Business Analyst at Sheer Logic Management Consultants

Sheer Logic Management Consultants is seeking to engage dynamic individuals for a Business Analyst position for one of our clients.

Job Purpose

• Provide data analysis and insight support to the business towards achieving set objectives.
• Compile, process, analyze and provide insight on all sales and marketing data.
• Collate and process daily/weekly /monthly primary/secondary sales
• Incentives and ROI analysis on sales and marketing promotions
• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems.
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities as relates to data collection and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Track, analyze and report sales results: Primary and Secondary Sales
• Supervise sales Automation projects – handhelds, Power BI
• Management of sales force /Partners Accounts Incentives and ROI analysis.
• Coordination of Databases- Sales, Stocks, Partners, Trade channels.
• Analyze business wide performance based on contributions by regions, brand and partners
• Business improvement of existing and new database and reporting modules
• Deliver monthly data packets detail category performance, primary and secondary sales trends, weighted and numeric distribution performance by channel and region, etc.
• Leading ongoing monthly reviews of business processes with sales team to ensure they are equipped to deliver on set targets

Competencies

Knowledge:

Role will need a high level of knowledge in the following areas:

• Computer skills (Good use of Ms office applications, Sun System and JDE)
• Basic Accounting skills
• Business Management
• Time management
• Experience with reporting packages (Business Objects etc), databases, programming software.
• Statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing large datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc)

Complexity:

Role will need the ability to manage business complexities and layers of information by:

• Providing accurate reports and Insights
• Partners Account Reconciliation
• Monthly sales report analysis
• Independent thinking: Highly proactive, solution focused ability to adequately track and measure.

Measuring & Tracking: Role will directly identify appropriate projects for measuring and also key criteria for tracking execution of the same as well as delivery against business goals