Overview
Role purpose:
Support the Hyderabad-based R&D; ICC Technical Market Analysis team.
Deliver accurate, relevant, and timely research outputs for global R&D; stakeholders.
Strengthen the overall Technical & Market Analysis capability through coordination with in-market R&D; teams.
Core scope:
Scientific and technical research
Competitive and market intelligence
Commercial and product research
New idea feasibility assessment
Claim Research
Coverage: Global geography and all product categories
Responsibilities
Define research-project objectives and select the most appropriate methodology to address them.
Conduct market analysis to understand category trends, market dynamics, and emerging opportunities.
Identify consumer needs through consumer, product, desk-research, and testing activities.
Respond to global research requests and ad hoc inquiries with relevant evidence and analysis.
Compile intelligence on competitors’ products, strategies, channels, sales, marketing, R&D;, and distribution methods.
Benchmark R&D; capabilities against global and local organizations across:




CPG/FMCG
Food and beverage
Health and nutrition
Life sciences
Review scientific evidence, including patents, scientific literature, and clinical trials.
Connect scientific findings with market and business trends to help define the technical direction of functional areas.
Analyze and synthesize data to identify meaningful insights rather than only reporting information.
Develop evidence-based recommendations arising from research findings.
Conduct feasibility assessments for recent ideas and innovation opportunities that can advance R&D; priorities.
Produce clear reports supported by appropriate graphs, data visualization, and explanatory narrative.
Present complex findings in a concise, structured, and storytelling-led format for executive leadership.
Ensure every request is properly processed, documented, tracked, and delivered within agreed SLAs.
Coordinate daily with in-market R&D; teams to:
Underst

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