Job Responsibilities :
1. Working with the Research & Advisory (F&N) team at FutureBridge with prime responsibility for managing the complete project life cycle for market and research analysis.
2. Lead the research projects with complete responsibility for understanding requirements, creating documents based on client requirements, and analyzing market trends.
3. Supporting consultants in preparing well-thought-out proposal documents with well-defined client objectives and all subcomponents.
4. Supporting managers/consultants in executing the study.
5. Ensure excellence in the quality of the work delivered by both you and the team.
6. Take ownership of the assigned project and deliverables.
Essential Requirements:
1. Ability to effectively manage and handle multiple projects/tasks simultaneously. Organized, detail-oriented person, with good time management skills.
2. Excellent teamwork and strong communication skills including the ability to articulate and facilitate technical, business, and analytical discussions. Able to work with global cross-functional teams and stakeholders at different levels in an effective/proactive manner.
3. Up to date with recent industry happening and challenge areas with a focus on the food industry, as well as aware of trends in food, agriculture, nutrition, beverage, and digital technologies like Big Data Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Technologies, Digitalization, Wearable Technologies, etc.
4. bachelor’s and master’s degree in food science – Food Tech, Biotechnology, Microbiology, or related fields or equivalent experience Bachelor in Life Sciences OR MBA OR MTech – Microbiology, Food Technology, Agriculture, Agri-business. Additional certification or related programs in Project Management, Market Research, or Intellectual Property would be an advantage. PhD in food science, Biotechnology, and microbiology would be an advantage
5. Excellent at using MS PowerPoint and command over MS Excel to process varied data sets in spreadsheets (Pivots, charting, etc.) is highly desirable. Exposure to Power BI or other data visualization tools would be an advantage.
6. Requires a minimum of 2-4 years of relevant experience in business/market research.
