Data & Analytics Specialist

Unilin; Sungai Petani; On-site; MYR 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data & Analytics Specialist to transform their parquet manufacturing plant into a data-driven operation. In this role, you will develop high-quality datasets and insightful dashboards, enabling live reporting and fostering a culture of self-service BI. Your contributions will enhance production efficiency and support strategic decisions, making a significant impact on business growth. Join a fast-growing company that values innovation, invests in people, and offers career opportunities and challenges abroad.

Benefits

Career Opportunities

Training Options

Fringe Benefits

International Challenges

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in Bahasa Malaysia and English.

Responsibilities

• Develop structured datasets and insightful dashboards for decision-making.
• Use live reporting to improve production processes and prevent delays.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Data Quality Management

Collaboration

Communication

Problem-Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Power BI

Grafana

Job description

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Job Objective / Summary

The Data & Analytics Specialist will drive the transformation of our parquet manufacturing plant into a data-driven operation by developing high-quality datasets, creating insightful dashboards, and improving data quality to support strategic and operational decisions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, the role focuses on enabling live reporting, fostering a culture of self-service BI, and ensuring data is accurate, accessible, and actionable. By standardizing processes and promoting data-driven practices, you will play a key role in enhancing production efficiency and business growth.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

1. Enable Data-Driven Decisions: Develop structured datasets and insightful dashboards to support both daily and long-term strategic decisions.
2. Improve Data Quality: Standardize processes and maintain high data accuracy to ensure reliable reporting and analysis by ensuring all data input is accurate.
3. Support Operational Efficiency: Use live reporting (real-time reports) and analytics tools to identify actionable insights that improve production processes and prevent delays, thereby avoiding inefficiency or losses.
4. Promote Self-Service BI: Build datasets that empower stakeholders to create their own reports, reducing reliance on the D&A team.
5. Foster Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams to align data needs and solutions with business goals.

Job Requirements

1. Education & Experience
2. A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent; with at least 5 years of relevant working experience.
3. Proficient in both Bahasa Malaysia and English.
4. Behavioral Skills
5. Demonstrates a strong safety mindset, openness to feedback, commitment to continuous improvement, entrepreneurial spirit, collaboration, and adaptability in driving innovative, data-driven solutions.
6. Critical, solution-oriented, and proactive with a natural curiosity for improving processes.
7. Clear communicator who listens well and conveys technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
8. Organized and detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to data quality.
9. Technical Skills
10. Strong analytical skills with the ability to simplify complex datasets for diverse stakeholders.
11. Experience with BI tools, particularly Microsoft Power BI. Familiarity with Grafana is a plus.
12. Affinity for finance-related data analysis is beneficial.
13. Exposure in IT in manufacturing environments is an added advantage.

What can you expect?

Unilin is a fast-growing, profitable, and bustling group that is active internationally. Innovation is our driving force. Investing in people, technology, and sustainable entrepreneurship is characteristic of our culture.

Unilin thrives thanks to a team of colleagues that pride themselves on professionalism and entrepreneurship.

In exchange for your expertise, creativity, and dynamism, Unilin offers an attractive salary supplemented with fringe benefits, career opportunities, challenges abroad, and a wide range of training options.

Who are we?

Unilin Group is an international leader in interior design and construction industry solutions with a strong focus on sustainability and innovation. With our floors, panels, insulation materials, and technologies, we are present in the homes and workplaces of millions of people and in public spaces across the globe. Our brands Quick-Step, Pergo, and Moduleo are well-known. Every day, approximately 8,300 employees worldwide push boundaries and innovate. Want to learn more about us? Be sure to check out our website.