Graduate Commercial Analyst - Midrand at MSD

Role Purpose

• Brings an analytics mindset to the commercial processes to ensure that business decisions are informed by data.
• The successful incumbent will undergo a comprehensive development program over a period of 24 months.

Role Responsibilities

• Helps with data stewardship and data governance.
• Helps define and manage data standards and access rules, work with 3rd party data stakeholders.
• Consult with business functions, extract and analyse relevant data from data information systems to assist in organizational decision making.
• Provide strategic commentary on information provided.
• Identify new data needs for stakeholders. Informs micro-targeting and personalization of campaigns.
• Assist in shaping data strategy. Serves as first point of contact for data sets within a domain and has a deep understanding of the data within the domain.
• Designs or will work with IT designers (depending on the tools) to deliver visualizations and descriptive reports to uncover.
• Insights to inform marketing execution and sales trends/competitor analysis.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience required:

• Undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Business Science (Finance/Economics), information management/Data Sciences, or STEM.
• Computer proficiency in MS Office suite (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point).
• Disabled candidates may apply.

COMPETENCIES:

Technical

• Master of data navigation.
• Helps with data navigation & promotes stewardship.
• Defines data quality standards and manages access rules.
• Visualization production expertise (e.g. Excel Advanced, Power BI etc.).
• Planning and Organisation.
• Communication skills.
• Business Acumen.
• Attention to detail.
• Good presentation skills.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.

Behavioural

• Foster Collaboration.
• Drive for results.
• High end interpersonal skills & Customer Centricity.
• Creativity & Innovation.
• Demonstrate Ethics & Integrity.