Manager - Analytics Delivery

The Manager Analytics Delivery is responsible for supporting on developing and executing our Analytics Delivery and Insights roadmap, in close collaboration with our product owners, data scientists and data engineers who arespearheading the Advanced Analytics transformation across company. The role holder is also responsible for leading a team of data analysts to drive actionable insights and deliver impactful solutions to the business.

The Company is continuing to develop and build its analytics talent to support its advanced analytics agenda. The various analytics use cases launched by the Retail Analytics Unit on a start-up mode will establish the unit’s foundation to develop a powerful product portfolio following it’s sustainable growth. As such, team members are given the latitude to shape the trajectory of the unit and bring their ideas and visions into fruition.  

He/she will be at the forefront of enhancing the Advanced Analytics value proposition, in line with the long-term digital and non-digital objectives.

Analytics Delivery and Insights Strategy

• Lead analytics projects to ensure high quality, consistent delivery of recommendations on time
• Guide the team to conduct complex analyses that translate data into actionable insights; provide analytical and data-driven decision-making support for key projects
• Oversee metrics for monitoring the business as well as dashboards and reports catering to the needs of all our stakeholders across various leadership levels
• Coach the team to develop and automate models/segmentations, solving for other analytical needs for stakeholders in liaison

Function Competencies

• SQL, Python, PySpark, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI.

Minimum Qualifications/education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a computer science / engineering / math or related technical discipline
• Master’s Degree in a similar field is preferred

Minimum experience:

• 7+ years in a managerial Data Analytics role in an international environment; creating and building complex analyses and evaluation tools for assessing/tracking performance and learning associated user behaviors with the ability to demonstrate value and track record
• 2+ years in the retail/FMCG business is preferred
• Should have worked on Customer Analytics, Inventory Management or Assortmenet or Promotion or pricing solution

Skills:

• Strong leadership and people management capabilities with proven ability to develop strategic relationships with senior leadership stakeholders
• Proficient in several visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
• Expert in various programming languages is a must, such as R/Python/SQL/PySpark etc.
• Expert in statistical analysis, and/or insights
• Experience in building multiple algorithm/modeling techniques is a must, such as Logistic Regression, Linear Regression, Clustering, Decision Trees, Randfom Forest, SVM, KNN etc.
• Exposed to time series forecasting, boosting algorithms, optimization techniques, NLP, recommendation systems, ElasticNet
• Sound know-how of Azure, Databrics / Spark, and git-Basic understanding of web application framework
• Collaborative, pragmatic and proactive problem solver
• Proven ability to see the big picture with attention to details, translate data into meaningful analysis and insights, sound understanding of the analytics ecosystem and value chain from both a business and a technical standpoint
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams
• Strong business communication and presentation skills with proven experience managing executive-level communications
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload
• Strong English language skills (Speaking, Reading and Writing) with exceptional business writing, Arabic is a plus

Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)