Junior Data Analyst at Shoprite Group of Companies

Job Objectives

Produce insights, predictions and recommendations:

• Perform analytics based on a defined set of reports, models and standards to deliver insights that supports business decision-making, addresses business or trading challenges and provides actionable solutions.
• Analyse nuances in customer profile and behaviour and make recommendations around adjustment in offer, pricing, promotions and other trade related decisions to better meet customer demands.
• Perform analysis and interpretation of performance of new projects e.g., changes in range, pricing initiatives, new products and promotions, changes in display in-store, changes in product on-shelf availability.
• Proactively support buyers with robust data that informs pricing and promotional performance.
• Integrate various data sources to unlock and realise sales opportunities e.g., data from other departments, local census.
• Implement a statistically sound and consistent approach to measuring the effectiveness of proposed pricing strategies within the department.

Produce tactical and strategic reporting:

• Deliver predefined reports to support business activities e.g., preparation for supplier performance reviews, pricing reviews, promotional planning and performance and sales analysis.
• Integrate reports with sound recommendations based on fact-based scenarios.
• Prepare for weekly management meetings on critical data related issues and departmental KPIs.
• Produce integrated reports including sales and profitability performance reports, competitor pricing and merchandising reports and other general reports as the business need rises.

Support long-term trading strategies:

• Support long-term strategy level decisions using customer science techniques.
• Collect and interpret initiatives proposed in annual category reviews and thoroughly brief relevant buyers on insights prior to supplier meetings.
• Support buyers with the preparation of annual category strategies by reporting performance on key initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams, leveraging successful initiatives, findings and analytics techniques to benefit the broader national team.

Data Gathering and processing Responsibility

• Converting raw data into meaningful insights and Reports

Qualifications

Essential:

• Bachelor's degree in commerce with a focus in (Statistics, Accounting/Economics/Financial Management/Business management)/Diploma in Information systems or similar.

Experience

Essential:

• 0-3+ years’ experience with demonstrable knowledge and experience applying research, analytical methods, applications and tools within large datasets to identify trends and purchasing behaviour that informs pricing, promotional, merchandising and trading decisions.