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 current 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 SLA