APAC Market Intelligence Manager--Global Lifestyle Brand

Shanghai Permanent RMB500,000 - RMB600,000 per year View Job Description
As the APAC Market Intelligence Manager, you will be the strategic partner on the external context, turning market, industry and macro signals into a clear point of view that shapes regional strategy and leadership decisions.
  • Global Lifestyle Brand
  • On-trend Business

About Our Client

Global Lifestyle Brand

Job Description

Strategic market intelligence and foresight

  • Own the regional external fact base
  • Turn macro, luxury, consumer and geopolitical trends into scenarios
  • Track competitors to anticipate threats and spot white spaces
  • Build market outlooks for ambition setting and business cases



Link insights to strategy

  • Be a thought partner: frame the "so what" and recommend priorities
  • Own the market chapters of leadership forums and HQ requests
  • Produce concise executive syntheses tailored to each audience
  • Navigate the matrix, focusing effort where it creates value



Partnership with Consumer Insights and cross-functional teams

  • Partner with Consumer Insights to build one integrated storyline
  • Work with HQ and markets as the APAC voice for global teams
  • Extend intelligence support across the One Group portfolio



Agency and source management

  • Own agency relationships: scoping, negotiation, budget, contracts
  • Ensure data quality: triangulate sources and challenge agencies
  • Assess new services and sources on a cost / value basis



Knowledge management and capabilities

  • Govern the knowledge base as the single source of truth
  • With BI, evolve tools and use AI to automate routine reporting
  • Train markets to use intelligence tools consistently

The Successful Applicant

Experience:

  • 6-8 years in market intelligence, strategy or consulting
  • Proven track record of linking insights to leadership decisions
  • Agency management: Beauté Research, Circana, Nielsen, Kantar, IQVIA
  • Experience in regional or matrix organizations across APAC
  • Beauty experience a plus; personal affinity for beauty is essential



Education:

  • Bachelor's in Business, Economics or Statistics. Master's preferred



Languages:

  • Fluency in English; Spanish, Mandarin and other APAC languages a plus



Technical & Functional Skills:

  • Extremely strong analytical mindset: structured and rigorous with imperfect, multiple sources
  • Discipline in knowledge management: rigorous on definitions, versioning and figures
  • Executive-level communication and synthesis: distill complexity into a few sharp messages
  • Strategic and business acumen: curiosity for macro and consumer trends; connects and prioritizes
  • Expert level in Power Point; comfortable with Excel and Power BI and AI tools
  • Confident stakeholder management; challenges with facts

What's on Offer

  • Permanent APAC Market Intelligence Manager position in Shanghai.
  • Salary of CNY 450000 to CNY 600000.



Please apply if you would like to discuss this APAC Market Intelligence Manager role.

Contact
Mark Wu
Quote job ref
JN-112026-7141226
Phone number
+86 21 6035 3448

Job summary

Function
Marketing
Specialisation
Analysis & Planning
What is your area of specialisation?
Retail
Location
Shanghai
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Mark Wu
Consultant phone
+86 21 6035 3448
Job Reference
JN-112026-7141226

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