Mohamed Ali, Market Research Team Leader

Mohamed Ali

Market Research Team Leader

ABYAT

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Economics
Experience
17 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months

Market Research Team Leader at ABYAT
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2014

• Manage a team of 4 market research officers and fieldworkers responsible for data collection in Kuwait and KSA.
• Provide recommendations upon the Consumer Studies analysis and findings (Product Enhancement Studies).
• Conduct and supervise ABYAT’s Net Promoter Score (NPS) report and provide recommendations to the top management.
• Execute and manage ABYAT’s Mystery Shopping questionnaire and report.
• Provide ideas and recommendations to improve ABYAT’s customer experience.
• Analyze customers’ purchasing behavior across ABYAT’s categories and provide insights and recommendations.
• Manage all aspects of market ad-hoc studies including identifying objectives, preparing methodology, designing questionnaires, implementing and analyzing research and preparing reports of findings and insights.
• Measure the awareness of ABYAT brand and products among different segments of customers.
• Negotiate contracts for research projects and manage research budgets.

Market Research Analyst at ABYAT
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2012 to December 2013

• Track and Analyze assortment width and price range of top competitors to derive the upcoming trends and assortment strategy.
• Analyze quotations and sales orders to better understand the quotation conversion rate for different product categories.
• Conduct in-depth data analysis on consumer trends, preferences, needs and buying habits through ad-hoc studies.
• Contribute to the department’s development by providing suggestions and feedback on different aspects.

Operations Manager at IPSOS
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • January 2010 to December 2010

• Managing operations employees, preparing work schedules, and delegating projects to Field Executives.
• Setting the budget & the profit margin for each survey & creating a cost plan, which I monitor during the lifespan
of the survey in order not to exceed it, and to achieve the profit margin.
• Attend client meetings as a key member in initiating and carrying out the research projects.
• Advise clients on the best research practice that serves the research objectives.
• Monitor and evaluate the operations department performance on different levels.
• Reporting and updating the management and the “Research Department”.
• Handling several quantitative and qualitative research projects for major clients such as National Bank of Kuwait,
Gulf Bank, Kuwait Finance House, ZAIN, Ooredoo, VIVA, Kout Food Group, KDD and Americana.

Field Manager at IPSOS
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • January 2008 to December 2009

• Managing the field staff, training, assisting, supporting and solving their technical problems,
• Planning and organizing the workflow of the fieldwork for the running research projects.
• Assuring that the surveys are executed fast, efficient and with minimum direct cost.
• Communicating & coordinating between departments (Research, IT and Finance).
• Controlling the direct cost in order not to exceed the budget of each research project.

Field Executive at IPSOS
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • March 2005 to December 2007

• Recruiting the required team of freelancers to work in the field & inside office.
• Preparing the study material (validation, printing, telephone quality-check sheets, log files... etc.).
• Briefing the interviewers’ team about all the study details (questionnaire, quota distribution, deadline... etc.).
• Following up with:
✔ Fieldworkers: Supervisors and interviewers in order to ensure the continuity of the field and avoid any
unexpected problems. Communicate with them on the errors/ problematic in their work.
✔ Office-based Editors and Coders: Ensure the flow of questionnaires being administered and the performance
of each step. Respond sensitively to the questions and issues being addressed by the office working team.
• Supervising the Data entry process & Data cleaning. Deliver the raw data file to the “Research Department”
before the survey deadline.
• Managing different syndicated media research surveys and various others conducted by IPSOS at a regional level.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at Modern Academy for Computer Science & Management Technology
  • June 2002

High Disctincttion in Final Year Project

Specialties & Skills

Operation
Management
Marketing Research
Marketing
Microsoft Office
Strong Analytical Skills
Communication
Initiative
Attention to detail

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
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