Functional Relationship Manager - IT Analytics, Data

About the position

With a history spanning over 150 years, our client didn't become the world's leading food and beverages brand by chance. Perfection is at the heart of what they do, and their people are always looking for the next big idea to cement their status. They are now looking for an IT ADI Functional Relationship Manager within their IT department based in Bryanston.



Key Responsibilities

As an ADI FRM, the primary role is for the incumbent to utilize their analytical thought leadership to understand how possible analytical techniques and use of data ecosystems align to business questions and challenges within the food and beverage market. They will Initiate and own value driven data and analytics portfolio of use cases through a cross functional council within their respective entity (ESAR market) in line with the business strategy/MBS/OMP. Help in Data and Analytics Use Case Prioritization, Road mapping and Business Case Creation. They will be accountable for executing entity driven use cases whilst embedding scaled analytics on strategic/execution use cases coming from functions, category, or joint market initiatives to derive value. They will also be able to test and learn in smaller scope and innovate new ideas and showcase value enabling agile methodology. One of the key responsibilities would be to orchestrate data governance in the market and work closely with above market data office. Most importantly you will be custodians of Change Management and Adoption (changes in ways of working, process integration) to ensure realization of value as well as help develop further the data literacy (capability building, trainings) in market for all functions and categories.



Non-Negotiables

• Bachelor's degree or higher (Engineering/ Computer Science /Mathematics/Statistics).
• 10+ years' experience in commercial analytics.

Minimum Requirements

• Demonstrated Experience leveraging data visualization and knowledge of statistical techniques and software (e.g., MS Power BI, R, Python, Open source) and cloud environments (AZURE, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.).
• Demonstrated Experience leveraging analytical models to solve business problems with successful implementation and business value return.
• Simplifying complex messages making them understandable to businesspeople.
• Demonstrated business knowledge in "FMCG/ CPG" or "Retail" industry and applied analytics to scenarios in context of this domain.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior executive leadership team members directly.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience in coordinating across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results and insights to technical and non-technical audiences leading to successful analytic collaboration.
• Demonstrated ability to lead team and work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated experience working in a global environment and with virtual teams leading to business value.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing excellent customer facing skills to drive analytic collaboration".

Job Type:

• Full-time

Workplace type:

• Onsite

Location:

• Bryanston, South Africa

Experience Level:

• Mid-Senior level

Desired Skills:

• Azure
• FMCG
• Data Visualization