Role Overview

Associate Consultants form the backbone of the Ipsos Business Consulting (IBC) project teams. Associate Consultants, they are integral for designing and guiding project execution and fieldwork. IBC Consultants manage and lead small scale projects independently. They are the critical touch points for clients and trusted guides for junior staff.

Role Objective / Purpose

Successful candidates with a creative and analytical orientation will be responsible for:

• Conducting research tasks and executing projects, including cold calling, trade interview scheduling and conduction, desk research, documentation, any related fieldwork for data and information collection
• Assisting in business and marketing research analysis
• Assisting in preparing and writing reports
• Supervise research assistants in project support
• Other ad-hoc tasks

Person specification

A successful candidate will have:

• Degree holder, preferably in business, management, economics, finance, marketing, or technical background in engineering or science with keen interest and knowledge of business and marketing
• Less than 1 year of experience in business consulting, industry and commercial research, business-to-business research, market intelligence, or management consulting, preferably with overseas exposure or MNC experience
• Excellent report writing skills, with fluent spoken and written knowledge of business English a must
• Fluent spoken Mandarin Chinese skills and ability to read simplified Chinese characters 
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong client-driven mind-set, comfortable with people interaction
• Able to work under tight deadlines and pressure
• Willingness to travel

Successful candidates will experience being part of project-based market consulting teams, working on projects—from data collection to the analysis and recommendations. We offer an attractive remuneration package with 5-day work week to the right candidates.

All information collected will be used for recruitment purpose only. The Company may retain applications for future opening or other appropriate positions within the Company. Resumes received will be destroyed within 12 months.