We are recruiting Senior Consultants with expertise in food, beverage and foodservice to deliver global projects, researching how consumer behaviours and trends are shaping these sectors. It is a varied role: in any week you may present to senior business figures, write whitepapers, size markets, research niche opportunities or analyse consumer survey data.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team who:

- Are analytically minded and good with data, with the creativity to reconcile conflicting sources
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Are curious about the consumer and CPG space and keen to build deep sector expertise
- Can conduct in-depth research and deliver clear insights and strong recommendations
- Work well in a team to meet deadlines and strengthen client relationships
- Solve problems with energy and can run their own projects end to end
- Can coach and review the work of junior colleagues

Competency Requirements: Secondary Research Skills: Robust desk research skills: selecting the highest-quality sources, transposing and checking data accurately, and summarising findings to add value to deliverables.

Primary & Market Research Skills: Plan surveys with clear logic, flow and question structure, with clear notes for scripters and safeguards against sample bias.

Analytical Skills: Strong knowledge of, or interest in, the food and beverage sector. Able to build analysis frameworks aligned to client objectives and turn them into clear, actionable recommendations. Creative yet robust thinking to overcome data gaps,



and the ability to read company accounts and place them in context.

Data Analysis: Intermediate Excel skills (lookups, IF/COUNTIF, pivot tables) and modelling knowledge, including cleaning and transforming input data in line with best-practice model design. Confident using per capita measures, growth rates, benchmarking and market drivers to build and update models and draw solid conclusions. Rigorously checks own outputs and provides clear audit trails of all assumptions.

Report & Presentation Skills: Produce insightful content, mainly in PowerPoint (and Word where needed), using clear, concise Business English and supporting visuals. Deliver client-ready reports and analysis that need minimal revision. Select appropriate templates and design clear conceptual graphics. Present confidently internally and externally, defending methodology and sources and answering questions on the topic.

Knowledge & Expertise: Good knowledge of the consumer and retail sectors, or a basic understanding and a strong willingness to learn. Able to distinguish long-term trends from short-term fads and judge market performance in context. Link consumer trends to actionable, client-relevant product recommendations.





Personal Skill Requirements:

Communication: Strong internal and client-facing communication, including presentation skills.

Time management & execution: Manages deadlines and workload across the full project cycle to deliver high-quality results.

Attitude & approach: Logical and efficient approach to delivering projects.

Working under pressure: Ability to produce quality deliverables in high pressure environments.

Innovation: Experienced in implementing innovative ideas into projects and work practices.

Flexibility & responsiveness: Ability to effectively adjust and respond to changing environments and situations and to demonstrate initiative

Teamwork: Self-motivated with the ability to work autonomously and within a team.

Conflict resolution: Quickly resolves issues, collaborating with all involved.

Problem solving: Proactively finding efficient solutions for their own projects and the team

Requirements

Education: A minimum degree in any discipline, ideally from a leading university, or equivalent commercial experience an MBA is highly preferable.

Experience: 4-7 years experience in a CPG, consulting or analytical role is desirable there is flexibility for candidates with the right skills and potential.

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📌 Sr Consultant (Hyderabad)
🏢 GD Research Center (GDRC)
📍 Hyderabad