Saint-Gobain - Malvern, PA

posted 4 months ago

Full-time
Malvern, PA
Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

Saint-Gobain is seeking a Market Research Analyst to join its building science team. This role is pivotal in developing a comprehensive understanding of the market, focusing on customer needs and market trends. The analyst will play a crucial role in achieving strategic alignment with select businesses, which will provide elevated visibility within the organization. The position requires a proactive approach to market research, ensuring that the team remains informed about the competitive landscape and relevant industry standards. The Market Research Analyst will conduct analytical market research and segmentation within the building construction sector to support both strategic and tactical initiatives. This includes collecting Voice of Customer (VOC) data to identify pain points and both expressed and unexpressed needs of targeted customers. The analyst will develop customer personas based on VOC efforts, which will aid in new solution development, sales enablement, and marketing activities. Additionally, the role involves maintaining a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and sharing insights with the team. Staying updated on relevant codes, standards, and market trends is essential, as is the ability to communicate market research findings clearly to stakeholders at all levels. The analyst will also contribute to the building science team strategy and product systems, survey training programs related to building science, and lead initiatives to identify opportunities for new products, solutions, and services. This includes aligning with the business on focus areas, establishing methodologies for idea collection, launching projects, and reporting progress to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct analytical market research and building construction market segmentation in support of both the strategic and tactical needs of the team.
  • Collect Voice of Customer data to identify pain points and expressed & unexpressed needs of targeted customers.
  • Develop profiles of customer personas based on VOC efforts to support new solution development, sales enablement, and marketing activities.
  • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape and disseminate knowledge within the team.
  • Stay abreast of relevant codes, standards, and market trends, and disseminate knowledge.
  • Clearly communicate market research findings to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • Contribute to building science team strategy as well as building product systems.
  • Survey training programs, related to building science and/or general workplace training, to inform training programs to be developed internally.
  • Lead program aiming to identify opportunities to develop new products, solutions, and services and perform early-stage assessments in a select business unit.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science in architectural engineering, architecture, construction management, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or related fields, with 7+ years of experience in the building construction or building material industry with product management and/or market research responsibilities.
  • Master of Science in related fields with 3+ years building construction or building material industry with product management and/or market research responsibilities.
  • Strong analytical thinking skills, and ability to pragmatically extract value from complex information and large data sets.
  • Customer-centric mindset.
  • Never-ending desire to grow and learn.
  • Ability to navigate projects through a business lens and frame technical challenges & concepts as business opportunities.
  • Strong knowledge of the residential and commercial building construction business.
  • Knowledge of construction and building science concepts (IEQ, IAQ, hygrothermal transfer, waterproofing, durability).
  • Ability to conduct rigorous and detailed analyses without losing sight of the big picture, appropriately make tradeoffs, prioritize work, and execute.
  • Strong ability to manipulate data using Excel, Python, or other programming language.
  • Ability to synthesize and compellingly communicate analysis for both highly technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Decisive, action-oriented attitude.
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