International Project Coordinator
Bucharest, Romania
As an International Project Coordinator I was responsible for managing multiple and complex international research bids and projects across all methodologies (online and offline), focusing on Consumer clients. I was mainly in charge of bids/ projects coming from GfK Group, Operations Department. For my assigned projects, I had to ensure that project fieldwork is executed according to budget, time and quality standards and provided general consultation on international research best practices.Main responsibilities:• Structure and review international research proposals for all methodologies. Work with operations groups to generate operational plans, bids and costs that reflect the work required to meet project objectives• Contact field services in appropriate global markets to obtain the most cost effective price and highest quality work for international studies• Negotiate prices and services with partners• Lead project meetings for all assigned studies to ensure that all involved parties understand and adhere to timelines as well as determine responsibilities and study specifications • Support research project teams by leveraging relationships with overseas suppliers to facilitate communications, trouble-shooting and issue resolution• Coordinate operational aspects of projects including translations, recruitment, programming, testing, fieldwork, coding, data delivery for quantitative studies • Coordinate operational aspects such as translation, central location, moderation, simultaneous translation, recruitment and output for qualitative projects • Provide advanced level technical and operational expertise to business sectors on international operations processes and capabilities across all methodologies • Partner with research and operations staff to address issues and/or make recommendations to improve performance on international research studies