Senior Manager IT Functional Relationship

Nestle; Dubai; On-site; AED 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company is seeking a Senior Manager IT - Data and Analytics Leader in Dubai. You will be responsible for overseeing the digital roadmap across MENA, leveraging data and analytics to drive business decisions. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of experience in analytics, a strong educational background, and proficiency in statistical and visualization tools. This role requires excellent project management and communication skills to collaborate effectively within diverse teams and enhance operational efficiencies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in commercial analytics.
• Experience in advising senior executive leadership.
• Knowledge in FMCG industry is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Create a value-driven data and analytics roadmap.
• Responsible for data governance orchestration.
• Lead analytical culture change across the organization.

Skills

Data visualization

Statistical techniques

Analytical modeling

Excellent communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering/Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics

Tools

MS Power BI

R

Python

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

POSITION SNAPSHOT

• Role: Senior Manager IT - Data and Analytics Leader

• Location: DubaiCompany: Nestlé

POSITION SUMMARY

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.

As Senior Manager IT, Data and Analytics Leader you will be responsible for the digital roadmap for Nestle across MENA, looking at how we utilize data and analytics to make better business decisions. This is a cross functional role where you will work with all the business units at Nestle and be the interface between the business and IT function. You will have a combination of strong analytical technical know-how and deep business understanding coupled with excellent project management skills and the ability to deliver high-quality digital solutions that utilize some of the best analytical tools in the market.

A DAY IN THE LIFE …

• Leveraging input from a cross functional council creates a value driven data and analytics roadmap, prioritizing analytic use cases that bring value in relation to existing business challenges.

• Responsible for business case creation within their market, understanding and documenting the necessary costs/ benefits and impact of each use case.

• Accountable for executing entity driven use cases whilst embedding scaled analytics on strategic / execution use cases coming from functions, category or joint market value

• Responsible for data governance orchestration, working with market stakeholders and the above market data office to apply consistently.

• Responsible for change management and adoption (changes in ways of working, process integration)

• Introduce and deliver data analytical tools that increase and optimize customer and consumer experience, generate revenue, increase margin, eliminate operational costs and other business outcomes

• Deliver value and gain efficiency by leveraging successfully industrialized analytical models that exploit Nestlé's data assets, tracking market relevant adoption and usage

• If embedding new scaled solutions or test and learn solutions, ensure delivery includes embedding of data literacy

• Successfully navigates the cost benefit analysis between full automation and manual intervention in analytical E2E delivery leading to returned value

• Lead stakeholders throughout the organization or SBU to identify opportunities for leveraging analytical techniques on top of data assets to drive business solutions

• Lead enterprise-wide teams or SBU towards analytical culture change through presentation of analytically based business recommendations eg library of business value success stories

What will make you successful…

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (Engineering/ Computer Science /Mathematics/Statistics)

• 10+ years’ experience in commercial analytics

• Demonstrated ability to advise senior executive leadership team members directly

• Demonstrated Experience leveraging data visualization and knowledge of statistical techniques and software (e.g., MS Power BI, R, Python, Open source) and cloud environments (AZURE, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)

• Experience leveraging analytical models to solve business problems with successful implementation and business value return

• Simplifying complex messages making them understandable to businesspeople

• Demonstrated business knowledge in FMCG industry is highly desirable

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience in coordinating across teams

• Ability to communicate complex results and insights into technical and non-technical audiences leading to successful analytic collaboration

• Previous experience working in a global environment and with virtual teams leading to business value