Data Analyst- 1 Year Contract

Pepsico

Cork

Data Analyst. Job Description: We are currently recruiting a Data Analyst to join our Procurement team in Eastgate, Little Island on a temporary basis, estimated duration is 12 months. We are the concentrate team in PepsiCo (PGCS) working across the Beverage, Nutrition and Snacks categories to deliver concentrate for many of PepsiCo's mega brands including Gatorade, 7Up and Pepsi. We are at the heart of PepsiCo products, sourcing ingredients to manufacture more than 1,200 recipes for our brands. We are a global organisation, situated in 17 locations across 11 countries offering careers in various functions from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Finance, R&D, HR and IT. We want team members who can collaborate in our fast-paced global organisation and are passionate about creating and delivering much-loved household brands to markets across the world. We work with over 450 strategic suppliers globally to ensure we have what we need, when we need it. The goods and services we use can range from the core ingredients in our beverages and snack seasonings to our partnerships with the logistics companies we use to ship our products all over the world - that's where our Procurement department comes in. With integrity and ethical sourcing at our heart, the procurement team work hard to nurture strong relationships with our suppliers that get the right goods and services at the right price while ensuring we can be better together. Do you have a talent for negotiation and building strong relationships? If so we could take your talents to a whole new level. Primary Accountabilities: Mine and analyse data from company databases (& external sources) to drive souring efficiencies and influence the development of procurement strategies. Gather requirements from clients in order to develop new processes and tools to monitor and analyse performance against key performance indicators. Gathering, interpreting and prioritising their requirements. Acquire data from primary and secondary data sources in order to maintain existing & new databases and data systems. Assess the effectiveness and accuracy data sources and data gathering techniques today with the aim to automate and industrialise repetitive data integration steps, thereby solving data-related problems within the team and implementing efficient data pipelines. Work closely with IT to identify, explore and understand how data can be managed to meet existing and future business needs. Maintain data pipelines and translate data into both the measurement & monitoring of performance against business critical performance indicators. Oversee the development of proficiency in Corporate systems & documentation creation (SOP, Best Practice) to ensure appropriate record keeping is available for the different stages of the Procurement Innovation process. QualificationsRequirements: Essential Skills: A numerate bias degree (e.g. Scientific/Finance/Engineering/Computer); Experience in manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources; Creation and management of databases, comfortable using data visualization software and ability to automate data capture and manipulation; You will have strong analytical skills, high attention to detail with proven experience of collecting data, analysing and disseminate significant amounts of information. Experience of analysing data for patterns, trends and anomalies; Ability to distil complex data into succinct messages using appropriate reporting formats; Self-starter & self-motivated. Proven ability to execute and deliver to meet strict deadlines & business commitments; Experienced with Data Models and Database design development, Data Mining and Segmentation techniques. Proven experience in systems and use of multiple software packages; Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) & display an ability to work with and communicate with individuals across a variety of functions and levels; Minimum of 2 years in experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models. At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose - our fundamental belief that the success of our company is inextricably linked to the sustainability of the world around. We believe that continuously improving the products we sell, operating responsibly to protect our planet and empowering people around the world is what enables PepsiCo to run a successful global company that creates long-term value for society and our shareholders. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com. For the purposes of external advertising we have called this role a Data Analyst. However please note that the internal job title the successful candidate will have will be Global Proc Buyer. This job originally appeared on RecruitIreland.com.

1983 days ago