Synovate’s Financial Services: Research Business Manager

Synovate’s Financial Services and IT/Telecoms team is looking for a Business Manager with a strong market research background. The Business Manager is responsible for developing existing and new client relationships and guiding the research team to ensure the quality and profitability of all aspects of projects. The Business Manager is also responsible for providing strategic input on project design and analysis, managing and training the research team.

Key Performance Areas:
New business development and business retention
Client research construction and detail
Managing client relationships
Operations interaction
Insight delivery
Research team management

Job Requirements

Education
Relevant Degree in Marketing/Business/Arts (preferably with Honours)

Job Experience

•Minimum three years experience managing a team
•Min five years research agency experience
•Min three years Sales and client relationship management experience
•Advanced MS Office Skills

Advantageous

**Please note that if you have not heard from us within two weeks, your application has been unsuccessful**

Personal Skills/Attributes

• Good Presentation Skills
• Good Business Acumen
• Ability to work under pressure / strict deadlines
• Self-discipline
• Communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Good organisational skills
• Good people skills in order to deal with clients at various levels
• Good writing ability
• Initiative
• Ability to work in a team
• Time management

Contact details
Diana Le Roux
Synovate
[email protected]