Business Intelligence Analyst

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JOB TITLE: Business Intelligence Analyst

FUNCTION: Finance

SUB FUNCTION:  Area Growth Management

CITY & COUNTRY: London (Chiswick), UK

What are the key objectives and expectations from this role?  

The Business Intelligence Analyst role will be essential to support cross-category pricing and trade insights agenda across area. Monitor performance across categories, generate and update of regular reporting for retail audit, interpretation of pricing outcomes are key focused activities for this role. Manage research agency to ensure smooth delivery of pricing studies, timely and accurate retail audit reporting will be essential as well.

What is the direct impact of this role on the team or organization?

Business Intelligence is a newly formed stream within the Growth Management sub-function with a key focus on consolidation of knowledge and insights around pricing and trade performance. Ensuring timely and accurate reporting, incorporation of insights into business agenda, focusing on improvement of current data utilization.

• Accumulate knowledge regarding performance in retail audit across Nicotine categories
• Generate new reporting templates, regular timely and accurate update of reporting, ensure constant improvement of templates and existing WoW
• Mastery in databases usage and utilisation – Nielsen Answers, PlusSuits, Power BI, Excel Pivot tables, etc.
• Maintaining the organisation of information worksheets and documents
• Provide accurate retail audit and pricing information to Marketing teams to support their plans
• Contribution to AdHoc analysis regarding pricing and retail audit performance
• Create a cross-functional network to ensure engagement and relevance of insights
• Coordinate price-related research studies and retail audit

ESSENTIAL

Experience Required

• Data analytics, confident database usage (Nielsen, Power BI)
• Experience in prioritizing tasks, managing workload and working under pressure
• Strong project management incl. 3rd party agencies management
• Experience managing people/Stakeholder management

Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required

• Strong analytical skills
• Project management
• Collaboration skills
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite (Notably Excel & PowerPoint)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required

• A Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields
• Strong commercial experience in relevant fields

BENEFICIAL

• Prior experience with retail audit tools (i.e., Nielsen) is not required but will be considered a plus

QUALIFYING QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANTS

• Are you familiar with Excel and complex formulas?
• Are you familiar with basic project management?
• Do you have knowledge of strong reporting building?