Head of Global Business Analytics (W/M)

At Bel the vision for the Strategic Insights department (SI) is to become a competitive advantage for the company running a Best-in-class Insights & Foresights factory powered by big & smart data analytics.

The Head of Global Business Analytics belongs to the global SI team with a direct reporting line to the head of Strategic Insights for Bel group. The position is located in Suresnes France.

MAIN MISSIONS

Within the Strategic Insights department (around 20 people in the world) you will lead business and analytics strategy and development for Bel group to define business data buying strategy build Bel capabilities in terms of business analytics and leverage analytics culture @ Bel. You will also be the interlocutor for strategic analysis at multicountry level for Board Comex and global teams.

More precisely your main responsibilities will be :

1. Data strategy and management

• Build & implement the data vision and data strategy centered around key data sources: panel (retail & consumer) datasharing e-com OOH

• Lead the global panel data acquisition & supplier relationship and leverage their thought leaderships and existing knowledge (at least make it available for the team)

1. Bel business analytics capabilities

• Lead and animate the company data leveraging & capabilities programs working with external partners to serve internal stakeholders

• Collaborate with Data team partners like Artefact RGM team

• One of the big project to lead will be about the ROI measurement of our activation (which solution / in house or external )

1. Bel analytics community animation within the Strategic Insights team and beyond

• Upskilling program culture and tool deployments worldwide consistency and harmonization

• Taste for change management to drive Bel more data driven

1. Global strategic analysis

• Coordinate the company monthly business analysis report together with local strategic insights managers (mainly automatized)

• Be the data & analytics partner for all global functions (COMEX sales/RGM/category team marketing RID) leading both yearly analysis (innovation review category review portfolio analysis) and punctual ad hoc analysis request

PROFILE/SKILLS

Education & Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience and expertise as business analyst in FMCG space with an agency experience and if possible with a FMCG company

• Experience working with data and data providers such as Circana/ Nielsen Kantar or loyalty cards analytic programs

• Experience working in a multicultural international environment / company is necessary.

• Fluent in English

Technical skills:

• Excellent analytical skills and experience manipulating large complex datasets from multiple sources (Nielsen IRI etc.) coupled with solid business thinking

• Affinity for visualizing data in a way that is relevant to answering specific business questions

• Visualization tool familiarity is a plus

Soft skills:

• Accountable autonomous & proactive

• Strong business acumen

• Strongcapacity to connect the dots: Ability to translate data analysis into clear presentations with actionable insights and recommendations

• Excellent storyteller leveraging effective & impactful communication skills

• Enthusiast & energetic Team player with a sharing & cross-fertilization mindset and strong collaboration skills - must be comfortable working with teams throughout the organization (horizontally and vertically) with drive and enthusiasm

• Solid Influencing skills has a point of view articulates it and has the ability to influence senior leadership at local and global level

• Curious learner with strong appetite for new tools and approaches

• Eager to work with people from different countries and cultures

• Flexible and agile with capacity to overcome obstacles & create solutions when they dont exist