Data Analyst at Shoprite Group of Companies

Purpose of the Job    

• The purpose of the Data Analyst role is to extract, analyse, and interpret data to leverage competitive advantage, supporting business decision-making through actionable trends and insights.
• This role is designed to enhance the individual’s analytical skills and proficiency in data communication while collaborating within a cross-functional, agile team.
• The Data Analyst execute various data analytics tasks, including basic modelling and scenario framing to solve business problems, and effectively communicates findings to facilitate sound commercial decisions.
• This position emphasizes continuous skill development and maintaining clear, concise communication of data-driven insights.

Job Objectives    

• Work with business stakeholders to understand and correctly frame analysis requirements, hypotheses and questions and propose fit-for-purpose data led solutions.
• Work with business, technology, and development teams to identify and agree on the right data and application of the right analytical techniques to produce the right business insights.
• Assist in transforming complex data into meaningful formats and graphical reports by writing clear and effective business requirements and making necessary modifications as needed.
• Design, code, debug, test, document, and support applications consistent with established business requirements and specifications and actively participate in post-implementation reviews to ensure successful deployment and usability.
• Build and publish comprehensive and compelling dashboards, reports and analytical findings including insightful observations, commentary, and recommendations to optimise spend or increase the effectiveness of business initiatives.
• Support with complex data related queries from business stakeholders, helping to resolve issues or enable understanding and integration of findings to unlock key insights.
• Validate datasets and reports and proactively resolve any data or metric related issues.
• Evaluate the accuracy of data sources and data gathering techniques and ensure data quality and integrity is maintained throughout the analytics process.
• Maintain documentation, user guides or training material, ensuring the consistent applicaiton of language and definitions.
• Collaborate across teams and functions to fully leverage data and enable transformative insights that drive sound business decisions.
• Stay updated on developments in data analytics and adjacent fields to ensure the latest techniques and methods are applied to enhance data analysis practices at Shoprite.

Qualifications    

• Diploma or Degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Experience    

• +1 years’ experience working as part of an agile, progressive data team, as a Data Analyst or similar role.
• Experience working in an agile environment.

Knowledge and Skills    

• Basic proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques (e.g., SQL, Excel, Python, R).
• Familiarity with data analysis concepts and methods.
• Ability to work with large datasets.
• Basic knowledge of Tableau and PowerBI for data visualisation.
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases – (advantageous).

Closing Date    

• 2025/10/15