Sales Support Executive/Data Analyst at Ascentech Services Limited

Job brief

The successful candidate will turn sales data into information, information into insight and insight into business decisions for management.

Job Summary

• Analyze Sales Data
• Develop Projections and Forecasts
• Guide Marketing Efforts
• Examine Company Budgets
• Present Reports to Company Leadership

Job Description

• Analyze past sales data and market trends and use those analyses to produce sales forecasts and strategies.
• Develop and implement data analyses, data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality
• Support business decision by tracking and providing reports on opportunity/threat analysis, promotional ROI and forecasting sales.
• Examines company's production, distribution, and marketing systems to address possible shortcomings.
• Work with internal partners to apply sales data to organizational development.
• Contribute to the streamlining of the sales process.
• Coordinate with marketing teams to create promotional activities and suggest other methods to boost sales.
• Monitor performance and quality control plans of sales force and distributors to identify improvements
• Work with management to prioritize business and information needs
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities
• To provide advice to marketing departments, sales teams, and executives to develop sales targets, assess strategies to boost revenue, and develop promotional campaigns and budgets.

Skills

• Must possess strong analytical skills to detect patterns and trends,
• Strong communications skills,
• Creative thinking and initiative
• Adept at queries
• Report writing
• Team coordination
• Presentation skills
• Presenting findings
• Strong presentation skill
• Highly organized and attention to detail
• Inclination & drive to handle sales support activities
• Collaborative & creative approach to problem-solving

Requirements

• Proven working experience as a data analyst or business data analyst
• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages
• Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (Excel, SPSS, SAS etc)
• Minimum 3-7 yrs. exp. of the sales coordination and FMCG market dynamics
• BSc or equivalent in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics