Technical Solutions Consultant (C#.Net)

Company: Kantar
Location: Durham
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

WE GO BEYOND THE OBVIOUS, USING INTELLIGENCE, PASSION AND CREATIVITY TO INSPIRE NEW THINKING AND SHAPE THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. TO START A CAREER THAT IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY, PLEASE APPLY...

**JOB DETAILS**

KANTAR CONSULTING'S XTEL TRADE OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE IS A POWERFUL, END-TO-END SOLUTION SUPPORTING THE TRADE PROMOTION LIFECYCLE, FROM PLANNING THROUGH RETAIL EXECUTION, SALES INTELLIGENCE, AND DISTRIBUTOR MANAGEMENT FOR THE GLOBAL CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY.

**AT KANTAR'S TRADE OPTIMIZATION, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SENIOR .NET CONSULTANT TO JOIN OUR GLOBAL SERVICES TEAM.**

Kantar Consulting is a specialist growth consultancy. With over 1,000 analysts, thought leaders, software developers and expert consultants we help clients develop and execute brand, marketing, retail, sales and shopper strategies to deliver growth. Kantar Consulting owns market leading assets including PoweRanking, GrowthFinder, Global Monitor, RetaiI IQ, RichMix, XTEL and Marketing, Insights and Purpose 2020. We track 1200 retailers globally, have purchase data on over 200 million shoppers and forecast social, cultural and consumer trends across the world. Join us and you'll be part of 30,000 colleagues and 12 world leading research, data and insight brands at Kantar. At the heart of WPP, our unique consumer insight inspires clients to flourish in an extraordinary world.

This role is a blend of technical and tactical responsibilities to align client requirements with our capabilities, configure and integrate our software solution through SDLC, and help drive customer success within our CPG/FMCG clients.

**KEY OUTCOMES**

- Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to define, configure, and deploy our XTEL SaaS

- Understand requirements and best practices to provide technical solution delivery, documentation, and support
- Help drive customer adoption and success through training, change management, and incident resolution
- Evolve best practices and contribute towards product enhancement

**CAPABILITIES**

- Expertise in defining customer requirements, effort assessments, and technical implementations

- Experience translating technical and product concepts to non-technical audiences
- 3+ years of experience with Microsoft .NET, C#, Silverlight, HTML5 / JavaScript, SQL
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field experience
- 3+ years background in CPG preferred; experience supporting a Trade Promotion Management (TPM) software solution; TPM tool implementation experience is a significant asset
- Minimal domestic travel depending on client need; occasional international travel for training

**PRIVACY DISCLOSURE:**

Please note that by applying to this opportunity you consent to the personal data you provide to us to be processed and retained by The Kantar Group Limited ("Kantar"). Your details will be kept on our Internal ATS (Applicant Tracking System) for as long as is necessary for the purposes of recruitment, which may include your details being shared with the hiring manager(s) and for consideration for potential future opportunities by Kantar and its affiliate Kantar group companies. For full details of our privacy policy please visit www.kantar.com.

**KANTAR REWARDS STATEMENT**

At Kantar we have an integrated way of rewarding our people based around a simple, clear and consistent set of principles. Our approach helps to ensure we are market competitiveand alsoto support a pay for performance culture, where your reward and career progression opportunities are linked to what you deliver.

We go beyond the obvious, using intelligence, passion and creativity to inspire new thinking and shape the world we live in. Apply for a career that's out of the ordinary and join us.

We want to create an equality of opportunity in a fair and supportive working environment where people feel included, accepted and are allowed to flourish in a space where their mental health and well being is taken into consideration.

We want to create a more diverse community to expand our talent pool, be locally representative, drive diversity of thinking and better commercial outcomes.

Kantar is the world's leading data, insights and consulting company. We understand more about how people think, feel, shop, share, vote and view than anyone else. Combining our expertise in human understanding with advanced technologies, Kantar's 30,000 people help the world's leading organisations succeed and grow.

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