Partner, Client & Growth

Kantar
Shanghai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Marketing & GrowthSkills: ["Trusted advisor","Commercial discipline","Strategic thinking","Consultative influence","Stakeholder management"]

Lead strategic client relationships in Shanghai as a trusted advisor on critical business, brand, and growth challenges. You’ll frame ambiguous problems, identify growth opportunities, and translate consumer, brand, and market insights into clear recommendations that drive measurable impact. Own revenue, profitability, pricing, and forecasting for your client portfolio, grow a pipeline through existing and new business, and deliver consultative engagements that influence marketing, innovation, portfolio, and growth strategies.

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Job Summary

Lead strategic client relationships in Shanghai as a trusted advisor on critical business, brand, and growth challenges. You’ll frame ambiguous problems, identify growth opportunities, and translate consumer, brand, and market insights into clear recommendations that drive measurable impact. Own revenue, profitability, pricing, and forecasting for your client portfolio, grow a pipeline through existing and new business, and deliver consultative engagements that influence marketing, innovation, portfolio, and growth strategies.
Location: Shanghai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Marketing & Growth
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Grow senior client relationships by acting as a trusted advisor on critical business, brand, and growth challenges.
  • •Build a strong business pipeline through existing client growth, new client development, and collaboration across Kantar solutions.
  • •Shape strategic client thinking by connecting consumer insight, brand performance, category dynamics, and market trends to uncover growth opportunities.
  • •Lead consultative engagements that influence marketing, innovation, portfolio, and growth strategies beyond research delivery.
  • •Own revenue, profitability, pricing, and forecasting for the client portfolio, delivering insight solutions that create measurable value.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience leading senior client relationships in consumer insights, strategy consulting, management consulting, or insight-led business advisory environments.
  • •Strong commercial acumen, including growing client portfolios, developing new business opportunities, and managing revenue and profitability.
  • •Ability to structure ambiguous business questions, build strategic frameworks, and turn complex challenges into actionable recommendations.
  • •Experience synthesizing multiple data sources (consumer, brand, category, and market intelligence) into growth strategies.
  • •Strong understanding of FMCG and/or beverage categories with the ability to advise senior marketing and commercial leaders.
Experience:Consumer insightsStrategy consultingManagement consultingBusiness advisoryFMCGBeverage categories
Skills:Trusted advisorCommercial disciplineStrategic thinkingConsultative influenceStakeholder management

Company Brief

Kantar
Global data, insights and consulting company providing market research, analytics, and strategic advisory services to help brands, media companies and organizations understand consumer behavior and drive business growth.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1993
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