Graduate Trainee TNS Worldpanel

Company	TNS
Graduate Trainee TNS Worldpanel, West London - Autumn 2008 Start Overview of Worldpanel TNS Worldpanel offers the largest continuous consumer panel in Europe tracking purchasing behaviour across the FMCG market place. Our panel comprises 25,000 Households representing the Great British population in all walks of life. We are able to help our clients answer a variety of questions such as ?Who is buying my brand??, ?Who is my core consumer?? ?What else do my shoppers buy?, ?Who are my competitors?? and crucially track how this is evolving over time. This powerful tool allows us to work across an enviable client list, consisting of Retailers; including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury?s, Manufacturers spanning all areas of FMCG including Unilever, P&G, PepsiCo and Heinz, Media Agencies and City Analysts. With regular release of market information we provide up-to date insights to our clients enabling them to make more effective business decisions in the ever competitive FMCG industry. Key Duties and Responsibilities As a Graduate, your key responsibilities would include ? ? Preparation and delivery of regular Client deliverables - develop an understanding of our analytical tools, and further more how to use and apply these to solve client business issues ? Supporting immediate team with requests and briefs ? learning about our clients worlds, how to effectively support the service our clients subscribe to and understand the skills required to be a good Client Executive ? Add insight to delivered work, allowing clients make informed business decisions ? to aid this, a core area of our Graduate Training scheme will be to develop your presentation skills from standing up and presenting confidently, through to building engaging and informative stories using the information set at hand ? Adapt to the dynamic nature of clients? business by fulfilling ad hoc briefs ? developing an understanding of the TNS business ? both internally, as well as our competitive positioning, gaining an understanding of how key TNS Worldpanel tools can be applied to solve client issues Training and Development Worldpanel offers a 3 phased structured training scheme. The objective of the first phase, specifically designed for Graduates joining our business, is to focus on building your knowledge of Worldpanel and our systems to provide capable support to your client and team, whilst starting to understand the relationships between Worldpanel and our clients. Key Skills & Experience ? Educated to Degree level holding/expecting a 2:1 (or above) ? Team Player ? Desire to Learn ? this is crucial to your development as you will get out of the learning process what you put in ? Numeracy - A good level of numeracy is needed to help interpret the data but also an ability to interpret it for the client to extract what is important and relevant to them ? Time Management Skills - with a flexible approach ? Planning and Organisation ? with the ability demonstrate this and prioritise workloads ? Strong Communication Skills We are inviting graduates to assessment centres in August to fill positions starting in September 2008. To find out more please visit our website at www.tns-global.com. To be considered, either click on Apply Now (which should open a new email window) and send your CV and covering letter by quoting reference Worldpanel (or else email directly to diane.meyler@tns-global.com with the above requirements).
Date posted	02 Jul 2008
Salary	TBC
Start Date
Application Deadline	30 Nov 2008
Location
Sector	Marketing & PR,FMCG