Corporate Overview
BURN Manufacturing designs produces and distributes Africa’s best-selling, fuel-efficient biomass, electric, hybrid, and liquid fuel cooking appliances. Not only do our products save money, fuel, and natural resources, but they also dramatically reduce harmful indoor smoke emissions which can cause significant health problems, even death.
With more than a 1.2Millon+ stoves sold since commencing manufacturing operations in 2013, BURN has established itself as Africa’s most trusted cookstove brand thanks to our unwavering commitment to innovative research and design, and manufacturing excellence, and customer care.
BURN is now the only vertically integrated modern cookstove company in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our solar-powered facility currently has a capacity of 45,000 stoves per month. We are proud to employ 400 team members throughout Kenya and East Africa, and support a workforce which is 50 percent female, thus empowering women in roles traditionally considered to be “for men only.”
Among our national and global honors, we have received the 2018 Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award for being among the world’s leaders in clean energy solutions, the 2018 Swiss Energy and Climate Summit Award for our pitch on the impact of clean-burning stoves, and the 2015 Ashden Green Energy International Award for empowering women with new economic opportunities.
Job description
About the role
BURN is looking to hire a highly analytical Market Research Officer to execute research projects, field activities, data analysis and reporting. The ideal candidate must possess technical knowledge and experience in developing, planning and executing quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in all stages of product life cycle from product ideation to commercialization.
Key duties and responsibilities
Spearhead and take ownership in the design and execution of research studies and projects.
o Create study plans.
o Explore and develop new methodologies.
o Lead in execution of the plans.
Oversee preparation of field activities (focus groups, field surveys, in-person interviews, home visits, phone calls).
o Develop questionnaires and surveys.
o Plan logistics- identify and recruit participants, scope location, choose date, and arrange logistics.
Lead Field Activities
o Conduct interviews in one-on-one and group settings.
o Document, record, and translate responses.
o Coordinate Research Assistant Contractors.
o Lead home visits.
Conduct advance Data Analysis and Report Writing
o Perform data cleaning of data entries.
o Analyze the data and feedback.
o Conduct statistical analysis.
o Write summary reports.
Assist in evaluations of projects and studies
o Help evaluate the nature and condition of projects and make useful suggestions to the MR team on best practices and strategies to apply in future project execution.
Play an active role relaying user feedback to relevant departments (design, sales, marketing, expansion etc.)
o Act as “Know Your Customer” MR representative- identify and act on both positive and negative performance trends to ensure attainment of performance targets.
o Run point on all MR related questions for any New Product Development research needs.
o Liaise closely with Design Team during new product development and improvement and the commercial and expansion during new market scoping, sales and marketing process.
o Liaise closely with Commercial and New Markets Expansion team to fulfill the strategic MR needs of these departments.
Coordinate and facilitate identification of community-based organizations especially for projects that require large sample sizes and support from the local leaders.
Provide mentorship and supervision to research interns and assistants.
Skills and Experience
How to apply
If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV to the email:[email protected]
