Date: 18-May-2019
Location: Dubai, AE
Company: Al Futtaim Private Company LLC
Job Requisition ID: 34038
No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.
As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, Robinsons, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.
Come join us to live well, work better, and be the best.
About the Job:
We are looking for an experienced Data Analyst who will gather information from various sources and interprets data and turns it into information, which provides key insights and offer ways to improve material management, and thus influencing business decisions. Reporting to the Senior Manager – Material Management, this role will ensure the accurate and timely delivery of Supply Chain KPI reporting and periodical analyses by conducting complex quantitative modelling in support of achieving the operational goals of the business.
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Among your key responsibilities as are as follow:
- Define, implement and measure performance goals and metrics at the Products and Business Unit levels for the Material Management strategy and operations.
- Perform requirements elicitation, statistical and qualitative data analysis and translate data into best-practice reports based on data mining, analysis, and visualization.
- Be able to take complex ideas data and concepts and simplify and explain through reports, infographics and power points presentations
- Communicate complex analysis and programs effectively to a wide audience in order to achieve buy in and understanding
- Identify the opportunities and implement automations of the reporting process. Define and implement data acquisition and integration logic, by utilizing a combination of methods, sources, and tools.
- Work on multiple projects and as support function on projects both in the UAE and abroad
About You:
This position analyses business data and provides analysis reports and KPIs, measures company’s inventory position and comparison to optimum stocking strategy and stock health and service level goals. These provides insights and influences key management decisions. To be successful for the role you must have the following skills and qualifications:
- Graduate in Graphical Design or Mathematical Based Degree (Finance, IT Business etc.)
- Experience in communicating data to all organizational levels
- Able to multitask and deliver the result under time pressure
- Previous experience eliciting, evaluating and defining detailed requirements from high-level ideas.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience analyzing and interpreting data, drawing conclusions, defining recommended actions, and reporting results across stakeholders.
- Expertise in Microsoft Office suite
- Knowledge of some Data Analytics and Reporting Tools like Tableau, BIW, SAS orSAP Business Objects
- Basic understanding of data based programming languages ( SQL, R, Python etc)
- Supply Chain Management or equivalent experience/training preferred but not required
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