Director Dubai Remuneration package will be structured to reward skills, experience and expertise - (posted Apr 8 2024)

Company: Asia Talent
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Job Spec: Our client is global, niche and has been successful for over 25 years in the area of brands: valuation, strategy and consultancy. Globally, regionally and locally the client portfolio is tier one across a wide range of industries and sectors. The agency is expanding in the Middle East and requires a Director to lead and direct business growth from their existing base in Dubai.

Your experience to-date will include:

• Solid working knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative research
• Agency side involvement in either the European or North American markets and, ideally
• Direct involvement in Middle East markets.

This role is to drive company success through:

• Expand, enhance and deepenclient relationships
• Build, manage, develop and motivate the insightsteam
• Contribute to an enjoyable and productiveworkplace.

The major areas of responsibility are

• Client
  • Contribute to building and refining the marketing and sales strategy in the Middle East
  • Identify key clients' prospects for syndicated and ad hoc services
  • Develop compelling credentials presentations and proposals that clearly connect client needs with agency capabilities and USPs
  • Establish good working relationships with clients by maintaining a friendly, helpful, enthusiastic, 'can-do' attitude in formal and informal conversations
  • Ensure high quality and timely delivery to clients in order to strengthen loyalty and encourage repeat business
  • Deliver insightful reporting with a clear narrative that sets up a strong set of conclusions and recommendations
  • Proactively support other offices with their research needs and contribute to the development of the global research team.
• Team
  • Build, manage, develop and motivate the team
  • Work closely with the Regional Managing Director to manage and develop the local and global research teams
  • Identify requirements for full-time and freelance staff to support the anticipated workload and ensure the company has the requisite skills, and capacity to achieve business objectives
  • Oversee training, development and mentoring of the research team, including both formal training and 'on the job' feedback and guidance
  • Oversee allocation of workload across the research team, monitor progress and provide support where needed
  • Encourage an open and supportive work environment
  • Encourage staff to give constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement.
• Workplace
  • Contribute to an enjoyable and productive workplace
  • Adopt a positive 'can do' attitude
  • Engage with all colleagues and be friendly and supportive to them
  • Participate in and contribute to internal learning sessions
  • Actively seek to share knowledge, skills and expertise
  • Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset and actively seek opportunities to enhance our client offering and our work processes.

This role offers significant opportunities, challenges and rewards short and long term.

The remuneration package will be structured to recognise and reward the skills, experience and expertise of the desired incumbent.

Who to contact: To apply or for more information, please Contact Andrew Wood at andrew@asiatalent.asia or Ying Perrett at ying@asiatalent.asia

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