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Immediate Superior: Director of Global Analytics
Location: Johannesburg
Function: Digital & Technology
Sub Function: Digital & Technology - Functional Management
Type of Contract: Permanent
Reference Number: 119532 
Closing Date: 17/09/2024   The Africa Middle East (AME) Analytics Hub lead will transform and accelerate the realisation of value from data across the AME region by leading the Regional Analytics Hub that serves all our Operating Companies (OpCos). Working closely with functional leaders, global and regional stakeholders, the Hub Lead ensures delivery of impactful analytics products and use cases while deploying solid data and technology foundations to develop the Data & Analytics capability across the region. You will also champion the regional Data & Analytics strategy of Higher - Faster - Stronger.    The role will report to the Director of Global Analytics in Digital and Technology (D&T) and you will lead a team of 20 people, across four chapters: Data Science, Data Engineer, Business Intelligence and Analytics Product Management.   Roles & responsibilities: Lead the Hub delivering analytics products and data infrastructure solutions in the AME region, developing the team, enhancing processes, nurturing culture and ways of working, leveraging and reusing standards, guidelines and best practices already existing at the company Develop the Analytics Hub strategy and recommend analytics solutions based on a deep understanding of the business context, opportunities & pain points, industry trends, best practices and emerging products to bring value to the business Define, own and deploy roadmaps for data and analytics services, drive adoption of services / solutions defined in the roadmap; leverage and support existing architectural standard platforms Ensure roadmap fits into the global integrated enterprise roadmaps, drive governance and prioritisation of use cases, and standardization of products and models Lead and drive alignment of data architecture and technology stacks across functions, region and Global Establish strong credibility with business leaders and stakeholders through exceptional delivery of analytics solutions and solving our most critical business problems Communicate and evangelize how data can be applied to enable the company strategy Develop and deliver BI and Advanced Analytics solutions for high impact business opportunities Engage and orchestrate data scientists and analytics professionals across the organization to leverage the power of data and analytics for growth Lead a team responsible for functional design and delivery of key analytics solutions and products Leverage analytics and data science best practices to deliver leading solutions Establish and maintain insights/analytics library of best practices and use cases for reuse and scale it globally/regionally Through extensive experience with market data, partner data, and other third-party data sources, determine how different data sets can be combined with company owned data to answer challenging business questions Effectively balance cost, time, value, resources, and complexity in designing and delivering analytics capabilities Drive process to cleanse and verify the integrity of data used for analysis – perform ad-hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner Work with Regional & Global counterparts and deliver on key product roadmaps and feature sets using agile methods via matrixed teams Manage or participate in cross-functional teams to promote technology strategies, analyse and test products, perform proofs-of-concept, and pilot new technologies and/or methods   Education and Experience:  Bachelor or Master Degree in Business, Management, Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Information technology or a related discipline Strong technical background and experience in developing data strategy, architecture and technology roadmap Experience in working as or with data architects, data modelers, solution designers, data engineers and data service ops team Languages: English is essential, French and Arabic are nice to have 8+ years of working experience in data analytics, business intelligence, data science and related field  5+ years in the lead role engaging with key business stakeholders and IT teams to deliver large scale analytics solutions and projects Experience in managing and driving outsourced vendors to delivery and operations objectives Experience in managing large scale data warehouse and data lake in both on-prem and cloud with high availability and scalability Strong technical knowledge of data integration Strong knowledge of the commercial and consumer space with experience in dealing with one or more of the following different data sets: market share, point of sale, sales, supply chain, sales execution, customer survey, panel, web analytics, social media, and financial data Able to engage with key business leaders instilling confidence and providing expertise in analytics as well as engage with technical teams to translate needs and ensure solutions are delivered to customer expectations Background in FMCG or an MNC is preferred Proven hands-on data science experience would be great to have. Strong leadership skills, passionate about creating a team.  Must have skills: Team leadership and project management. An understanding of statistics, machine learning, A/B testing and experimentation. Analytics product management experience. Cloud experience (ideally Azure).   The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Heineken Beverages (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd) is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values inclusion and diversity. You must be fully eligible to live and work in South Africa to apply.