The job description is for a market research analyst position in the marketing and sales department. As a market research analyst, key responsibilities include gathering and analyzing data on competitors, prices, sales, and marketing strategies to help companies understand their position in the marketplace. Duties involve identifying relevant market information, providing analysis to colleagues, ensuring compliance with regulations, using computer systems, developing working relationships, communicating with external stakeholders, and establishing long-term objectives. The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree, 3-5 years of related work experience, and abilities such as problem recognition, creativity, complex problem solving, and identifying measures to improve performance.

1. Job description for Perfect Job
Job Title: Market research analyst
Department: Marketing and sales
Report to: Marketing manager
Job Statement:
Gathersand conveysinformationtohelpcompaniesdetermine theirpositioninthe marketplace. Thisinformation
entailsdataon competitors,analyzingtheirprices,sales,andmethodsof marketinganddistribution. May conduct
researchon consumeropinionsandmarketingstrategies,collaboratingwithmarketingprofessionals,statisticians,
pollsters,andotherprofessionals.
Job Duties:
1. Identify informationbycategorizing,estimating,recognizingdifferencesorsimilarities,anddetectingchangesin
circumstancesorevents inthe marketplace.
2. Provide informationtosupervisors,co-workers,andsubordinatesby translatingorexplainingwhat specific
marketinformationmeansandhowitcan be usedinthe firm’sbestinterest.
3. Use relevantinformationandindividual judgmenttodeterminewhethereventsorprocessescomplywithlaws,
regulations,orstandards.
4. Use computersandcomputersystemstoprogram, write software,setupfunctions,enterdata,orprocess
information.
5. Develop constructiveandcooperativeworkingrelationshipswithothers,andmaintainingthemovertime.
6. Communicate withpeople outside the organization,representingthe organizationtocustomers,the public,
government,andotherexternalsources.
7. Establish long-range objectivesandspecifythe strategiesandactionstoachieve them.

2. Job Specifications:
1. A four-yearbachelor'sdegreepreferredbutnotrequired.
2. Three to five yearsworkrelatedexperienceamust. ( relatedfieldsare –accounting,salesmanagement,
database administration,andcostestimation)
3. The abilitytotell whensomethingiswrongoris likelytogowrong.It doesnotinvolve solvingthe problem, only
recognizingthere isaproblem.
4. The abilitytocome up withunusual orcleverideasabouta giventopicor situation,ortodevelopcreativeways
to solve aproblem.
5. The abilitytoidentify complex problemsandreview relatedinformationtodevelopandevaluateoptionsand
implementsolutions.
6. The abilitytoidentifymeasuresorindicatorsof systemperformance andthe actionsneededtoimprove or
correct performance,relative tothe goals of the system.