Senior Data Analyst (Supply Chain) at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Identify opportunities where data science methods will significantly improve the Supply Chain division’s performance in the areas of forecasting, capacity planning, scenario modeling, process optimization, complex analysis and reporting
• Providing high quality analysis to the Supply Chain Development team working across all Supply Chain projects
• Providing inputs for the further development of Supply Chain network model and strategy in conjunction with the Analytics team and wider Supply Chain division
• Bridging gap between problems cases and data, from multiple data inputs and systems
• Plan, prioritize and manage a roadmap of work that maximizes value-add with limited time
• Develop solutions according to the roadmap using appropriate methods, depending on the problem
• Measure, report and continuously improve model performance 
• Work closely with the Analytics team to brainstorm, identify opportunities and guide the roadmap
• Communicate opportunities and solutions effectively to relevant stakeholders
• Collaborate and share knowledge with the analytics teams across the company

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Statistics & Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Data Science or similar 
• Master’s Degree in Data Science, Advanced Analytics or similar highly beneficial
• Minimum 4 years experience within a Data Analytics or Data Science role 
• Minimum 4 years experience using statistical methods (regression, forecasting and modeling) in Python or R
• Minimum 4 years SQL scripting experience
• Minimum 2 years experience using data visualization tools such as PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau and Looker
• Experience within a Supply Chain, retail/ecommerce industry or similar would be highly beneficial