Head of Business Insights at Pernod Ricard

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead an insights team to identify, analyze and interpret complex data sets to generate strategic insights that inform business decisions.
• Collaborate with the broader Data Distillery to ensure usage of relevant data sets to drive data led decisions and insights within the broader business
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify key business challenges and opportunities and develop data-driven solutions to drive value growth.
• Develop and implement effective data collection and analysis processes to ensure accuracy and completeness of data.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to senior leadership team and other key stakeholders to inform business strategy and decision-making.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Work with the Centres of Excellence to ensure that the latest tools/ methodologies from the group can be implemented to accelerate growth within the region
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure effective collaboration and communication.

Key Competencies and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

• Ability to problem solve and adapt to change
• Proven ability to lead a team of analysts to deliver strategic insights and recommendations to senior leadership team
• Strong analytical skills and ability to analyze complex data sets.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate insights and recommendations to senior leadership team and other key stakeholders
• Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools and techniques such as Execel, Power BI, Tableu
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to collaborate across multiple functions
• Strong presentation skills

Qualifications and Experience:

• Tertiary qualification required: Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Economics, Statistics or Business related field
• Minimum 7 years experience in insights, data analytics, business intelligence or related fields (FMCG or liquor experience is beneficial)
• Experience in analysing a variety of qualitative and quantitative data sets
• Project management experience essential.
• Work within Strategic or portfolio roles is beneficial.
• Knowledge of Sub-Saharan African and experience in SSA is beneficial.
• Driver’s license, willingness to travel.