Business Analyst Vacancy at Coca-Cola Nigeria, November 2014
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage
company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still
brands. Led by Coca-Cola, the world's most valuable brand, our Company’s
portfolio features 15 billion dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta,
Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply,
Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling
beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks.
Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in
more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of 1.7 billion
servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable
communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our
environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe,
inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic
development of the communities where we operate. Together with our
bottling partners, we rank among the world’s top 10 private employers
with more than 700,000 system employees. For more information, please
visit www.thecoca-colacompany.com or follow us on Twitter at
twitter.com/CocaColaCo.
The Coca-Cola Company is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Business Analyst - Nigeria
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
- The purpose of this job is to support the Franchise Strategy
& Business Performance Manager to continuously evaluate the business
model and system in a changing environment, innovating the current
business model and supply chain to create differential advantage,
creating and evaluating strategic options that stretch the enterprise
beyond its boundaries, and help in making choices in its resource
allocation to keep the enterprise fit and flexible to withstand
expected/unexpected changes in the environment over a long period of
time.
- Another fundamental expectation from the job is to support with
ongoing evaluation, reporting and management of business outcomes in
line with strategic direction and short-medium term objectives
- This is also accomplished by supporting key strategic projects which are usually multi functional and across the system
- This is accomplished by supporting the Business Planning process for the Franchise and ensuring alignment with key bottlers.
Key Duties/Responsibilities
- Support the Franchise Strategy & BP Manager in the
development of short- and long-term business strategy for a business
unit or department that are comprehensive, realistic and aligned with
broader Company and business unit plans.
- Provide business analytics to enable the management team put
together relevant project charters and/or business cases in order to
secure resource commitments from Senior Management for the execution of
planned initiatives.
- Build and develop relationships with peers and others to
exchange feedback on process issues, identify and/or solve problems,
anticipate and assess business needs that will drive business results.
- Participate in operating meetings (e.g., division and group
planning meetings, individual strategy sessions) to gain an
understanding of operating environment and business needs.
- Rigorous submission of Franchise, Business Unit and Group reports, where applicable.
- Manage market intelligence database e.g. macroeconomics indicators, external factors, competition, etc.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with internal management
stakeholders in order to provide insights on key business parameters and
levers for growth that will facilitate and influence business
decision-making.
- Support the Franchise S & BP manager in the preparation of
presentations as required - Business Plans, Strategy Plans, Mid-year and
Quarterly Reviews, Operations Review, etc.
- Work with the Franchise Strategy & Business Performance to plan quarterly business review meetings for the Division
Financial/ Job Scope
- Data / information accuracy
- Process Efficiency (Cycle times), Compliance with Charters of Authority based on internal audit,
- Policy / Procedure compliance,
Organization Impact/ Influence
Extensive Strategic / Operational Interaction with
- Strategy & Business Planning Director and Franchise Strategy & Business Performance Manager
- Franchise Directors, Franchise Marketing, Franchise Operational Marketing and Franchise Financial Services Manager
- Business Unit Performance Management Function – Performance reporting
- Group Reporting (As applicable)
- Information Systems – systems maintenance
External Interaction with:
- Bottlers – Data collection / information verification
- Service Providers – Systems maintenance
Nature and Purpose of the Interaction:
- Scheduled, regular and ad-hoc contact
Related Job Requirements/ Qualifications:
Technical Skills:
- Analytics and data manipulation
- Statistical reporting (numerical and written)
- Attention to detail
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel, Power-Point, Word
- Analytical thinking and effective communication and influencing skills
Generic Competencies:
- Refer to Competency Directory and Provide between 3 – 7 of the highest priority competencies
- Understanding the Business
- Driving Internal Customer and Consumer Value
- Attention to detail
- Monitoring information
- Communicating effectively
- Writing effectively
- Planning and organizing
- Building value based relationships / Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility and initiative
Required Experience
- 3 - 5 years experience in FMCG environment
- Ideal candidate is one who has worked as a Sales Analyst within the System.
- Ability to work in a fluid organization setting where the focus
is the initiative (work); ability to support multiple work streams at
the same time.
Educational Requirements
- B.Sc. Degree in Business Administration / Economics / Statistics / Finance
- Fluent English language ability
Cultural Diversity:
Responsibility and Interaction with:
- Local Franchise Office Associates and Leadership teams
- West Africa: English as primary language & French advantageous,
Analysis
- Getting to know what exactly are the information requirements in the business units
- Establishing credible sources of information
- Getting the information itself
- Understanding and use of several forecasting tools are critical
- Responsibility for ensuring that the Company’s ethics, standards
and policies are at all times maintained within the field of
responsibility
- Information Accuracy and sensitivity to critical business information
Judgement and Decision Making:
- Joint accountability in the implementation and completion of key strategic projects.
Travel Requirements:
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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