Item Coding Analyst
Item Coding Analyst
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Job Description
What will you be doing
Based in South Africa you will be working as part of the Circana APAC (Australiabased) Item Coding team. An
Item Coding Analyst is responsible for adding new FMCG products from channels like supermarkets drugstores
and gas stations into the system (Dictionary). The most important target is to make sure that the products with the
highest sales are being added to the Dictionary and placed in the correct product group. By ensuring that the
objective coding rules are being followed and kept uptodate the Dictionary Coding employee makes sure that
new products will get coded with high quality.
The employee will be assigned to own product groups whereby all important product characteristics like brand
flavor package size etc. are being captured in the database. Different tools are available to ensure a consistent
database which will be used as the input for client databases.
The employee will grow towards a product group expert and will be available for questions from internal
departments about products groups or individual EANS
Job Responsibilities
The Item Coding Analyst is responsible for:
Complete the OPS training programme and panel process within the first 3 months of employment if entering at
this level
Assigning of new FMCG items into the correct product group
Objective accurate consistent and correct coding of new FMCG products
Identifying new trends and capturing those within your product groups
Ongoing updating of coding rules to ensure relevancy and high quality
Sharing daily updates during the DMS (Daily Standup)
Replying on questions from both internal and external clients related to your product groups.
Cooperating with your team and other departments to ensure ontime delivery
Improving team/individual KPIs
Liaising with internal and external stakeholders
Maintaining strong internal crossdepartmental relationships with local and APAC colleagues.
Keeping all relevant documentation updated
Follow the operational item Coding processes and identify improvement opportunities.
Actively seeks out client product performance in the market to keep relevant.
Display a solid understanding of the business and our service offerings.
Attends training business updates knowledge shares and team events as and when required.
Adheres to and enforces to all relevant policies and procedures.
Communicates issues and deadlines to Manager and or team leads as required
Circana Inc. and Circana Group L.P. Proprietary and confidential
Item Coding Analyst (APAC)
Requirements
Ability to start work from 7:00 am to enable team meetings and handovers with APAC teams.
Associates degree (e.g. BCom/BSc)
Working knowledge of Data Models is advantageous
2 years FMCG or Data Management experience
Excellent command of the English language
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Time management
Used to work with KPIs / targets
Handson mentality resourceful & results oriented
Accurate consistent team player flexible
Analytically strong
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications especially Excel
Circana Behaviors
As well as the technical skills experience and attributes that are required for the role our shared behaviors sit at
the core of our organization. Therefore we always look for people who can continuously champion these
behaviors throughout the business within their daytoday role.
View our success through behaviours playbook to explore what we love expect and dont want to see.
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
