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  • Posted: Jan 20, 2020
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    Santam Limited is the largest short-term insurer in South Africa, with a market share in excess of 22%, providing short-term insurance products through broker networks and direct sales channels. The company was established in 1918 and offers personal, commercial, and corporate insurance solutions. Santam is a subsidiary of Sanlam Limited and has been listed ...
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    Data Analyst

    Santam’s Group Sourcing team has a position available for a Data Analyst. The ideal candidate is passionate about turning data into actionable insights. Somebody who takes responsibility for streamlining procedures and automating reporting processes. This person will show a keen interest in new technology in the big data environment and conscious of Predictive Analytics, AI and Machine Learning. The successful incumbent will be based in Tygervalley, Cape Town.

    Ensure the availability of procurement spend , BBBEE- and benefits information to enable reporting to commodity managers in Group Sourcing, relevant stakeholders within the Sanlam Group and Santam Exco; to analyse data to provide key insights including inflation drivers to improve on cost management and revenue generation. To build data models to enable the reporting and insights.

    Knowledge And Skills

    • Understanding of DataWarehousing
    • Report building using tools such as Qlik, Tableau, Power BI etc
    • Data Analytics
    • Understanding of business requirement gathering
    • Constructing excel sensitivity analysis on deal structures (with macros and pivot tables) as articulated by Sourcing team and ensure various scenarios are easily modelled.
    • Managing medium complexity projects for Sourcing Team.
    • Influence and present findings and recommendations as required generating savings.
    • Identifying savings opportunities based on spend analysis conducted.
    • Conducting due diligence in supplier identification, market research, supplier evaluation, pricing analysis.
    • A sound foundation of cost versus benefit analysis.
    • Basic understanding of predictive modelling.
       

    What will make you successful in this role?

    Key Responsibilities

    General Reporting

    • Establish and improve management and operational reports.
    • Design and develop reports within Qliksense/Qlikview.
    • Gather reporting requirements and build automated reports.
    • Monitor and report on performance measures of Group Sourcing unit in monthly report packs and balance scorecard.
    • Manage the tracking of savings from sourcing initiatives.
    • Manage monitoring and tracking of sourcing statistics (spend, contracts, etc.)
    • Assist in jointly developing and managing the annual target setting with management in Group Sourcing.
    • Ensure all relevant reporting requirements are fulfilled outside of Group Sourcing.
    • Ensure integrity of data.

    Monthly BBBEE Preferential Procurement

    • Prepare/oversee periodic BBBEE scorecards for all businesses in the Sanlam Group.
    • Engage with respective commodity managers for improving the achieved score.
    • Knowledgeable on BBBEE codes of good practice.
    • Drive initiatives to collect influential BBBEE certificates and sworn affidavits.
    • Ensure the requests and requirements of stakeholders are met.
    • Improve and streamline the BBBEE reporting process.

    Systems

    • Build and continuous improvement of enterprise data warehouse (relating to Group Sourcing).
    • Ensure Mpowered (BBBEE reporting system) is up to date and functions optimally, assist in changes and enhancements.
    • Ensure Qlik models are complete accurate and up to date, and functions optimally.
    • Ensure Network Manager (Predictive modelling system) is up to date and optimal Net Cost Ratio calculation is used.
    • Searchlight (Sourcing system)data from various sources are collated timeously, uploaded and analysis done.
    • Sourcing system - oversee the supplier data analysis modules.

    Analysis

    • Ensure integrity and quality of data.
    • Comprehend and interpret procurement spend and commodity cost models.
    • Analyse impact of changes in cost models.
    • Provide recommendations to optimise revenue and costs.

    Qualifications And Experience

    • Bachelor Degree or National Diploma, Post Graduate studies in Data Science, Mathematics
    • Minimum 3 years commercial experience.
    • Report building using tools such as Qlik, Tableau, Power BI etc
    • Coding skills
      • SQL
      • R and Python (advantageous)
         

    PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

    • Drives results
    • Collaborates
    • Client focus
    • Flexibility and adaptability
    • Cultivates innovation
    • Analytical thinking
    • Influencing/ gaining commitment
    • Business acumen

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Santam Insurance on careers.sanlamcloud.co.za to apply

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