Head of Business Insights

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Pernod Ricard Full time

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead an insights team to identify, analyze and interpret complex data sets to generate strategic insights that inform business decisions.
- Collaborate with the broader Data Distillery to ensure usage of relevant data sets to drive data led decisions and insights within the broader business
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify key business challenges and opportunities and develop data-driven solutions to drive value growth.
- Develop and implement effective data collection and analysis processes to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
- Communicate insights and recommendations to senior leadership team and other key stakeholders to inform business strategy and decision-making.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
- Work with the Centres of Excellence to ensure that the latest tools/ methodologies from the group can be implemented to accelerate growth within the region
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure effective collaboration and communication.

Key Competencies and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

- Ability to problem solve and adapt to change
- Proven ability to lead a team of analysts to deliver strategic insights and recommendations to senior leadership team
- Strong analytical skills and ability to analyze complex data sets.
- Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate insights and recommendations to senior leadership team and other key stakeholders
- Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools and techniques such as Execel, Power BI, Tableu
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to collaborate across multiple functions
- Strong presentation skills

Qualifications and Experience:
Tertiary qualification required: Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Economics, Statistics or Business related field

Minimum 7 years experience in insights, data analytics, business intelligence or related fields (FMCG or liquor experience is beneficial)

Experience in analysing a variety of qualitative and quantitative data sets

Project management experience essential.

Work within Strategic or portfolio roles is beneficial.

Knowledge of Sub-Saharan African and experience in SSA is beneficial.

Driver’s license, willingness to travel.

Job Posting End Date:
2023-06-09

Target Hire Date:
2023-07-01

Target End Date:



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