Majid Al Futtaim Finance Careers – Analytics Engagement Manager

Job Description:

The Manager – Analytics Engagement is responsible for being agile in bridging between the analytics product teams and the country/cross-functional teams by integrating analytics into the business-as-usual way of working to execute our Analytics Delivery and Insights roadmap. The role holder is also responsible for designing, planning and delivering analytics use-cases in a timely manner across multiple Majid Al Futtaim Retail markets.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensure last mile execution based on the use case insights, collaborating with key stakeholders across the business and driving tool adoption
• Set and drive adoption of clear governance model with apt escalation tactics
• Establish frameworks and governance throughout the implementation process
• Support team on guide deployment and implementation of new/enhanced solutions
• Coach business users to drive consumption and adoption of advanced analytics tools and implement use-cases
• Develop proof of concepts for new analytics initiatives having a customer-centric approach. Build new and creative analytics products with the aim of optimizing the user experience and business operations
• Articulate business needs to the product owners and development team in order to find the best analytical solutions and create proof of concepts; ensure alignment with country business requirements
• Manager the deployment and adoption of 3-4 cross-functional analytics projects across 4-5 countries
• Discover opportunities for new analytics projects across countries through ideation workshops
• Recommend and track corrective actions to meet target for underperforming countries
• Work closely with business stakeholders to assess existing use-cases and identify areas of improvement to increase impact and improve adoption
• Assess and prioritize initiatives/features based on impact and feasibility in line with business and advanced analytics strategy
• Develop and track mitigation plans to achieve impact target for underperforming countries
• Define and communicate scope, project plan, deliverables and value realization targets for use-cases in alignment with business stakeholders

Job Requirements:

• Strong business communication and presentation skills with proven experience managing executive-level communications
• Sound knowledge in various analytics tools/languages is a must, such as R/Python/SQL/SPSS/Google Analytics
• Proven ability to see the big picture with attention to details, translate data into meaningful analysis and insights, excellent understanding of the analytics ecosystem and value chain from both a business and a technical standpoint
• Collaborative, pragmatic and proactive problem solver
• Strong English language skills (Speaking, Reading and Writing) with exceptional business writing, Arabic is a plus
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams
• Comfortable with ambiguity, developing MVP’s in a “test and learn” environment
• Basic knowledge of advanced analytics/machine learning principles is a must, such as Regression, Clustering, Classification etc.
• Drives stakeholder alignment on complex issues, removing bottlenecks throughout use case life cycle; solid analytics acumen (must be able to bridge the business and tech)

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Business or quantitative subject (Analytics, Engineering, Math, Statistics, etc.)
• 7+ years in an Analytics agile role in an international environment; leveraging analytics to drive business decisions with the ability to demonstrate value and track record
• Master’s Degree in a similar field is preferred
• 2+ years in the retail/FMCG business is preferred and GCC experience is an advantage
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Experience in several visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, etc.

Job Details:

Company: Majid Al Futtaim

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Application Deadline: N/A

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