Intern

Overview:
**_ “The Growth Pipeline Company”_**

**Research Interns**

**About Frost & Sullivan**:
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Pipeline Company, works in collaboration with clients to leverage visionary innovation that addresses the global challenges and related growth opportunities that will drive potential success or failure for today's market participants.

The breadth of our coverage encompasses different industry segments. Frost & Sullivan’s key focus areas are**:Digital Transformation - Information and Communication Technology, Visionary Science (Chemicals, Metals & Minerals, Food & Beverage), Transformational Health, Industrial (Industrial Automation, Sustainability, Industrial Innovation, Buildings) Energy & Environment, Aerospace & Defense, Mobility, Manufacturing, etc.**
**Frost & Sullivan is seeking interns from reputed Universities for its Riyadh office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support our strategic plans and market development activities. The internship is for a minimum period of 3 months to 6 months The position offers a unique opportunity to learn about market research and associated activities. You will work closely with functional and industry leaders in the region, as well as likely exposure to live interaction with the senior management team of client organizations.

**Project Name: ‘Olympus’**

Develop an accurate database and information repository on family business in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and other GCC countries. Also, provide support on certain on-going projects in research, advisory, marketing groups in terms of data collection, interviews, etc

**About the Project**:
Frost & Sullivan seeks to understand the economic landscape contributed to and shaped by family businesses (hereinafter referred to as ‘family groups’ or ‘FG’). An understanding of contribution to economic growth, evolution and historical performances of family groups, their growth priorities and challenges, expansion plans - within and outside the Kingdome - especially in the context of alignment to KSA’s Vision 2030, and its demands on family groups.

**Responsibilities**:
**Key Responsibilities for the Intern**:
Collect a range of data and intelligence on FGs through primary and secondary research. Key deliverables include the following:

- Developing a master list of all large 50 FGs in the GCC region
- Type of industries invested or operating in; mapped to Frost & Sullivan’s verticals
- Names of sub-groups, and companies therein, legal entity names, public or private, website
- Key decision makers and influencers, and contact information; familiary with Frost & Sullivan
- Nature of engagement (for each company): investment vs operations
- Geographic coverage, level of exports, strategic partners and JVs
- Future plans: expansion of existing business, portfolio changes, future plans in terms of new businesses, investments, acquisitions and partnerships
- Prior history of dealing with advisory and consultancy firms; history of such engagements over the last 3 years, advisory firms worked with
- Develop critical industry insights
- Develop industry and company profiles
- Prioritization of FGs - based on preliminary assessment
- Quantification of opportunities for Frost & Sullivan in terms of value ($), type of advisory wor
- Provide project based support in terms of data collection, interviews, etc as needed for Research, Advisory or marketing groups.

Qualifications:
**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Self-driven and able to work independently
- Understanding of market research and/or strategic marketing techniques
- Secondary research skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication (Arabic and English)
- Responsive to critical situations / adherence to timelines and milestones