Pick n Pay IT / Telecom Jobs in Western Cape
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To manage trade analyses assisting in the development of trade optimisation and modelling tools to help drive trade in Pick n Pay Retail. To work cross-functionally within the Trade team assisting in the analysis of Pricing and Promotions.
Duties & Responsibilities
Pricing and Promo Analysis:
- Assist in the development of pricing and promotional tools to enable trade optimisation.
- Assist in the completion of day-to-day processes as required within the Pricing and Promotions teams.
Sales Forecasting:
- Develop the list of explanatory variables for sales forecasting.
- Assist in the development of relevant feature selection algorithms.
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- Align with the Trade Planning team to communicate sales targets and promotional sales requirements to the business.
- Computation of the descriptive statistics and daily summary reports.
- Contribute to trade planning and trade strategy effectively
- Build performance enhancing insights based on the data.
Data Processing:
- Manage the trade data ensuring the integrity and robustness of analysis.
- Contribute to the development of the trade database.
- Develop system enhancements to improve data processing efficiencies.
Trade Insights:
- Contribute to the development and incremental improvement of the trade analytics and insights engine.
- Build trade analysis reports analysing the effects of industry, technology, and market changes including industry practices, business trends, distribution methods, and the competitive environment.
- Design and build innovative approaches to continuously improve trade systems and processes.
- Perform complex analyses; identify trends and insights based on data.
Minimum Requirements
- 3-year undergraduate degree (Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Finance or similar).
- Preferably 1- 2 years Analytics experience in a field requiring a high degree of data.
- Understanding of the retail industry is advantageous.
- Advanced use of Microsoft product suite.
- Ability to use specialised analytical software (R, SQL, Knime, Power Bi, Tableau) is highly advantageous.
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Competencies
- Conceptual thinking Networking and Relationship Building
- Excellent Communications skills (Verbal and Written)
- Good problem solving skills
- Good Presentation skills
- Team Orientation
- Results Orientated with a sense of urgency
- Good analytical skills and ability to interpret data
Additional Information
- Competency based interview to assess above requirements
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