Job Description:

Position available as of Fall 09

If there is no position available at the time you are available to start your career at P&G we will propose you to start in a country other than you are applying for.

Procter & Gamble has its headquarter in Geneva for Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions. The 2'400 employees coming from 68 different countries represent the diversity of consumers we serve all around the world.

Do you want to influence Procter & Gamble business strategy by representing the voice of the consumer? If so, then a role in the Consumer and Market Knowledge (CMK) organization may be for you! CMK's role is to create a competitive advantage for P&G through superior consumer and market understanding. This brings consumers to the center of P&G's business decision-making.

As an Associate Manager in CMK, you will be an integral part of a multi-functional business team, working with Brand, R&D, Design, CBD (Sales) and Finance partners. Your role is like an internal research and business strategy consultant and includes identifying and clearly defining business issues and opportunities. You will also play a key role in designing a research plan to generate the understanding needed to solve the problem or capitalize upon the opportunity. This could include identifying and clearly defining the need for a new product line in Western Europe or Globally.

You could be asking and answering questions such as: 
* Who is the target consumer for this product?
* What are they willing to pay for it?
* How do you best reach this consumer?
* What would this new product mean to the business in terms of volume and profit?
* How will the competition respond?  Join CMK and help us anticipate what consumers want and find out what they need. Help Procter & Gamble create products that set us apart from our competitors

Candidate Requirements:

We are looking for

* Strong leaders who can envision new "ways to win", set direction and enroll others.
* Strong skills in thinking/setting direction, creativity, innovation, initiative, follow-through, communication, and priority-setting.
* Enjoy working with and influencing diverse business partners within P&G and finding creative solutions to business issues.
* Enjoy learning from and talking with consumers.
* Enjoy finding creative solutions to business issues.
* Enjoy working with a variety of data sources.
* Work experience after graduation from college up to 4 years welcome -- Preferable Market Research (But Not Required)
* A statistical qualification is not required, but comfort with data analysis is essential.  Further information for your application 
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