Merchandise Analyst

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Engen Full time

Purpose of the Job:


Provide analytics that supports & informs decision making and is aligned with the achievement of the strategic goals through creating, managing, evaluating, investigating, analysing data queries relating to category management, optimizing data & frameworks within which the category management process can effectively operate and engaging with teams and data management stakeholders to ensure such queries are resolved.


Who You Are:

  • You are dynamic thinker with a high aptitude for learning
  • You have built credibility within your organization and amongst your peers
  • You are an expert at interpretation and execution of strategic objectives
  • You are passionate about retail and selling, especially the customer experience
  • You have excellent communication and negotiation skills
  • You have a detailed understanding of data and why its accuracy is key
  • You have a reputation for being insightful and operating with integrity
  • You are able to collaborate with people outside our team within your organisation

What you'll have done before:

Baseline:

  • NQF Level 6 (Diploma in ANalytics/Sciences/Technology)
  • 5 years' experience in Data Analytics (within the Retail environment)
  • Knowledge of Regional Occupational Health & Safety Policy and Occupational Health & Safety Act.

Advantageous:

  • BSc Mathematics/ Stats/ Data Science/ BI
  • 3 years' experience Advanced Analytics in a Specialist role within Food Retailing
  • Experience on Qlikview/ SQL/ Programming

Exciting Challenges you might face in the role:

  • Immerse yourself in various aspects of the organisation
  • Influencing the strategic direction of Engen convenience business
  • Learning from, and being able to influence some of the best and experienced people
  • Operate effectively in an everchanging, dynamic and agile business

What you'll be doing:

  • Undertake multiple data sources that will deliver actionable insights and recommendations to the merchandising and category teams
  • Perform accurate data analysis in support of informed decision making within the categories and with a view to improve profits and customer satisfaction indicators across the NFR business
  • Service adhoc requests for information within the required timeframe and specification, with a focus on translating adhoc solutions into effective, sustainable solutions
  • Integrate customer insights data with assortment & space data to provide further understanding on customer behaviours in order to assist & inform the category management decision making process
  • Ensure timeous and accurate production of reports through analysis of trends and interpretation, with special emphasis on customer behaviour & insights and on space optimisation
  • Ensure understanding of defined data standards and clearly execute the range of acceptable values and attributes for data
  • Ensure that business requirements of the end user are properly aligned to agreed data governance standards, definitions & calculations, criteria and business processes & standards
  • Adhere to formal established processes and take responsibility for leading and supporting the greater business data standards and efforts.
  • Collaborate with other data stewards to resolve issues related to standards and definitions for data elements that cross domains
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams to assist with analytics within areas such as impact analysis (stock writedowns & reviews), capacity reports & post implementation reviews and macro analysis and returns/ performance to ensure effective decision making
  • Engage with business and IT stakeholders to focus on continuous improvement of information in terms of relevance, quality and speed of delivery
  • Ensure data accuracy through monitoring data completeness, integrity and quality to ensure availability of correct information at all times
  • Ensure compliance to data governance through data cleansing & provision of feedback and taking ownership of data management

Location:

Cape Town:

Job Advert Closing Date:
All job adverts close five days after date posted

Engen's approved Employment Equity plans and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

Important Information:

  • The appointment will be made in line with Engen's Employment Equity Strategy.
  • Engen reserves the right not to make an appointment.

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