Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Job Description

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for a Analytics and Visualization Manager. The successful candidate will be based in the Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Head Office with flexibility of location, reporting directly to the Head of Knowledge and Insights and will have not have direct subordinates. The successful applicant will support the evaluation, procurement and administration of tools to support the organization needs around descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytics. Works closely with IT and external application teams, defining product strategy, introducing cutting edge tools and modernizing reporting techniques across the organization. Coca-Cola Beverages Africa is the largest African Coca-Cola bottler, accounting for 40 percent of all Coca-Cola volumes on the continent. CCBA is a market leader in the NARTD (non-alcoholic ready to drink market) in Africa. CCBA has an extensive footprint in Africa, employing over 15 000 employees.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Identifying and gathering relevant and quality data sources required to fully answer questions, address problems, and recommend strategy through testing or exploratory data analysis Leading and guiding the CCBA Commercial Function’s data visualization evolution Interacting with Business users and understanding their requirements from a data analytic, visualization and User Interface / Experience perspective Developing and converting a strategic vision for all data visualization and reporting solutions in the Commercial space Providing data visualization, evaluations and mentorship with projects in accordance to our corporate guidelines Building expertise in diverse and emerging technologies and new visualization concepts and principles Working with IT and Digital to create a data/modelling environment that is efficient for analysis Engaging with the IT and the BIS team in the migration to cloud warehousing and the delivery of data visualization and reporting tools Supporting other application development teams with their visualization and reporting needs Responsibility to keep up to date on new/updated tools in the Big Data environment

Skills, Experience & Education

Education: Minimum requirement – Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Mathematics, Engineering or similar. Experience: 7 + years of professional experience in building dashboards, scorecards and delivering reports At least 3+ years of experience working Power BI / Tableau / QlikView / PowerPivot or other results-oriented products Ability to be creative/flexible and to manage concurrent projects and reporting schedules Strong programming skills – Microsoft SQL, R, Python, DAX etc. Experience with combining data sets from multiple sources and varying database types Working experience in data quality, data cleansing and data transformation. Demonstrated track record of continued advancement of learning in new technologies and evolving skills sets Data modelling and strong data analysis skills Desire to learn new technologies and pick up new skills, as well as effective techniques in transferring of these skills Strong communication and Interpersonal skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to other functional areas Passion for finding streamlined and less complex solutions to data gathering, analysis and reporting Experience in implementing end to end BI technologies