Manager - Data Analytics

Key Responsibilities:

The incumbent has to engage key stakeholders to leverage insights towards actionable outcomes/next steps. He / she has to work with diverse teams (DP, SP, Finance, Marketing, Affiliate/Region/Global etc) on specific projects to synthesize market, consumer insights about our brands, our competitors & markets (internal & external Supply Chain, Financial, Marketing data etc) to increase depth of understanding and provide actionable insights for our affiliate/brand/IBP business partners

• Enable business planning decisions through data & analytics (regular and/or ad-hoc analysis based on business needs to support the ‘Running of the Business’ eg Consumer, demand, sales, service/cash/cost, margins/profitability, financial, marketing, segmentation, IT etc)
• Develop forecasting model (sales drivers, shipment, consumption etc) to improve forecast accuracy
• Work with Regional and Affiliate Op DPs to create and model demand scenarios for Regional/ Affiliate IBP meetings
• Design, develop and deploy Analytical Dashboards to enable fast and efficient “Data è Insights è Action” cycle
• Develop and build talent through direct management of the Forecast/Data Analyst(s)
• Work with IBP team (DP, SP, Finance, Marketing etc) to understand capabilities gap and recommend how to close the capability gaps
• Initiate projects: Develop, design and deploy Analytical capabilities (reports, framework, tools etc)
• Support the running of the business: Gather and Analyse diverse sets of data with an actionable business action based on ‘business questions’

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Computer Science, or related field
• 8-10 years of related experience in Data Analytics, Business Analysis, Business Planning, Supply Chain Planning
• Knowledge of, and experience with marketing, Integrated Business Planning (IBP/S&OP), forecasting / demand planning, innovation planning, financial planning
• Knowledge of beauty industry and regional / affiliate market trends
• Strong analytical and modeling skills with hands-on experience with statistical forecasting and planning tools (e.g., SAP, o9, etc.)
• Expert in Data extract, mining, staging, system architecture etc to support the Analytical Tools (eg PowerBI/Tableau) 
• Strong organizational skills, with ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple accountabilities simultaneously
• Ability to work within and across multiple functional teams, collaborating with Planning, Brand, Finance, Supply Chain and Commercial stakeholders from affiliate / region / global
• Ability to strategically identify and validate regional industry trends and sales drivers
• Strong written and oral communication skills. “Convincing and believable”
• Strong attention to detail – ability to accurately manage, update, maintain large datasets
• Highly analytical – able to conduct business analysis