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Deepali Jain

Deepali Jain

Consumer Insighting
Mumbai

Summary

People | Culture | Insights | Behavior Science | Sensory | Innovation | Packaging | Retail | Strategy | Nielsen | Kantar | Marico

Client + Agency side experience

  • Quantitative, Qualitative, Retail Audits, Panel, Computer aided, Online / Telephonic, Social Media, Sensory Panel, U&A, Design Thinking, JTBT, Semiotic etc.
  • Hair, Cleansing, Personal care, Beauty, Skin, Nourishment, Hygiene, Male Grooming, Foods, Ready to eat, Ketchup, Ready to cook, Beverages, Oral, Packaging, Perfumery etc
  • Cross functional collaboration - R&D, Innovation, Marketing, CMI.
  • Competencies - Business acumen, Business development, Client / vendor engagement, Project management, Team management, Resource planning, Data analysis etc.

Marico | Unilever | L’Oreal | Colgate | HRI | Ruchi Soya | Zandu | Nivea | Bajaj | Multicountry

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Principal Manager Consumer Science

Marico India Limited
Mumbai
03.2019 - Current
  • Domain expertise: Behavioral data analysis / Sensory evaluation / Sensory Panel / Product research / Concept evaluation / Pack design insighting / quant reports data synthesizing .
  • Translating consumer insights into actionable product inputs for R&D & Marketing team.
  • Multicountry - India / Bangladesh / MENA
  • Identify unmet needs, unexplored opportunities, existing product need gaps and provide strategies that have a larger business impact.

Key achievement

  • Have conceptualize, designed, trained and set up a first-time sensory panel for Marico R&D.
  • Have successfully handled cost efficiency projects that has given huge saving to the business.
  • Played an instrumental role in many successful launches such as Nihar Almond Oil, Nihar Mehndi Sarso, Nihar Sarso relaunch, Nihar Natural Seed Oil, Parachute Aloe, Saffola Oat Rings, Jatta Men Hair Oil, Set Wet International Deo Range etc. Currently involved in multiple new category entry for Marico for India /International

Consumer Insight Manager - Innovation & Technology

Marico India Limited
Mumbai
05.2014 - 02.2019

Group Project Director, Consumer Insights

TNS Global (Now Kantar)
Mumbai
01.2011 - 05.2014
  • Experience of Using various quantitative research tools - Usage & Attitude / Product / Concept / Advertising / Technical observation research etc
  • Handled large scale Multi-country data and projects (Indonesia, China, South Africa etc.)

Key achievement

  • Got recognized as Technical Observation Champion in TNS and the expertise in this domain got high accolade by a multinational client for managing their projects across multiple countries.

Manager, Client Solution (Retail Audit)

Nielsen
Mumbai
06.2004 - 12.2010
  • Responsible for managing team, business development. Client relationship. Worked closely as a trusted advisor with client, understand their needs, plan appropriate research & provide actionable inputs.

Key achievement

  • Grew small client business 4 times within a year. Got recognized and rewarded multiple times for the business development talent.

Education

MBA - Marketing

 PGDBM (Marketing) From Chetana’s R.K. Institute
Mumbai
06.2002 - 04.2004

BBM - Business Management

B N Girls College, MLS University
Udaipur
05.1998 - 04.2001

Skills

    Team Management

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Known for

  • Taking Ownership, Perseverance, Commitment, Empathy, Passion and People Skills
  • Creative, Solution Oriented, Executional Excellence, Process Improvement.
  • Recognized for taking new initiatives, multitasking, leading change

Timeline

Principal Manager Consumer Science

Marico India Limited
03.2019 - Current

Consumer Insight Manager - Innovation & Technology

Marico India Limited
05.2014 - 02.2019

Group Project Director, Consumer Insights

TNS Global (Now Kantar)
01.2011 - 05.2014

Manager, Client Solution (Retail Audit)

Nielsen
06.2004 - 12.2010

MBA - Marketing

 PGDBM (Marketing) From Chetana’s R.K. Institute
06.2002 - 04.2004

BBM - Business Management

B N Girls College, MLS University
05.1998 - 04.2001
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