Director, Client Development
The NPD Group

Job Info

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Learn and work on meaningful initiatives with some of the best and brightest in the market research industry. The NPD Group provides the world's most successful brands with leading market research, combining consumer and retail point-of-sale data with analytic solutions to interpret today's market trends while anticipating tomorrow's. In addition, we offer a career filled with innovation and growth to the forward-thinking problem solvers who join our team.

Position Overview

The Home Improvement Practice at NPD is a fast growing, new business for NPD and we are using cutting edge data sources to enable the most well-known brands grow in the marketplace. Our team is seeking a Director to build our Home Improvement business and to work with manufacturers to help them succeed. This person will be responsible for building senior level relationships, independently managing projects/analysis through from start to finish, attending and contributing to client meetings, achieving revenue goals, and increasing NPD's value with our clients.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Become a trusted advisor with client contacts and an expert in client business initiatives and strategies
• Excellent analytic skills, with the ability to transform large data sets into compelling solutions to the clients' unique business issues; creative problem solving skills and creative analytics are a necessity
• Accurately interpreting data and clearly articulating findings and insights to both internal and external audiences in written and verbal formats
• Ability to proactively identify business opportunities and be prepared to learn and work across multiple data sets and departments
• Effectively communicate with clients and internal constituents on a regular basis, both in person and through written word
• Navigate the NPD organization by collaborating with cross-functional colleagues to leverage their expertise while providing the customer perspective
• Recognize important trends that will affect clients. Communicates those trends so clients can better prepare to meet new challenges

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree plus 5+ years of experience in market research and/or consumer insights
• Strong analysis and writing ability - digests diverse data sets into cohesive and succinct stories
• Proven ability to quickly learn proprietary software/database applications
• Strong Presentation skills and understanding of the selling process
• Expert in all MS Office products- Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  

The NPD Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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