. Ability to analyze multiple sets of data and write concise, insightful analysis
3. Ability to think creatively when analyzing 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. Fluency in Japanese

Experience

1. Experience working for a Japanese manufacturer or brand within the food or drink industry
2. Experience in Research/advertising/marketing strategy and/or consultancy
3. Exposure to and in depth knowledge of specific sectors and trends in either food or drink in Japan.
4. In depth experience of disciplines such as NPD/competitive intelligence, brand development and consumer trends
5. Very strong analyst with good presentation skills and ability to be forward looking and base projections on fact, knowledge and good judgment
6. Knowledge of other Asian countries an advantage

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

Global Insight Analyst - Drink

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

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

Key objectives of the global team

• Change the perception of Mintel from data providers, to a business that delivers high quality market analysis and insight
• 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
• 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 Deliverables

The role splits into two key areas; Writing insightful analysis, and driving client engagement

• Write monthly category analysis for 4-6 drinks categories (eg wine, beer, spirits, Carbonated soft drinks, RTDs)
• Write monthly analysis on macro trends impacting markets and consumer behavior
• Write monthly analysis on 5-7 companies (linked to the categories covered)
• Client interaction through powerpoint presentations, webinars, ask the analyst sessions, conferences, etc

Job skills

• Drinks industry knowledge gleaned from working in or with the industry
• Ability to analyze multiple sets of data and write concise, insightful analysis
• Ability to think creatively when analyzing and presenting data, and to tell a  compelling story
• Ability to analyze and determine business issues that can be addressed by Mintel’s product portfolio
• Strong client development skills
• Be very comfortable presenting to high-level and diverse groups, be media trained and conversant with comms via new media channels

Experience

• Experience working for a manufacturer or brand within the drinks industry in Europe
• Experience in Research/advertising/marketing strategy and/or consultancy
• Exposure to and in depth knowledge of specific sectors and trends in drinks.      
• In depth experience of disciplines such as NPD/competitive intelligence, brand development and consumer trends
• Very strong analyst with good presentation skills and ability to be forward looking and base projections on fact, knowledge and good judgment
• Multi country knowledge and experience an advantage

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

Account Manager with German and Italian - Mintel Beauty and Personal Care Team

With the continued growth and success of the Mintel Beauty and Personal Care team we are looking for an Internal Account Managers to join the  team Sales Team.  The focus of this role is telephone and has a pure focus of managing existing clients under the sponsorship of an Account Director, across a wide European territory.


Responsibilities:

Ownership  of the complete renewal process under the directorship of the account director for a designated portfolio of accounts
Servicing clients under a predetermined service plan which engages new and existing users on our content
Meeting upgrades and retention targets and full responsibility for renewal process for allocated clients
Deliver presentations from our editorial content to clients, perform searches and provide custom value to clients, keeping focussed on the clients ambitions and timeframes and delivering to the clients monthly needs
Negotiate contracts to expand existing relationships through increased contract values, cross selling existing products, upgrades, and multi-year commitments
Meeting an agreed renewal rate for the portfolio
Assist clients in obtaining valuable information from our products, and penetrate accounts by finding new departments to penetrate
Develop creative business solutions to prove ROI on a monthly or quarterly basis to aid in the renewal process
Work seamlessly with Account Directors
Follow account level plans specific to your portfolio of accounts
Become a product expert across Mintel Beauty and Personal Care
Maintain a face to face relationship with a small number of clients
Attend trade shows as necessary to build client contact and industry knowledge

Qualifications:

High level of logical reasoning
1-2 years sales experience gained within the Beauty and Personal Care industry
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong organisational, analytical, and planning skills
Strong account management background or repeat business record, with proven success in establishing and expanding client relationships, and showing excellence in maximising account potential
Highly polished, professional and consultative approach
Happy to travel within approximately 10% of time
Fluency in English, German and Italian

Sales Manager - Mintel Food and Drink

We are looking for an outstanding sales manager to join our successful team, prior to the launch of our new food and drink offering in early 2010, with B2B responsibility for a defined Territory and portfolio including global Key Accounts, and responsibility for managing and developing a team of three account directors, reporting to Head of  Mintel Food and Drink Sales.

Ideally candidates should have gained practical team management experience or have been coached or mentored to team management level. You will lead by example and possess first class sales/account management and customer development and acquisition 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. A passionate mentor, you should thrive off developing the sales skills of your team and ensuring that all agreed growth  targets, activity  levels and client service goals are met. 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 a marketing or business degree and have a minimum of three years sales experience in UK and Europe
A committed manager who can demonstrate abilities in developing and leading a small team to deliver stella results
An incredible work ethic, attention to detail, amazing interpersonal skills and a passion for sales and account management
Strong sales experience of consulting, marketing, or research services within the Food & Drink or associated industries is desirable.
Fluency in English is essential, an additional European language would be preferred.

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 (2-3 days) is essential, together with a full clean driving license.

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:

ASIA
Afghanistan - Kabul
Armenia - Yerevan
Azerbaijan - Baku
Georgia - Tbilisi
Kazakhstan - Almaty/Alma-Ata
Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
Pakistan - Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Rahimyar Khan, Rawalpindi
Uzbekistan - Namangan, Tashkent, Urgench
Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
Vietnam - Hue, Ho Chi Minh City

EUROPE
Germany - Mannheim, Koblenz, München, Leipzig, Dresden, Saarbrücken
Norway - Kristiansand, Oslo
Denmark - Aarhus
Russia - Moscow, St Petersburg, but also other cities

AMERICAS
Canada - Quebec, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Calgary
USA - New York City, Houston, Miami, Memphis, New Orleans, Charleston (South Carolina), Midland (Texas), Peoria (Illinois), Colorado Springs (Colorado), Boise (Idaho)

AUSTRALASIA
New Zealand - Auckland, Wellington

AFRICA
South Africa - Durban

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 maximise the potential of our portfolio of products in Ireland with new clients.

The key responsibilities of this role can be summarised as:

• Develop a plan for attraction of new business / clients with clear priorities and action plan to meet set sales and activity targets
• Implement the plan ensuring that key activity, sales and profitability targets are metDevelop and maintain a prospect database providing full visibility of sales pipeline
• Provide regular reports on sales pipeline status

Other responsibilities of the role include:

• Manage a portfolio of existing key accounts with subscription access to Mintel products. Provide a level of service to maximise renewal opportunities and develop and upgrade client accounts with additional products as required.
• Ensure client database is updated as required.
• Work to develop potential VAR relationships with appropriate organisations
• The role may encompass on occasion support and participation in some Marketing activities such as Mintel client events and direct marketing campaigns.

Travel across Ireland (including Northern Ireland) essential although significant amount of overall activity is expected to take place in Dublin / Belfast. Occasional overnight trips to London/UK will also be required.

Candidate:

• Third level degree in business/marketing or equivalent
• 4-6 years sales experience preferably within fmcg (other sectors including media or finance also considered)
• Must be able to demonstrate consistent track record in development of new business opportunities and sales management in terms of revenue and profitability
• Experience managing key accounts
• Versatile and creative selling skills (consultancy experience an advantage)
• Comfortable cold calling and prospecting
• Financial acumen and negotiating at a senior level essential
• Professional, enthusiastic and committed
• Outgoing articulate personality with great communication skills
• Team player with strong sense of initiative and professionalism
• MS Office skills and skilled presenterFull clean driving licens

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV to Julie Sloan jsloan@mintel.com  for further information.