Greetings, MSMR Alumni,

One of your fellow alumnae, Deepa Iyer, asked me forward this to the group.  The position is located in the Los Angeles/San Francisco office.  The contact information for applying is at the bottom of the page.

Jeanette Hood, Administrative Assistant

Department of Marketing

College of Business

The University of Texas at Arlington

701 S. West Street, Room 234

Box 19469

Arlington, TX  76019

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(817) 272-2878  voice

(817) 272-2854  fax

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Company Overview

Bain & Company is one of the world's leading global business consulting firms, serving clients across six continents. It was founded in 1973 on the principle that consultants must measure their success in terms of their clients' financial results. Bain's clients have outperformed the stock market 4 to 1. With offices in all major cities, Bain has worked with over 4,150 major multinational and other corporations from every economic sector, in every region of the world. To learn more about the firm, please visit www.bain.com.

Position Summary

· The Customer Insights Group is a team of experts in primary market research and advanced analytics. The Customer Insights Specialist works with Bain’s consulting teams to provide high quality results for our clients.

· Over time, the candidate will also be able to advance the CIG Group and Bain’s analytic and research capabilities and provide training to the consulting staff as needed.

· This position will be located in either San Francisco or Los Angeles, California

RESPONSIBILITIES &DUTIES

· Provide analytic consulting and primary market research expertise to Bain case teams and clients

 worldwide. The Customer Insights Specialist will work with case teams to determine the optimal methods to utilize data to provide practical, value-added analysis to the client and case teams.

· The Customer Insights Specialist must be able to recommend and explain research and analytical techniques appropriate for targeting and segmenting markets, product design, marketing optimization, demand forecasting and brand valuation, profit and price analyses, and territory optimization.

· Conduct advanced statistical analyses: Explain and perform a variety of statistical and data mining techniques including discrete choice/conjoint analysis, latent class analysis, maximum differential scaling, multivariate and logistic regressions, decision trees (e.g. CHAID/CART), and factor and correspondence/MDS analysis.

· Keep abreast of new and current statistical and market research techniques.

· Develop relationships with external research vendors and interact with as needed.

· Provide training, documentation and other assistance to Bain’s consulting staff to support and expand the use of market research and modeling tools.

Qualifications

· 2-5 years of experience with market research and/or statistical analysis in a business, market research or social science environment without a Masters Degree, or 1+ years experience with a Masters Degree in Market Research or Ph.D. in statistics or economics.

· Extensive experience with SPSS, including its syntax language.

· Experience explaining and performing a variety of statistical and data mining techniques including: cluster-based segmentations, discrete choice/conjoint, multivariate and logistic regressions, decision trees, and factor and correspondence/MDS analysis.

· Strong analytical, mathematical, interpersonal and communication skills.

· Some travel required

Career Opportunity & Application Instructions

· The Customer Insights Group is a cohesive team providing support to consultants working for high profile clients throughout the world.

· The groups’ expertise is highly leveraged through focused efforts on hundred of projects across a broad spectrum of applications and industries. Results and recommendations lead to strategic initiatives with huge impact on organization direction and success.

Qualified candidates should send a cover letter and resume to [log in to unmask].