Business Analyst

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com

Job Purpose

To collect, analyze and report quantitative/qualitative internal, competitive and market insights to support business or commercial decisions and inform local strategic direction development for the Sub Sahara Africa.

Key Accountabilities

• Develops or sources/collates and manages macroeconomic, segmentation, market, store, channel, distribution, product, pricing and market share information.
• Updates key performance measures in accordance to agreed frequency and timing.
• Closes the feedback loop with sales by collecting, analyzing and feeding back market information supplemented by external research.
• Populate Situational Analysis, commercial plans and operational plans in accordance to global Commercial Strategy process and templates and generates insight to guide local strategic direction and support business decision making.
• Collects and shares competitor company and/or product insights obtained through desk research, commissioned research and in-market immersion.
• Shares relevant information and insights with relevant stakeholders.
• Analyses internal and external data to reveal and report changes in market dynamics e.g. Colour dynamics, segment dynamics, emerging trends.
• Develop insight and shares insights into brand, product, segments, regions or customer groups in preparation for management reviews.
• Supports the marketing function with accurate analysis and insights for better-informed decision making regarding complexity reduction (product portfolio).
• Generates reports to assess brand and/or sub-brand performance versus targets and shares insights into potential areas for improvement.
• Provides reports on the performance of new product introductions.
• Maintains, monitors and reports on advertising spend, opex and colour collateral.
• Product Management Review support (e.g. Slow moving, obsolete stock, new product introduction) and PMR pack compilation.
• Drives sustainability reporting according to global process & timelines.
• Management of external suppliers linked to role.
• Master data support.
• Live the AkzoNobel values and Life Saving rules.
• Support sustainability initiatives.
• Compliance to code of conduct.

Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or Marketing & Sales with broad based and extensive skill and competence in the key performance areas listed (qualifications in economics, business science, engineering and accounting preferred).
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and excellent aptitude MS Office Packages (advanced Excel and PowerPoint), Accpac and SAP R3.
• Experience in a similar role.
• Commercial and financial acumen are key requirements as well as project management.
• Independent, proactive, numerical competence, affinity for data and data manipulation, explorative/investigative, insightful for insight development, structured in presentation of data and insights, quality and accuracy conscious.
• Planning and Organizing, Communication, Initiating Action, Information Monitoring, Energy, Innovation.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason, we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 43219