Analytics Lead - Customer & Commercial (Cape Town, On-site)

Salt Digital Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,215,000 - 1,485,000; Part time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment, Cape Town, is seeking an Analytics Lead for the Customer & Commercial domain on a 12-month renewable contract. You will lead a small team of analysts and a data scientist, and partner with commercial and customer stakeholders to translate analytics into lasting business value.

You’ll drive an analytics agenda, coach the team, and ensure products are decision-oriented and durable, not quick fixes. On-site at Kuils River with an October 2026 start.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading analytics teams in a commercial, customer, or retail environment.
• Strong commercial mindset - able to connect analytical work directly to business outcomes.
• Hands-on proficiency with Power BI, SQL, and related analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the analytics agenda, priorities, and roadmap for the Customer and Commercial domains.
• Lead, coach, and develop the team of analysts and data scientist.
• Partner with commercial, customer, category, and related stakeholders to identify high-value analytical opportunities.
• Ensure analytical products are decision-oriented, business-trusted, and built for ongoing use.
• Collaborate with the Data Management Lead on shared semantic models and data quality.
• Build team capability and foster ownership and accountability.
• Contribute to the broader maturation of analytics from reactive to domain-led.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Power BI

SQL

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Salt Digital Recruitment, Cape Town, is seeking an Analytics Lead for the Customer & Commercial domain on a 12-month renewable contract. You will lead a small team of analysts and a data scientist, and partner with commercial and customer stakeholders to translate analytics into lasting business value.

You’ll drive an analytics agenda, coach the team, and ensure products are decision-oriented and durable, not quick fixes. On-site at Kuils River with an October 2026 start.