Coca-Cola Company Vacancy : Business Analyst

The Coca-Cola Company, the world's largest beverage company curently recruits for the position of Business Analyst. We refresh 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Business Analyst

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.
This is accomplished by supporting the Business Planning process for the Franchise and ensuring alignment with key bottlers.
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

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.
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
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.

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: