Research Manager

• Market research company with 180 creative & curious minds in Ghent, Antwerp and Leuven
• We are involved in both tactical and highly strategic decisions.
• We are committed for your personal development, coaching and growth opportunities.
• We focus strongly on the well-being of our employees with our Energy program. We also won a Sport Award for these initiatives!

• With your Client First focus you grow business current clients and generate new business. Next to supporting and advising our current clients, you are also responsible for expanding the client portfolio.
• You understand and translate complex business issues, needs and expectations of clients into a research design and you support your team in the development of a successful research project. You know how to offer both advice and answers to complex research questions.
• You guide your team in all aspects of a quantitative research project, from writing questionnaires, analysis and interpretation of the results to preparing meaningful reports for your clients. You keep the overview and coach junior team members during these various steps in the project.
• To make a real impact on your client's business, you offer to your clients actionableinsights and provide business relevant recommendations. You also enjoy storytelling and presenting research findings to the client and their internal stakeholders.
• You know how to monitor the project planning and manage the budget within agreed timings and you make sure your team understands the relationship between expenses and profit margins.
• You stimulate strong internal contacts with all operational teams and ensure smooth collaboration.
• You are a true empowering people leader and you can inspire and help grow your team into their roles by coaching and mentoring them.

• You have a client focused mindset and take up a consulting role towards your clients.
• You're passionate about the FMCG sector.
• You're fluent in business English and possess excellent communication skills.
• You have an advanced knowledge of statistics, as well as experience and necessary knowledge in quantitative research.
• You can fall back on an advanced understanding of sampling and methodologies.
• Project management is a strength that characterizes you.
• You gain energy from being a people leader, or you're ready to take on this role!
• You have a solution oriented and creative mindset and look continuously for ways to improve efficiency and ways of working.
• Your can-do mentality is a beneficial asset to the team.
• A 9-to-5 mentality is not for you. You like to be flexible.
• Last but not least, you have a strong knowledge of the MS Office package.

• A competitive package with extralegal benefits based on your experience and expertise, along with 28 days of vacation and 2 paid volunteer days. Next to this, you will also get a mobility budget.
• We offer you the opportunity to lease a bicycle at a more advantageous rate.
• An environment where your efforts and achievements are recognized and rewarded.
• We are passionate about our work and find a good work-life balance equally important. As a result, we offer you a hybrid work environment where you can work from home flexibly during two days per week after an onboarding period.
• You will join a driven group of colleagues who are known for their expertise, team spirit, curiosity and passion for the job. Moreover, there is a global network full of expertise that you can always fall back on.
• You will have numerous opportunities for personal and professional growth through training and career opportunities.
• You will have the opportunity to create added value for clients through research publications. With your work, you have real impact.
• We are a Sports Award winning company. We engage in numerous sports activities such as cycling weekends, ski and snowboard initiations, marathons, wall climbing, padel, surfing, power dancing, etc. Our Energy program doesn't only entail a sports pillar, we also focus on your mental health and healthy food.
• Every time, our Ipsos colleagues look forward to our afterworks, summer party and New Year's drink.
• Finally, we value corporate social responsibility and try to make a positive contribution by organizing numerous activities such as a river clean-up, zero waste actions, tree planting, etc.

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