Divesh Israni, Associate Director

Divesh Israni

Associate Director

NielsenIQ

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
17 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months

Associate Director at NielsenIQ
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2017

• Leading the Public & Non-Profit (PNP) vertical which includes government, travel & tourism, hospitality, malls etc in GCC
• In charge of the career development, mentoring and coaching a team of researchers
• Providing direction and strategic input on sample design, questionnaire design, study methodology and reports.
• Specialized in Customer Experience (CX), Visitor Segmentation, Mystery Shopping, Customer Journey, Brand Image Trackers etc

Research Director at Kantar
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2008 to July 2017

• Key account lead for Mondelez (EEMEA) and BAT (LEVANT)
• Successfully executed and managed projects of varying sizes across a number of categories.
• Understand the main business issues of the Client & tailor the research methodology to match their needs.
• Provide actionable insights and findings to the client through advanced research tools likes SPSS, Choice Based Conjoint (CBC), Sawtooth, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Turf Analysis & Max Diff
• Ensure optimal utilization of consumer and trade research findings for business decisions and brand growth
• Mentor a team of researchers - supervise and train them on patented research tools as well as ad hoc techniques.
• Have successfully carried out large scale Retail Census studies - right from inception to the findings stage
• Key Clients Handled: Mondelez, BAT, Samsung, Danone, JWT, Castrol

Consumer Insights Consultant at General Mills
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2013 to November 2013

• Work closely with the Marketing Team to feed in actionable insights
• Arriving at the best suited research design, designing new methodologies to suit the category.
• Fusion of various data-sources (syndicated and customized) to ensure complete alignment and delivery of insights relevant to the Business.
• Present summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations with projections to the leadership team
• Responsible for managing the consumer insights budget

Research Executive at Hansa Research
  • India - Mumbai
  • March 2007 to June 2008

• Product champion of Hansa’s brand health and communication effectiveness measurement tool ‘Brand Scan’.
• Training of resources across Hansa Research offices on BrandScan.
• Helped in redefining the positioning of the brands across FMCG, Services, Durables and Print.
• Successfully executed research studies from initiation, questionnaire design, launching / observing the fieldwork, analyzing the data, generating insights, report writing and presenting findings to the client
• Managing a team to execute the research project efficiently

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at N. L Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research
  • March 2007
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University of Wollongong
  • February 2005

Specialties & Skills

Consumer Insights
Market Knowledge
Analytics
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Research
Sawtooth
Microsoft Office
Choice Based Conjoint (CBC)
Max Diff
Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Best Insight Slide (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009

Hobbies

  • Playing Badminton, Table Tennis and Squash