Research Analyst, Behavioral Panels

**WE GO BEYOND THE OBVIOUS, USING INTELLIGENCE, PASSION AND CREATIVITY TO INSPIRE NEW THINKING AND SHAPE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. TO START A CAREER THAT IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY, PLEASE APPLY...** **JOB DETAILS** **RESEARCH ANALYST, BEHAVIORAL PANELS** **BRIDGEWATER, NJ** 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's25,000 people based in more than 100 countries help the world's leading organisations succeed and grow. Nobody knows people better than Kantar. We provide insight and inspiration to help our clients, our people and society to create and flourish in an extraordinary world. Our Profiles colleagues are experts in human understanding. With expertise covering brand, innovation, creative, media, commerce, and customer experience, they help clients define what brands should stand for, how to disrupt and renew their offer, how to connect with audiences and how to win with consumers and customers. **ROLE DESCRIPTION** The Research Analyst is a market research professional who will assist with all operations related to an exciting media measurement panel Kantar has built for a major client. The Analyst will report directly to the Panel Operations Director and assist with executing and improving all daily, weekly and monthly processes that are critical to the success of the panel. The role is well-suited for an individual who can work comfortably in a fast-changing environment and quickly adapt to both changes in existing processes and the integration of new aspects. It will be important for this person to develop good working relationships with both the client and internal Kantar resources, in order to effectively assist the team with panel management. Furthermore, the role allows the candidate to take a great deal of independent responsibility over his/her work, given that he/she can effectively communicate his/her thoughts and decision-making rationale to his/her manager. The Research Analyst will assist in managing all aspects of the Digital Reflection Panel, including: - Uses analytical tools to identify key trends and potential areas of concern in order to guide senior management on the best ways to manage and improve all panel-related processes - Investigates and helps respond to all client inquiries about operational aspects of the panel and/or data - Helps to develop and test new functionalities and workflows as the need arises over the lifetime of the panel - Communicates with Manager ideas for panel and/or process improvement and helps to carry out these initiatives - Executes all existing daily, weekly and monthly processes assigned by the Panel Operations Director - Develops basic SAS and/or SPSS skills (through training with Manager) to help with panel analytics, list building and reporting - Learns the structure and capabilities of the existing database to carry out data appends/updates **ROLE REQUIREMENTS** - Outstanding problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly identify issues and find workable solutions - Ability to manage multiple projects/processes under tight concurrent deadlines - Excellent communication skills - specifically how to report issues, manage client expectations, act as a trusted advisor and communicate in a timely manner under pressure - Experience and comfort working with large amounts of data from a variety of sources - Adept at using technological resources including MS Office (including VLOOKUP in Excel) and basic skills with SAS and/or SPSS preferred **CAPABILITIES** At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitive and to support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.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 andare allowed toflourish in a space where their mental health andwellbeingis 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. At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics. **PRIVACY DISCLOSURE: PLEASE NOTE THAT BY APPLYING TO THIS OPPORTUNITY YOU CONSENT TO THE PERSONAL DATA YOU PROVIDE TO US TO BE PROCESSED AND RETAINED BY THE KANTAR GROUP LIMITED ("KANTAR"). YOUR DETAILS WILL BE KEPT ON OUR INTERNAL ATS (APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM) FOR AS LONG AS IS NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECRUITMENT, WHICH MAY INCLUDE YOUR DETAILS BEING SHARED WITH THE HIRING MANAGER.** **LOCATION** Bridgewater, 685 US-206United States of America **KANTAR REWARDS STATEMENT** At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitiveand alsoto support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver. 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 andwell beingis 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.