Project Management Specialist

PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Manila, Philippines

We're the world's leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.

About the job

The Specialist in Project Management will be responsible for the smooth and efficient management of the end-to-end coordination of multiple projects for a set of countries. He/She will have regular contact with the stakeholders and suppliers globally. He/She will keep the relationships with all stakeholders/suppliers engaged in the project, managing the timing, and ensuring the highest quality delivery and the healthy financial performance of the projects.

Job Goals

• Strong project management competence to handle the day-to-day needs in the project life cycle
• Work with Senior Project managers to ensure everything follows the timeline and schedule
• Check and validate scripting and data processing input/output materials
• Attend meetings to provide clarity to all key project stakeholders and be part of interview reviews with the Delivery Manager
• Reliable to achieving the objectives of the given project
• Key communication to report problems that arise on the given tasks in the project.
• High sense of confidentiality
• Responsible for achieving KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and SLA (Service Level Agreement) performance on deliverables to the stakeholders (i.e. CS, DM, Scripting, DP, etc)

Ideal Skills and Capabilities:

• Graduate of any 4 years course or Bachelor's degree in Business, Communication, Management or any other related course
• With at least 2-4 years of working experience in Market Research and Project Management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• With organizational skills, data-oriented, and keen on details
• Process-oriented, solution-finder, decision maker
• Effective leadership skills and a team player
• Willing to continuous improvement and mentorship
• Flexible in given tasks and/or extended shifts

Continue to shape your future at Kantar. We're proud you're considering how to always get better and are making the investment in your career. Let's continue to win together and help shape the brands of tomorrow.

What part of Kantar might I be joining?

You'll be joining our Insights division, the masters of using data to resolve challenges. They help brands define what they should stand for, how to reinvent and renew their offer, how to better reach audiences, and how to win with consumers. By blending human insights expertise with the latest technology advances, Insights make sure we can deliver innovative information to brands everywhere.

Why join Kantar?

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And if we combine the expertise of our people with the latest AI technology, we can really help brands discover some amazing insights.  

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way works for them. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you're not an exact match, we'd love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

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