Strategic Intelligence Analyst at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

As a Strategic Intelligence Analyst, your primary responsibility is to provide valuable insights and analysis to support the development and implementation of an organization's strategic plans. The role involves gathering and interpreting data to provide intelligence in a way that that enables the business to respond to changing local and global dynamics, enhance decision-making and improve organization's competitive advantage. These insights contribute significantly to an organization's competitive edge and long-term success.

Market Research & Trend Analysis:

• Conduct primary and secondary research on various topics related to our industry, including market trends, competitive landscape, and customer insights, industry developments, and macroeconomic factors.
• Identify emerging trends and disruptions in the industry and evaluate their potential impact on the organisation, industry or market.
• Continuously monitor and track industry trends, competitor activities, and market opportunities.

Data gathering and processing

• Gather and process data from various sources, understanding market dynamics, transforming data into meaningful intelligence to inform decision making and identifying potential opportunities and threats.
• Analyze data and information to create insights and conclusions
• Analyze complex data sets to identify patterns, trends, and correlations
• Utilize publicly available information, corporate licenses relevant data and insights.

Strategy development and planning support

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in the development and strategic plans and objectives based on data-driven insights.
• Assist in the development of medium-term business plans and objectives based on data-driven insights.
• Work with the strategy team and cross functionally to conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to assess the potential outcomes of different strategic decisions and identify associated risks.

Presentations and Reports

• Create professionally formatted and grammatically correct reports, dashboards and presentations, including executive summaries, research findings, and recommendations.
• Clearly communicate findings, implication for the business and market, recommendations, and potential risks.
• Publish articles and thought leadership pieces

EBM support/Input

• Provide strategic input into the Enterprise Business Model (EBM) process
• Work collaboratively with various teams to compile the meeting input/presentation for strategic activities meeting within the EBM process

Customer Perspective

• Monitor and analyze competitors' activities, strategies, strengths, weaknesses, and market positioning. Provide actionable insights to support the organization's competitive advantage.

Customer Intelligence

• Monitor changes in customer behaviors, preferences, needs and expectations – identifying emerging trends and implications for the industry and the organisation

Compliance

• Adhere to compliance standard as it relates to handlings of sensitive and confidential data.

Risk Assessment

• Work collaboratively with teams to Identify and evaluate potential risks and challenges that may impact the organization's strategic goals and develop risk mitigation strategies.

Continuous Improvement

• Stay abreast of the latest market research methodologies, business intelligence tools, and industry best practices.
• Continuously improve analytical techniques and data gathering processes.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Work collaboratively with various departments and stakeholders to gather insights and disseminate intelligence in the organisation

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant field i.e. business administration, marketing, finance, data science or a related discipline. A master’s degree would be advantageous

Work Experience:

• 10 or more years experience, preferably in petro-chemical industry

Knowledge and skills:

• Astute analytical and critical thinking ability to process and interpret complex data.
• Knowledge and interest in local and global developments and trends and its implications for the energy/petrochemical industry
• Creative mindset and eagerness to discover new areas and contribute to new ways of thinking
• Proficiency in using various market research and business intelligence tools.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise among competing tasks
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a strategy team engaging with cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to handle multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Adept at problem-solving and identifying opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Understanding of the competitive landscape and industry trends.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to convey findings to stakeholders clearly.
• Knowledge of strategic planning frameworks and methodologies.
• Familiarity with financial analysis and forecasting techniques.

Application deadline:

03 August 2023