Reports to                     Manager, Global Business Development 

                       Location                       Hong Kong

                      Department                  Global Business Development  

Purpose and Objective of Position

Reporting to the Business Development Manager, the Research Specialist’s main objective is to ensure that the team has access to high quality market intelligence in a timely manner.

The Research Specialist is primarily responsible for:

• Perform financial and quantitative analysis of opportunities (ability to perform financial modeling, valuation analysis and scenario simulations is a plus)
• Sourcing, investigating, and developing strong market intelligence available to the GBD team as well as other DFS departments
• Assist in analysis and delivery of high quality reports; manage databases to track opportunities
• Assisting Project Manager  in producing project deliverables on time and in compliance with DFS’ and GBD’s guidelines
• Support team objectives as needed

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required            

Other Qualifications – Core Competencies

• Ability to filter through varying qualitative and quantitative information to deliver accurate and reliable recommendations
• Naturally interested in new markets and in defining major cultural and commercial differentiators
• Resourcefulness in identifying limited information
• Strong attention to detail in all aspects of the responsibilities
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Highly organized, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Self-motivated, independent, and responsible
• Business or economics background preferred

Working Conditions/Environment

The position is part of a small multifunctional team working at the core of all global business development activities of DFS Group including sourcing new business opportunities, industry and competition monitoring, market entry strategy, M&A, lobbying, and in-house consulting for other teams and senior management.

GBD is a fast pace, multi-project environment where flexibility is required as priorities often change due to external considerations.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Source:

• Identify external and internal, formal and informal sources of information for global development
• Develop methodical approach to capturing and storing intelligence for further use
• Participate in the organization of internal intelligence gathering activities with DFS Divisions
• Build on-going intelligence on competitive environment

Analyze:

• Assist in analysis of market information, including but not limited to: political, economic, social, demographic, geographic, competitive landscape awareness, market trends, strategy development and implementation, consumer and brand awareness
• Where required use appropriate resource to analyze/validate data
• Maintain regular contact with Managers, to ensure full awareness on key issues, and to identify information needed to achieve project objectives

Apply:

• Contribute, present, and articulate research findings and awareness to the team

Participate in project development:

• Ensure that all market information knowledge base is pro-actively used in any business planning process
• Update market information on a regular basis

Other Job Functions or Accountabilities

In General

• Perform or manage other duties or projects as directed by Director Business Development.

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