1Lattice - Associate Manager - Consumer & Retail Sector (4-10 yrs)

Associate Manager - Consumer & Retail

About us:

- 1Lattice- (erstwhile PGA Labs) is a 360-degree business decision support partner with a tech-enabled services stack of data, people network, and custom research.

- Powered by advanced tech tools and unique data-gathering approaches, 1Lattice is an integrated product suite to make decisions smartly, right from Inputs to Validation to Execution to Measurement.

- 1Lattice works with clients and partners globally, helping clients solving a wide variety of organizational and business challenges through actionable research-led insights.

About the role:

- This position reports to the Senior Director.

- Location: Gurugram/Bengaluru

- The primary role of this position is to manage projects primarily within the Consumer and Retail sector.

- As an Associate Manager, you will be required to lead the project delivery and management end-to-end. Associate Manager typically leads 1-2 projects at a time.

Key Responsibilities:

- Ownership of the entire project report and output

- Managing entire project life cycle scoping, problem structuring / hypotheses definition, research analysis, presentation storyboarding, delivery communication, project closure, knowledge management

- Extrapolate information pertaining to sectors/competitive intelligence/competition benchmarking/Qualitative/Quantitative Research/Macro Economic study of Sectors

- Ownership of analysis on Excel and be comfortable with handling data to derive meaningful insights

- Leads, motivates, develops, and coaches the team toward developing optimum solutions for clients

- Work collaboratively with 1Lattice Analysts, Research Associates, and cross-functional data science and technology teams

- Ability to multi-task, manage time effectively, and delegate to subordinates

- An excellent communicator and presenter

- Be updated with the current trends in the research field

- Support business development activities through both steering specific pursuits and developing long-standing, existing relationships with clients

- Undertake sector-based research and work on company documents, Sector points of view, industry documents, and ad-hoc pieces of research

- Be extremely focused on outcomes; be flexible to deal with ambiguous and dynamic environments, morph as required

Desired background:

- Minimum 3+ years of research/consulting, advisory, or market research experience

- Prior work in relevant fields like management consulting, business research, market research, equity research, or other similar backgrounds (preferred work experience in consumer and retail sector)

Desired Competencies:

- Having commercial acumen, technical experience, and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment

- Good understanding of any one key sector/segments

- Strong research skills and past experience in research

- Analytical, ability to derive patterns from data and push for insights

- Resourcefulness and tactfulness in getting market inputs and client requirements

- Ability to deliver analysis and slides independently

- Ability to work and influence in client settings

- Work collaboratively with counterparts in business partner teams to drive an impact together

- Strong levels of ownership and should demonstrate pride in output

- High focus on outcomes and must enjoy driving clients to action

- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills- should be able to work independently on these tools

- Strong client management and presentation skills