Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don't compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led , resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility , we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact
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PURPOSE:
Godiva/pladis are integrated companies, each have their own objectives for the year, but they both need continued support to achieve these goals. This role helps make that a reality, by delivering quality data and analytics capabilities to enable data driven decisions. Come shape our digital future and unleash best in class data solutions to move our business forward.
This hands-on role will leverage existing and new data sources partnering with the business to uncover opportunities to grow top-line revenue, improve bottom-line profitability, and foster a more data-driven decisions culture. You have experience shaping and monitoring the data strategy and how it's used in the organization with your business and technical expertise paired with strong collaboration skills.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND DELIVERABLES:
Business Partnership

• Engage business stakeholders and analyst partners and establishrelationships to understand their data goals
• Create business value through the identification and implementation of highvalue D&A and AI capabilities
• Empower teams to leverage data in their day-to-day work
• Create awareness and build a community of D&A and AI adopters within theregion

Strategy

• Define and execute a strategic vision in line with global strategy
• Lead the development and implementation of the data analytics capabilityroadmap
• Establish data governance policies and procedures to ensure data quality, security,and consistency

Delivery

• Lead the delivery of key D&A capabilities within region
• Act as D&A product owner for the region to prioritize capability delivery backlogs andnew requests
• Hands-On Jira backlog, roadmap and portfolio updates and management
• Understand and apply various data methods, tools, and frameworks to solve businessproblems and generate insights

Product Training

• Create and deliver structured training for stakeholder groups
• Ensure training materials are available to be self-served on internal training portals.
• Leverage modern interactive training tools to deliver training across pladis users globallyAI ambassador
• Identify use cases for beneficial use of AI across the functions
• Collaborate with the Global team to advance the Global strategy for incorporating AI

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential

• Knowledge and experience ineither Consumer PackagedGoods or Food Retailenvironments or ecommerceenvironments
• Experience with Agilemethodologies

Desirable

• Project Management (Agile andWaterfall)
• Business Analysis and projectmanagement
• Organizational Change Management

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Prior accomplishment as a successful Head of D&A or Product owner
• Knowledge and appreciation in cloud based Data & Analytics technologies
• Experience in data analytics, business intelligence, or a related field
• Hands-on expertise in designing and implementing self-service reporting

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED:

• Strategic and creative thinking/problem solving which creates customervalue
• Collaboration and Effective Communication skills
• Conceptual expertise in implementing secure and sustainable architectureand processes
• Self-motivated professional able to work in a fast-paced and constantlychanging environment.
• Capacity to lead by example and develop strong personnel performancegoals.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.