Data Analyst

Mindsprint; Chennai; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Nextleap is seeking a data analytics professional to support commodity procurement analytics. You will identify, collate and crunch data from ERP and other sources, then present insights through dashboards and reports. The role requires coordinating with multiple stakeholders to ensure data quality and timely delivery.

The candidate should be proficient in Excel and have exposure to Power BI; strong communication skills are essential for stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience in commodity procurement analytics.
• Data extraction from ERP/SharePoint and supplier systems.
• Ability to build dashboards for stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive analysis of price, costs and assist the trader with analysis of commodity price, trends, stock availability, shipment planning and demurrage.
• Data collation & collection, assimilation, crunching, segmenting and driving analytics to help business in taking informed decisions.
• Data will be derived from ERP, SharePoint, financials, carriers, suppliers and stakeholders; collaborate across functions.
• Clearly articulate data requirements to stakeholders via written emails or TEAMS calls and obtain the data.
• Review collated data and prepare reports/dashboards to share with stakeholders within the stipulated time.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Large data sets handling

Data cross-linking

Excel proficiency

Power BI knowledge

MS Office reports

Tools

Power BI

MS Excel

Job description

Brief description:

The role involves analytics for commodity procurement. It will involve data identification & collation from various sources / stakeholders, data crunching, identifying and representing relevant analytical data through dashboards / presentations / reports based on the requirement for Commodity Procurement for Olam Agri. The primary focus will be analysis of commodity price, trends, stock availability, shipment planning, stocks in transshipment port, shipments incurring demurrage etc

Skills:

• Communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Good with managing large data sets with numbers
• Accustomed to cross-linking data sets extracted from various ERPs, reports, shared files and similar systems & finally representing it
• Proficient with excel
• Power BI knowledge and usage is a plus
• Prepare reports through PPT and other MS office suite products

Job description:

• Conduct a comprehensive analysis of price, costs and assist the trader with (analysis of commodity price, trends, stock availability, shipment planning, stocks in transshipment port, shipments incurring demurrage, freight rate analysis, supplier performance etc.
• Data collation & collection, assimilation, crunching, segmenting and driving analytics to help business in taking informed decisions
• Data will need to be derived from various sources: System (ERP, SharePoint, etc), Financial, Carriers, suppliers and a variety of stakeholders would need to be engaged. Collaborate across functions to obtain data and produce it as per the requirement from stakeholders.
• Knowledge of power BI would an advantage.
• May be required to discuss, clearly articulate the requirement to the stakeholder (through written emails, TEAMS calls, etc) and obtain the desired data
• May need to educate and ensure the stakeholder in the manner of collating, maintaining and entering the data into the relevant systems
• Review the collated data, identify & analyze it to obtain the desired result
• Prepare reports / dashboards as required by the project / process and share this with the stakeholder within the stipulated time