Data Consultant

Proxima Group; City of Melbourne; Hybride; AUD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Training & development

Career progression

Competitive compensation

Hybrid working

Diverse clients/industries

Global opportunities

People-centred culture

Résumé du poste

Proxima in Melbourne is seeking a Data Consultant to join our growing analytics team. You will work at the intersection of data analysis, consulting delivery, and client impact, turning data into clear insights that drive procurement decisions.

This hands-on role involves end-to-end analytics, data preparation, and collaboration with consultants and clients across industries. This role focuses on delivering robust analytics, visualisations, and actionable outputs, while working within a hybrid

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data analysis or analytics in a consulting, procurement, commercial, or analytical environment.
• Strong capability in data preparation, analysis, and interpretation.
• Ability to structure analysis into clear worksteps and explain findings confidently to stakeholders.
• Experience working with BI, analytics, or data tools to produce repeatable, high-quality outputs.
• Comfortable working with imperfect or incomplete data, applying judgement and transparency.
• Strong attention to detail, organisation skills, and ownership of outputs.
• Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and adopt common methods and standards.

Responsabilités

• Deliver end-to-end analytics across procurement and commercial engagements, from data preparation through to insight generation.
• Run spend, opportunity, and performance diagnostics, identifying themes, risks, and value opportunities.
• Build clear, well-structured analytical outputs to support sourcing, negotiation, savings, compliance, and performance decisions.
• Develop and maintain robust baselines, benefits views, and assumptions with clear traceability.
• Create high-quality data visualisations and decision-support outputs for consulting teams and clients.
• Apply established analytics methods, category playbooks, and value levers, adapting them to client context.
• Communicate findings clearly, explaining analytical logic, limitations, and implications.
• Contribute to automation, templates, and reusable assets that improve efficiency and consistency.
• Ensure analytics work aligns with data quality, governance, and compliance expectations.

Connaissances

Data analysis

Analytics

Data interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Problem solving

Outils

BI tools

Analytics software

Data visualization

Description du poste

As part of the global leader Bain & Company, Proxima is an award-winning management consultancy specialising in procurement and supply chain. With vibrant offices in London, Leeds, Cardiff, Düsseldorf, Chicago, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney and Melbourne, we offer a dynamic hybrid working model that blends time on client sites, at home, and in your local office.

We are experiencing significant growth in APAC and are currently seeking a Data Consultant to join our growing analytics team in Melbourne. This role sits at the intersection of data analysis, consulting delivery, and client impact. You will work closely with consulting teams and clients to transform data into clear insights that support better commercial and procurement decisions. This is a hands-on role involving end to end analysis, structured problem solving, and close collaboration with consultants and client stakeholders across a range of industries.

Key responsibilities:

Deliver end-to-end analytics across procurement and commercial engagements, from data preparation through to insight generation

Run spend, opportunity, and performance diagnostics, identifying themes, risks, and value opportunities

Build clear, well-structured analytical outputs to support sourcing, negotiation, savings, compliance, and performance decisions

Develop and maintain robust baselines, benefits views, and assumptions with clear traceability

Create high-quality data visualisations and decision-support outputs for consulting teams and clients

Apply established analytics methods, category playbooks, and value levers, adapting them to client context

Communicate findings clearly, explaining analytical logic, limitations, and implications

Contribute to automation, templates, and reusable assets that improve efficiency and consistency

Ensure analytics work aligns with data quality, governance, and compliance expectations

Skills and experience:

Experience delivering data analysis or analytics in a consulting, procurement, commercial, or analytical environment

Strong capability in data preparation, analysis, and interpretation, with sound data literacy

Ability to structure analysis into clear worksteps and explain findings confidently to stakeholders

Experience working with BI, analytics, or data tools to produce repeatable, high-quality outputs

Comfortable working with imperfect or incomplete data, applying judgement and transparency

Strong attention to detail, organisation skills, and ownership of outputs

Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn and adopt common methods and standards

WHY JOIN PROXIMA?

A bold, collaborative culture

Our culture is one of our greatest strengths. We are inclusive, supportive, and ambitious, with a flat structure that encourages collaboration and early responsibility. You will join a friendly, open, and high-performing team.

A RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

We are committed to being a responsible business, with a strong focus on wellbeing, sustainability, and social responsibility. Our people are at the heart of our success, and we invest in their growth and development.

Growth, learning & opportunity

You will benefit from continuous training and development, clear career progression, and exposure to a wide range of clients and industries. As a fast-expanding global company, Proxima offers meaningful opportunities to shape both your career and the future of the firm.

What we offer:

• Continuous training and development
• Clear career progression
• Competitive compensation and generous PTO
• Flexible hybrid working
• Exposure to a wide variety of clients and industries
• Global opportunities and great office locations
• A strong, people-centred company culture