Senior Analyst, Category Operations-Overseas Market

Lazada Express Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading eCommerce platform is seeking a Senior Analyst in Category Operations based in Kuala Lumpur. In this role, you'll analyze product trends, develop strategies, and collaborate across teams to enhance sales and performance. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and 1-3 years of experience, ideally in e-commerce. Strong analytical skills and proficiency in SQL and Excel are essential for success in this dynamic position.

Benefits

Collaborative team environment

Diverse opportunities for growth

Rewarding career development

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 to 3 years of experience in related fields, ideally from e-commerce.
• Ability to engage with various stakeholders from different business units.
• Self-motivated and results-driven with a tenacious attitude.

Responsibilities

• Analyze category performance and identify growth areas.
• Manage programs related to category operations and meet targets.
• Develop and maintain dashboards for key performance metrics.

Skills

Analytical skills

SQL

Microsoft Excel

Communication skills

Team player

Education

Bachelor's Degree in business, finance, engineering, or computer science

Tools

SQL

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

This job is a Senior Analyst role in Category Operations for the Overseas Market. You might like this job because you'll analyze product trends, develop strategies with senior management, and collaborate across teams to boost sales and performance.

You will be responsible for:

• Analysis of category performance and development of insights across assortment supply gap, identification of growth areas and trends within categories to develop action plans and overall execution with the local commercial team.
• Execute and manage programs related to category operations, ensuring timely delivery and meeting of performance targets.
• Develop and maintain of dashboards to track key performance metrics and provide regular updates to relevant teams.
• Work with senior management team to develop and implement assortment/category strategies to optimize overall assortment supply and health across categories, drive sales conversion and overall revenue growth.
• Collaborate with local and regional stakeholders for assortment programs as overall venture PIC, ensuring alignment and effective execution.
• Opportunity to liaise and engage with cross-functional teams i.e., seller engagement team, account managers, regional stakeholders, marketing solutions, social & marketing team etc.
• Other ad-hoc responsibilities and potential operational tasks (i.e. User Acceptance Testing for new programs/systems) disseminated by internal stakeholders.

Job Requirements

The following are required for this role:

• Min. Bachelor's Degree, preferably in business, finance, engineering, computer science and related fields.
• Minimum of 1 to 3 year(s) of working experience in related fields, ideally from the e-commerce industry.
• Strong analytical skills with systematic and structured thinking.
• Proficient in SQL, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Ability to interact with a wide range of stakeholders from various business units/functions and presentation both over the phone and in person.
• Good understanding of brand/product/industry trends and market viability.
• Self-motivated with a results-driven mindset, tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment.
• Proactive team player with strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• High personal standards for the quality of execution.
• Willingness to work on weekends and public holidays (dependent on scheduled event dates).

Company Benefits

We offer a collaborative team environment, a rewarding career, and diverse opportunities for growth and development.

We value curiosity and passion that allow the best ideas to surface from our people. We experiment, we learn, and we do better every day.

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Lazada Group is Southeast Asia’s leading eCommerce platform, founded in 2012. With a presence in six countries, we connect this vast and diverse region through our technology, logistics and payments capabilities.