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Position Available:

Senior Market Analyst

IDC Singapore has a vacancy for Senior Market Analyst – Consulting, based in Singapore. The successful incumbent will focus on global/regional consulting/custom research projects.

The primary responsibilities of this position include:

• Ownership of custom research project workflow, ranging from support for business development, proposal generation, through analysis and project fulfillment
• Coordinating and conducting all aspects of research on each project including data gathering, analysis and processing, report writing, and presentations
• Project management coordination between multiples countries and departments.

Interested individuals that meet the following minimum requirements are encouraged to apply:

• Individuals with a minimum 3 to 5 years job experience in a market research or management consulting firm, a market intelligence division of an InfoComm company, or a consultancy focused on InfoComm. Individuals with proven project management expertise and experience in the InfoComm industry will also be considered favorably.
• Minimum university or college degree, BA, BSc or equivalent
• Exposure to cross section of InfoComm technologies
• MS Excel and PowerPoint advanced level and SPSS intermediate level experience preferred. Familiarity with Access, or similar database a plus.
• Ability to conduct interviews and gather information resourcefully from both vendors and users
• Ability to analyze data and articulate insights in documented or presentation forms to audience and clients
• Background in marketing strategy, branding strategy, customer behavior analysis and/or price-cost analysis will be a plus.
• Exceptional communication skills – written and verbal mastery of English and Chinese required.
• Able to articulate concepts and solutions, multi-task and handle multiple project streams.

The successful candidate should be an excellent team player with strong execution, follow-through skills and able to work well with tight schedules and complex team structures. The individual must be a self-starter with a track record of taking large-scale projects from inception through delivery.

If you are interested, please write in or e-mail to us your resume by 6 May 2010 to:

Regional Human Resources Director

International Data Corporation Asia/Pacific

80 Anson Road, #38-00

Singapore 079907

Applicants reply via E-mail: apresch-recruit@idc.com

We invite all qualified individuals to submit their detailed resume stating their expected and current remuneration (breakdown components, preferred) for consideration. We regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted – no calls please. Respondents should include “SMA_Cons” in the subject line of their email submission.

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