Data Analyst: Logistics at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Responsibilities

• Gathering, documenting and signing off on TFG Logistics data requirements.
• Converting data requirements to workable technical implementation specifications.
• Developing end-to-end solutions for agreed requirements. Including data sources, conversion scripts, user accessible artifacts (Excel, IBM Cognos, Power BI and others).
• Testing and validating code to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Enhancing the data-driven culture at TFG Logistics through support, training and data governance initiatives.
• Continuous pursuit of additional skills to delivery customer needs.
• Overcoming technical/architectural challenges to deliver new data related capabilities.

Qualifications
Qualifications and Experience:

• Diploma, Graduate Degree, or Post Graduate Degree in computer science, data engineering, analytics or similar.
• Extensive knowledge of retail supply chain processes.
• Experience of working with warehouse management and transport management systems.
• Data pipeline / engineering experience.
• Oracle SQL, Python, Power BI. 
• Data visualisations – Power BI.
• Data governance (Databricks).

Skills: 

• Applying practical experience to enhance understanding and application of data in a transactional environment.
• Immense attention to detail.
• Strong desire to deliver at speed and high customer satisfaction.
• Clear and constructive communication to facilitate requirements documentation and product training and delivery.
• Creating reliable data products from a vaguely defined data environment through practical validations.

Behaviours: 

• Commitment to high-speed technical delivery under time pressure.
• Ability to simplify communication to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work on a variety of deliverables as pressures and understanding matures. (Multi-tasking).
• Display a sense of tenaciousness to keep pursuing solutions to a new delivery problem.