Senior Associate/ Associate – Market Intelligence & Business Insights

Job Title	Senior Associate/ Associate – Market Intelligence & Business Insights
Department	Chairman Office
Location	Yangon, Myanmar
Employment Type	Full-time
Reports To	General Manager
Working Hour	9:00am – 5:30pm (Monday to Friday)
Off Day	Sat, Sun & Public Holidays
Company	EFD Group

Job Description

The Senior Associate / Associate – Market Intelligence & Business Insights supports EFD Group’s commercial and strategic decisions through market research, competitor monitoring, business-data analysis, and clear reporting of actionable insights.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collect, organize, and analyze information on market trends, competitors, customer preferences, pricing, products, distribution channels, and industry developments.
• Monitor relevant economic, regulatory, trade, and business developments that may affect EFD Group’s markets or operations.
• Analyze sales, customer, product, channel, financial, and operational data to identify trends, growth opportunities, performance gaps, and business risks.
• Prepare market-intelligence reports, competitor profiles, research summaries, dashboards, presentations, and management briefings.
• Maintain accurate market databases, research files, competitor trackers, data sources, and insight repositories.
• Support customer surveys, supplier interviews, stakeholder discussions, and other primary or secondary research activities.
• Assist with business planning, market-entry assessments, product evaluations, pricing reviews, feasibility studies, and business-case development.
• Coordinate with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and other teams to gather information and validate findings.
• Identify data discrepancies, gaps, assumptions, and limitations; raise them promptly with the relevant stakeholders.
• Translate research and data findings into concise, practical recommendations for management.
• Support the continuous improvement of research methods, reporting templates, data management, and insight-generation processes.
• Maintain confidentiality of commercial information, research findings, strategic documents, and management materials.

Senior Associate – Additional Responsibilities

• Lead more complex market, competitor, customer, and commercial analyses.
• Review research outputs, reports, dashboards, and presentations to ensure accuracy, relevance, and clear business implications.
• Develop insight frameworks, reporting standards, competitor-monitoring approaches, and market-research plans.
• Support strategic planning, investment assessments, growth initiatives, and senior-management decision-making.
• Present findings and recommendations to management and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and on-the-job support to junior team members when required.
• Identify emerging market risks, commercial opportunities, and operational implications, and escalate significant findings promptly.

Job Requirements

For Senior Associate

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, International Business, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in market research, business intelligence, strategy, business development, commercial analysis, consulting, or a related role.
• Strong knowledge of market-research methods, competitor analysis, commercial analysis, and business-data interpretation.
• Demonstrated ability to convert quantitative and qualitative findings into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, CRM, ERP, or other reporting tools is preferred.
• Strong research, analytical, critical-thinking, report-writing, and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English and Myanmar language.
• High commercial awareness, attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and ability to manage multiple deadlines independently.

For Associate

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, International Business, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in market research, business analysis, marketing, sales analysis, business development, data analysis, or a related role; fresh graduates with relevant internship experience may be considered.
• Basic understanding of market research, competitor monitoring, commercial reporting, and business-data analysis.
• Good numerical, research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to identify basic trends and summarize findings in clear reports and presentations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with Power BI, CRM, ERP, or reporting tools is an advantage.
• Good written and spoken communication skills in English and Myanmar language.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, willingness to learn, and ability to manage assigned work within deadlines.

Key Competencies

• Market and competitor intelligence
• Business and commercial analysis
• Data collection, validation, and interpretation
• Research execution and documentation
• Insight generation and business storytelling
• Dashboard, report, and presentation preparation
• Strategic and commercial awareness
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem-solving and intellectual curiosity
• Confidentiality, ownership, and accountability

Deadline	14/08/2026
Number Of Posts	Male/Female (2) Posts
Contact Email	careers@efdgroup.com
Contact Number	099 4646 8900