Purpose of the role:

Manage research sub-team and cooperate with operations leadership team to create, drive and realise new revenue opportunities for the Firm in Vietnam. This position will also ensure business growth through directing and managing business development activities to ensure these are delivered in accordance with the organizational strategy and maintaining and growing existing key client base of the Firm.
Support team heads with Retail & Shopper proposal/ client presentation to implement precision growth and deliverables to drive profitable growth and drive client growth

Role deliverables:

The job holder must deliver against the Firm budget requirements in terms of revenue and profit, Gross Margin targets, as well as WPP standard financial ratios. Furthermore, the role is too deliver the Trusted Advisor experience to our existing and new client base, also responsible for developing/supporting team heads of Retail & Shopper proposal/client presentation, including staff training and development oversight of Retail & Shopper

Skill Requirements:

Technical skills

Sound grasp of Retail & Shopper
Business development - in cooperation with account leads
Understanding of research process & methodologies: Usage &Attitude / Central Location Test / In-home Placement / Focus Customer satisfactory / etc & know when to apply them)
Independent analysis & reporting capabilities
Good command of branded solutions
Understand & can take into account key marketing issues, address them & recommend action standards
Responsible for sale & business development
Responsible for training and staff development

Interpersonal Skills

Energetic, ambitious, self starter, hunger of sales to move up and take team with them
Attention to details
Coaching skill: Can teach and forward knowledge to other staff in a consistent, non-bias fashion
Business / commercially oriented, accountable and result driven (Superlative deliverables)
Multi-team management / leadership skill
Inspiring and good organization skill

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