Our client, a prominent leader in the consumer research space, is seeking to employ an experienced Research Executive to their team in Port Elizabeth.

Awesome career opportunity.

Requirements:

• Degree level education – Honours in Social Sciences, Masters in Research Psychology or Marketing degree preferable.
• Minimum 3 years of full-service market research experience in a research agency as an account manager, research executive, or project manager. Experience in retail tracking/audits is a plus.
• Extensive knowledge of various research methodologies across different industries.
• Ability to understand client issues and processes to contribute to discussions, research design, and analysis.
• Capable of managing projects with minimal supervision, taking the initiative, overseeing timelines and milestones, and proactively updating the team.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment with multiple responsibilities.
• Strong management, administrative, and computer literacy skills (including Zoom/MS Teams, Office Suite, particularly Excel).
• Experience with Spatial XL, QGIS, or other geospatial data tools is advantageous.
• Experience in Retail Census Projects is advantageous.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage retail census projects end-to-end, ensuring full coverage and execution against approved map lots and sampling plans.
• Develop detailed project plans, fieldwork protocols, and census-specific questionnaires.
• Coordinate and train field teams on census methodology, channel classification, and data quality standards.
• Oversee fieldwork progress and ensure accurate store enumeration.
• Implement strict quality control measures, including validations, spot checks, and data audits.
• Analyse census outputs and deliver clear, actionable reports and presentations to internal and client stakeholders.
• Mentor and support Field staff to maintain high performance and accountability.
• Design proposals, questionnaires, and analysis plans foster team development.
• Mentor and support a growing research team.

Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not receive a response within 2 weeks of applying.