NPD Analyst - HQ Bryanston at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide volume and logistics insights for new projects in order to highlight and mitigate risks to ensure greater success in foundational stage of new projects
• Support planning processes of NPD’s / promotions by identifying and managing internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve efficient scope, timing and budget adherence
• Provide input and guidance into volume triangulation and cannibalization assumptions for new products and promotions by analyzing market availability/reach, product chaining and consumer profile insights
• Collaborate with internal Logistics stakeholders to identify supply chain requirements and constraints that facilitate or hamper new project success
• Manage and track project milestones for ALL planning and operational inputs to the NPD and assess deviation from project design
• Monitor and support active projects to evaluate deviations from initial project assumptions in order realign all stakeholders to ensure project delivers on initial volume and revenue aspirations
• Manage and identify discontinuation of products to the business through collaboration with brand, commercial and supply chain stakeholders
• Manage product life cycle and drive portfolio rationalization
• Govern Masterdata process to ensure that new products are seamlessly integrated into planning and procurement systems

Key Attributes:

• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity
• Good communicator across all levels within and external to the organization
• Ability to influence Business Unit Presidents across Africa Zone
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to build rapport and influence across all levels in the organization
• Excellent self management practices with a pro-active, energetic and committed approach
• Excellent presentation and report drafting skills
• Ability to manage multiple streams of information optimally with attention to detail
• An inclination towards the quantitative disciplines of mathematics, statistics and economics would be advantageous
• Basic business financial understanding would be advantageous

Minimum Requirements:

• Preferred Candidate should have a tertiary qualification in an analytical field
• Ideal candidate should have between 3 – 5 years experience in supply chain or commercial disciplines in an FMCG environment
• Effective problem-solving, numeracy and analytical skills at both operational and tactical levels
• Proficiency in MS Excel is required