Business Analyst

Sheer Logic Management Consultants is seeking to engage dynamic individuals for a Business Analyst position for one of our clients.
Job Purpose

Provide data analysis and insight support to the business towards achieving set objectives.
Compile, process, analyze and provide insight on all sales and marketing data.
Collate and process daily/weekly /monthly primary/secondary sales
Incentives and ROI analysis on sales and marketing promotions
Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.
Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems.
Locate and define new process improvement opportunities as relates to data collection and analysis.

Responsibilities

Track, analyze and report sales results: Primary and Secondary Sales
Supervise sales Automation projects – handhelds, Power BI
Management of sales force /Partners Accounts Incentives and ROI analysis.
Coordination of Databases- Sales, Stocks, Partners, Trade channels.
Analyze business wide performance based on contributions by regions, brand and partners
Business improvement of existing and new database and reporting modules
Deliver monthly data packets detail category performance, primary and secondary sales trends, weighted and numeric distribution performance by channel and region, etc.
Leading ongoing monthly reviews of business processes with sales team to ensure they are equipped to deliver on set targets

Competencies
Knowledge:
Role will need a high level of knowledge in the following areas:

Computer skills (Good use of Ms office applications, Sun System and JDE)
Basic Accounting skills
Business Management
Time management
Experience with reporting packages (Business Objects etc), databases, programming software.
Statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing large datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc)

Complexity:
Role will need the ability to manage business complexities and layers of information by:

Providing accurate reports and Insights
Partners Account Reconciliation
Monthly sales report analysis
Independent thinking: Highly proactive, solution focused ability to adequately track and measure.

Measuring & Tracking: Role will directly identify appropriate projects for measuring and also key criteria for tracking execution of the same as well as delivery against business goals