| Description | Management Ventures, Inc. (MVI) is a retail research, analysis and training organization focusing on the Top 500 Global Retailers and the markets in which they operate. MVI?s clients include many of the leading consumer products manufacturers and suppliers. Clients "connect" with MVI research and analysis both offline (through customized presentations, on-site client meetings and industry forums) and online at http://www.mventures.com/ (through our website databases and account planning tools). MVI training helps client companies optimize their selling opportunities in the mass discount, warehouse club, grocery, chain drug and value discount channels.
Management Ventures is an operating company within WPP Group plc (WPP). WPP is the world?s leading advertising and marketing services company with upwards of 70,000 people working in approximately 110 countries throughout the world.
As the result of continuing success and growth, MVI is seeking great people to join its talented team of Subject Matter Experts.
The Position. The Subject Matter Expert (SME) develops and communicates original, useful insights on the retail industry to MVI?s client base ? primarily large CPG manufacturers. The SME is engaged in strategic, financial, operational and tactical assessments of the retail industry; with an eye towards producing ?implementable insights? that can help drive client results. We expect an SME to be able to connect seemingly unrelated events into ?themed? stories ? to see patterns and trends in data, and to be able to tie together quantitative and ?real world? analysis in a compelling way. At the same time, as MVI is well-known for its published products, newsletters and client-facing training, high quality writing and presentation skills are essential to the role.
Through a combination of insight generation, client management and product delivery, the SME ensures that MVI?s research, analysis and training exhibit relevance, freshness and usefulness.
Position Accountabilities and Deliverables. It is expected that the successful SME will be capable of accomplishing/achieving the following:
Facilitation and Training ? Develop and deliver MVI content to the client community
Knowledge Transfer - Bring ?current thinking? from the supplier community to MVI analysts
Grow the Culture - Make quality research and useful analysis key aspects of the MVI knowledge culture
Product Development - Lead MVI research and analysis on at least one (1) product line
Thought Leadership - Drive MVI research and analysis across multiple product lines
Internal Resource ? Be perceived as a valued resource to all MVI associates who have client-facing responsibilities
Position Requirements. What MVI and its valued clients are looking for in an SME:
Relevant education and professional experience
High level research and analytical skills.
The ability to generate original useful insight and construct ?industry level? white papers reflecting thought leadership.
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