Senior Data Analyst - Westville, South Africa - RCL FOODS Careers

RCL FOODS Careers

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Westville, South Africa

2 weeks ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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At
RCL FOODS we see and do things differently, we think bigger, work smarter and as a team collectively work towards achieving our ambition, to Grow What Matters

RCL FOODS is on the hunt for an analytical critical thinking
Senior Data Analyst to join the
Group Services Division. The
Senior Data Analyst will report to the
Data Analytics Manager and the role will be based at
Westville.

The purpose of the role is to support data-driven decision making within RCL FOODS by collecting, preparing, modelling, visualising and analysing data.

Working closely with various stakeholders across the organization to extract value from the key insights. Focus on tasks under the guidance of the IT Data Analytics Manager. Leverage new technologies such as machine learning, AI, and RPA in order to facilitate sustainable growth for RCL FOODS.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Data Analytics:

Work with the business to identify analytics requirements and use cases.

Unpack & document business requirements, work with the Data Analytics team on solutions. Identify sources of data, creating a brief for technical teams and developing an overall timeline.

Data Collection:
Identifying and gathering data from various sources like databases, surveys, and web logs.

Data Cleaning:
Ensuring data accuracy and completeness by addressing inconsistencies, missing values, and outliers.

Data Transformation:
Formatting and restructuring data for analysis using tools like SQL and Python.

Data Modelling:
Building models to predict future outcomes or classify data points.

Data Visualization:
Creating informative charts, graphs, and dashboards to communicate insights effectively.

Staying up to date with new data analysis tools and techniques.

Maintaining data quality and adhering to data security protocols.

Support RCL FOODS on their Insights Driven Organization (IDO) upskilling journey.

Reporting:

Develop appropriate reports as requested by the Business & support citizen data analysts within the business functions to do the same.

Maintain and proactively enhance reports.

Technical Expertise:

Provide on-going advice and support on best practice to ensure continuous improvement within the data & analytics environment.

Develop specialist knowledge of the Microsoft BI tools and platform, identify opportunities to deliver best value solutions and make recommendations to the Data & Analytics Manager.

End User Support:

Work in conjunction with learning team, super users and citizen analysts to deliver and conduct end user training on existing and new data analytics solutions.

Assist business users in resolving BI related issues.

Provide clear problem definition and liaise with necessary technical experts/external consultants to resolve technical issues.

Drive Continuous Business Improvement:

Identify opportunities in the business to drive insights in the organization.

Data Governance:

Ensure Data assets are governed according to Security framework.

Ensure Data integrity measures are in place, e.g. success and accuracy of ETL loads.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Statistics, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.

Minimum of 2-4 years' data & analytics experience in the FMCG or Retail industry.

Strong understanding of data analysis concepts and techniques.

Proficiency in using data analysis tools such as SQL, and at least one data visualization tool (Power BI, Tableau, etc).

Excellent communication and presentation skills.