Rahul Kumar

Currently serving as an Associate Project Manager at GD Research Center Pvt. Ltd., where I oversee and lead project teams, ensuring the successful delivery of projects within the stipulated timelines and budget. My responsibilities include:

• Project Management: Planning, executing, and closing projects, while effectively managing resources and stakeholders.
• Team Leadership: Leading and motivating cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives, and deliver high-quality results.
• Client Communication: Regularly interfacing with clients to understand their requirements, provide project updates, and address any concerns.
• Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating project risks to ensure smooth project execution and delivery.
• Quality Assurance: Overseeing quality control processes to maintain high standards in project deliverables.
• Key Sectors: CPG and Beverages industry, successfully executed and delivered syndicated, as well as custom projects, to leading industry players such as Coca-Cola, Refresco, Beluga, Carlsberg, and many more.
• Projects include multiple projects such as brand analysis, competitive benchmarking, market sizing and forecasting, store audit, industry estimates, packaging analysis, and market strategy-related analysis.
• Research Proposal: Preparing a research proposal and samples, marketing collateral, and other documents for the client.

Previously, I served as a Senior Analyst at GD Research Center Pvt Ltd, where I conducted in-depth research and analysis to provide valuable insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making. My key accomplishments include:

• Research and Analysis: Conducting thorough market research and data analysis to identify trends and opportunities for business growth.
• Report Writing: Creating detailed reports and presentations to communicate research findings and strategic recommendations to the management team.
• Project Management: Coordinating and managing research projects, ensuring timely delivery, and high-quality output.
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis: expertise in capturing primary insights, questionnaire designing, market estimation, and forecasting. Utilization of databases such as Factiva and Hoovers for data collection. Evaluation of the value chain and supply chain to understand the phases, costing, and margins of the products.

Previously, I worked as a Research Analyst at Allied Analytics LLP, where I conducted market research and competitive analysis to support strategic decision-making. My role involved:

• Data Collection and Analysis: Gathering and analyzing market data to identify trends, opportunities, and potential threats for the business.
• Report Generation: Compiling comprehensive reports and presentations to communicate research findings and recommendations to the management team.
• Industry expertise: Keeping abreast of industry developments and market dynamics to provide accurate and relevant insights.
• Primary research: Conducting telephonic and Skype calls with leading industry players to capture the market-related sentiments.
• Lead generation: Conducting secondary research to generate prospect leads (email/contact info) for cold calling.