Fire Grill - Pune | Consumer Research Opportunity

Consumer Insights & Market Research Intern

Location: Pune, Maharashtra - Hybrid / On-site

R&D; Kitchen: Wakad / Hinjawadi area

Duration: Initial 6-8 week assignment

Commitment: Minimum 25-30 hours per week; part-time or full-time depending on availability

Stipend: INR 15,000-25,000 per month, depending on experience, capability and availability.

About the project

We are building an early-stage fast-casual food concept in Pune and are currently in the product development, R&D; and consumer-validation stage. Before progressing further, we want to build the concept around real consumer evidence. We are therefore looking for a hands-on Consumer Insights & Market Research Intern to help us design and run an ongoing programme of consumer research and product validation.

This is not a traditional desk-based marketing internship. You will work directly with the founding, culinary and operations team and gain practical experience taking research from question to methodology,

participant recruitment, fieldwork, data, consumer insight and product decision.

What you will do

- Recruit, screen and coordinate consumers for product-testing sessions
- Build and maintain a participant/research database
- Help design consumer-validation methodologies
- Develop surveys, questionnaires and interview/discussion guides
- Organise and run in-person food/product testing sessions
- Conduct or support qualitative interviews and group discussions
- Ensure consumer demographics and research data are accurately captured
- Organise and clean quantitative and qualitative data
- Analyse survey results and consumer feedback
- Identify patterns,



preferences and the reasons behind consumer behaviour
- Turn findings into clear insights and recommendations for the product-development team
- Improve our research process from one validation round to the next

You will sometimes need to attend the R&D; kitchen and consumer-testing sessions in person. Some sessions may take place on weekends, so reasonable flexibility is significant.

Who we're looking for

This opportunity would particularly suit a Bachelor's or Master's student studying Marketing, Market

Research, Consumer Behaviour, Business, Psychology, Statistics, Economics or a related discipline.

Ideally, you will have completed at least one previous internship or project involving market research,

consumer research, primary research, qualitative/quantitative research, surveys, fieldwork or consumer insights.You should be comfortable speaking with consumers, organising people, working with data and taking responsibility for getting things done. Strong Hindi communication is particularly useful for our consumer research in Pune. Marathi is also valuable. Knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets, Google Forms or similar research/data tools is desirable.

What makes this different

You won't be observing research from the sidelines. You'll be working on a live concept where your research can directly influence which products progress, what consumers prefer, why particular combinations work or don't work, and what should be tested next. The initial assignment is approximately 6-8 weeks, with the possibility of further work as the project progresses.

To apply: Please share your CV on (phone hidden) current course/university, previous research experience, weekly availability and earliest possible start date.

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