Project ManagerLooking for: Project Manager Base in:Shanghai Job Description: - Lead project teams to provide strategic consulting services in project design, supervision, and analysis to ensure meaningful and value-added findings are generated from projects - Understand client needs and business context of client work, e.g., market entry, expansion, customer segmentation, distribution etc. - Generate insights and recommendations to impact clients’ strategic decision making - Deliver client presentations (for proposal or report) in a highly confident & professional manner - Communicate the project status to the Partner in charge - Maintain close relationships with clients to enhance trust level and to explore further business opportunities - Manage the team, including team planning, team building, recruitment, motivation, training, and team member career plan and performance review. - Undertake sales activities independently or in conjunction with senior staff in terms of preparation and delivery of proposal and credentials Qualifications: - Bachelors degree or above, 5+ years’ experience in related area - Previous experience in a market research or consulting company is highly desirable, experience in FMCG, retail or luxury industry would be a plus - Familiarity with bringing foreign brands into China, retail operations/apparel franchising experience would be a plus - Strong client focus and pro-activeness - Very good influencing, persuading and project management skills - Fluency in written and spoken English is a must, Chinese language skills preferred. - Independent, strong critical thinking and analytical skills and detail-oriented - Strong personal qualities including great attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, ability to lead and develop a research team, detail-oriented and openness to learn. - Experience in moderating focus group discussions and in-depth interviews. If you would like to apply for this position or find out more, please email (login to check email) using the heading “Project Manager”. About us: SmithStreetSolutions is a Shanghai-based consulting and advisory company. We are headquartered in Shanghai, China with more than 60 employees. Our international and local team members bring together a wealth of experiences from corporate to management consulting to global capital markets. Often described as a search engine to China, we provide answers and solutions to help our clients in creating successful business and investment strategies for the China market. www.smithstreetsolutions.com

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