Beena Vinod, Senior Research Project Developer

Beena Vinod

Senior Research Project Developer

Nielsen

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration - Marketing
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Senior Research Project Developer at Nielsen
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • May 2013 to June 2016

• Assist Clients optimize their new product launches and re-launches
• Helping clients optimizing new launch and re-launch communication and marketing mix
• Provide consulting to clients and End-to-End project management including Proposal writing, Research & Questionnaire design, driving the entire project till results
• Directly interacting with Client Finance departments and getting all invoices cleared without any delays

Clients: Nestlé, PepsiCo, Beiersdorf, Brasil Foods, Coca Cola

Markets: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Turkey, UAE, Kenya, Russia, India, Pakistan

Categories: Skin Cleansing, Hand & Body Care, Face Care, Feminine Care, FMCG

Brands: NIVEA skin & personal care, Sadia Frozen Foods, NIDO, Pepsi, Quaker, Nestlé Everyday, Nestlé Fruita Vitals Juice, ChipsyForno, Quaker Soups
Clients: Nestlé, PepsiCo, Beiersdorf, Brasil Foods, Coca Cola

Markets: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria, Turkey, UAE, Kenya, Russia, India, Pakistan

Categories: Skin Cleansing, Hand & Body Care, Face Care, Feminine Care, FMCG

Brands: NIVEA skin & personal care, Sadia Frozen Foods, NIDO, Pepsi, Quaker, Nestlé Everyday, Nestlé Fruita Vitals Juice, ChipsyForno, Quaker Soups

Senior Research Executive at Nielsen
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • October 2010 to April 2013

• Independently managing relationships with Clients and guiding them on their strategic business needs
• End-to-End project management including Proposal writing, Research & Questionnaire design, Project Management, Analysis and creating Reports, Presenting to Clients etc.
• Interacting directly with consumers by participating in the Field work and understanding the concerns
• Presenting the findings of the study

Clients: HSBC, Emaar, Rostamani Properties, Loreal, Reckitt Benckiser, Master Card, Jebel Ali Free zone Authority, The Executive Office Dubai, Merck Sharp & Dolhme, Visa International, Adidas, MoneyGram, Friesland Campina, Aujan Industries.

Categories: Finance/ Banks, Real estate, Hair Colorants, Dairy products, Cosmetics, Pharmaceutical, Electronics, Government Sector, FMCG

Types of Research: Usage & Attitude Study, Brand Tracking, Concept Test, Product Test, Pack Test, Shopper study, Mystery Shopping and Customer Satisfaction Studies

Research Executive at ACNielsen
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2005 to October 2009

• End-to-End project management, Research & Questionnaire design, Simple Analysis and creating Reports etc.
• Interacting directly with consumers by participating in the Field work and understanding the concerns

Clients: HSBC, Emaar, The Executive Office Dubai, Merck Sharp & Dolhme

Categories: Finance/ Banks, Real estate, Pharmaceutical, Government Sector

Types of Research: Brand Tracking, Concept Test, Product Test, Mystery Shopping and Customer Satisfaction Studies

Secretary Cum Admin Assistant at ACNielsen
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • March 2004 to March 2005

• Presentation report charting & basic analysis of data
• Maintain the general filing system and file all correspondence
• Respond to client inquiries
• Provide secretarial support
• Preparing business letters
• Maintain clear & accurate filing system for easy retrieval
• Other administrative activities.

Accounts Assistant at Dubai Duty Free
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2000 to July 2003

Responsibilies included Customer care and assistance, Bank payment reconciliation, handling the accounts in the Receivables side, preparing the Daily Sales Report of the Company using Oracle Discoveror, Maintaining Monthly Sales data and reconciling various control A/Cs. Experience includes Costing also in the Import side.

Secretary Cum Accountant at Oscar Advertising & Marketing
  • United Arab Emirates - Ajman
  • January 2000 to May 2000

Secretarial duties - Correspondence, telemarketing, supervision of the printing and marketing section, undertaking the full responsibility of the Company in the absence of the manager, maintaining the Accounts of the Company

Secretary at National bank of Abudhabi
  • United Arab Emirates - Ajman
  • October 1999 to January 2000

Experience in Customer Service, Dealing with the Bank daily mail section, Owns correspondence skills and good typing speed.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration - Marketing
  • at Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
  • January 2009
Diploma,
  • at NIIT
  • August 1999

Completed MS-Office with excellent skills and knowledge in MS-Access , word , excel , powerpoint, Internet HTML etc. Has also done a course in Quality Management

Diploma,
  • at Indian Computer Education Society
  • August 1999

Diploma in Computer Applications - Basic, Dbase, Windows, Lotus 123

Bachelor's degree,
  • at Calicut University
  • March 1999

Completed bachelors degree in Commerce with high grade. Optional subject: Income Tax

High school or equivalent,
  • at New Indian Model School
  • March 1996

Completed 12th Standard with high marks

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Company Secretarial
Client Service
Microsoft Office
MS-Office
Typing: English
Typing: Arabic
Ms- Access
Personal management
Self Correspondence

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Tagalog
Beginner