Job Description

To enhance the competitiveness and profitability of a product category by providing comprehensive analysis, support, and execution of a customer-centric category strategy. This strategy focuses on product assortment, pricing, promotions, and placement. The Data Analyst I will conduct descriptive data analysis by gathering, consolidating, and analyzing complex datasets to generate insights, predictions, and recommendations. This role will advise stakeholders on business challenges and sales opportunities while supporting long-term trading strategies.
Key Outputs

• Generate insights, predictions, and actionable recommendations.
• Produce tactical and strategic reports to support business activities.
• Contribute to the development and execution of long-term trading strategies.

Job Advert Details
Job Category Retail
Job Objectives

• Provide buyers with robust data to inform pricing and promotional performance.
• Assess the performance of new projects, including changes in product range, pricing initiatives, promotions, and in-store displays
• Deliver predefined reports to support business operations, including supplier performance reviews, pricing reviews, promotional planning, and sales analysis
• Prepare data for weekly management meetings, focusing on critical issues and departmental KPIs
• Collect and interpret initiatives from annual category reviews, briefing relevant buyers on insights prior to supplier meetings

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (BCom, BSc) or a certification in Data Analytics
Experience

• 2 years of experience as a Data Analyst or in a similar role within a business environment.
• Proven ability to apply research and analytical methods within large datasets to identify trends and purchasing behavior that inform pricing, promotional, merchandising, and trading decisions.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking abilities.
• Capacity to communicate insights clearly to inform business decisions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and critical thinking.
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
• Proficient in English, both verbal and written.
• Financial and business acumen with a solid understanding of data utilization in retail trading.

Desirable Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of pharmaceutical products and front shop operations.
• Familiarity with SAP Buying/Retail Systems.
• Experience with Tableau or MS Power BI.
• Proficiency in Power Query for Excel, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Structured Query Language (SQL), and programming languages like R or Python.

Skills Required