Director, RGMx Data Insights & Analytics

The Coca-Cola Company; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage corporation seeks a Director of Data, Insights, and Analytics in Johannesburg, South Africa. The role involves developing data strategies and supporting commercial success through analytics. Required qualifications include at least 7 years in the field with strong analytical skills and experience in sales. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree, with a Master's preferred. This position supports a hybrid work model with significant impact on company growth.

Benefits

Iconic Brand

Exposure to World Class Leaders

Creative Team Culture

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in sales, finance or RGM.
• Demonstrated experience using analytics to drive commercial results.
• Ability to draw actionable insights from data.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the data and analytics strategy.
• Own the development and maintenance of data pipelines.
• Deliver real-time dashboards and reports to track performance.

Skills

Brand Management

Category Management

Strong strategic & systematic thinking

Analytical skills

Effective communication

People Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, business, or economics

Master's degree in business or associated field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Location(s):

South Africa

City/Cities:

Johannesburg

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Yes

Job Posting End Date:

August 21, 2025

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Our vision is loved brands, done sustainably, for a better shared future. We strive to provide cutting-edge excellence in ingredients, innovation, design, and marketing. This role serves as the lead in the organization between the category/brand teams and commercial operating teams to communicate initiatives to bottlers and customer teams. The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate, relationship building and leadership capabilities while working across multiple channels

Director, Data, Insights and Analytics

Responsible for effective communication of Commercial Drivers of the Business in “What Happened?” and “Why Did It Happen?” format; will oversee a team dedicated to delivering data-driven insights and analytics solutions that enable actionable strategies for commercial success in the Africa Operating Unit (OU). This role is critical to supporting revenue growth, improving decision-making, and driving a measurable impact across markets and channels. Will be responsible for managing data infrastructure, advanced analytics, insights generation, and execution alignment with cross-functional teams, including total support of Commercial Organization.

Function Related Activities/Key Responsibilities (Top 5-8 core responsibilities)

• Define and implement the data and analytics strategy, ensuring alignment with broader commercial and AOU Goals
• Own the development and maintenance of data pipelines, infrastructure, and governance frameworks to ensure clean, accurate, and accessible data.
• Leverage internal and external data sources (e.g., bottler data, Nielsen, Panel, Macro) to support actionable insights with Standard Reporting.
• Translate complex analytics into clear, actionable insights and decision frameworks for commercial organization and key stakeholders
• Deliver real-time dashboards, reports, and presentations to track performance as well as Commercial Input metrics
• Develop predictive analytics models (e.g., demand forecasting, price elasticity, promo effectiveness) to enable proactive commercial strategies in markets with dynamic challenges (e.g., inflation, affordability).
• Become champions of Commercial Advanced Analytics tools such as Copilot, PvP, TPO

Functional Skills:

• Strong strategic & systematic thinking (forward-looking vision and anticipating of future needs)
• Identifies client needs and creates value; proven ability to work with high degree of autonomy once given direction.
• Strong Problem Solving & Analytical skills; ability to draw actionable insights from data; experience with sales analytics
• Solid experience in data integration tools and cloud platforms
• Thrive under pressure and maintain focus to make an effective OBPPC decision in Agile manner
• Deep understanding of commercial operations within AOU
• Hands-on experience with syndicated data (Nielsen, Kantar, IRI) and building unified dashboards for decision-making.
• Exceptional ability to turn raw data into actionable insights through advanced modeling (e.g., price elasticity, forecasting, churn analysis).
• Strong proficiency in analytical tools (Excel, Programming, AI) and visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau, Looker)

Education Requirements:

• Minimum Required: Bachelor’s degree (engineering, finance, business, economics)
• Preferred Level: Master degree in business or associated field

Related Work Experience:

• Minimum of 7+ years’ experience in sales, finance or RGM with expertise in customer planning, focused on delivery of world-class results in a complex, distributed environment.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver upon results; ability to make decisions in ambiguous situations
• Business performance management – practical experience using data systems to track and steward frontline initiative execution
• Demonstrated experience using analytics to drive commercial results, including pricing, portfolio optimization, and execution strategies.

Preferred Level:

• Extensive experience (10 years +)
• Field and headquarter experience working closely across finance, sales & marketing, BIS, etc.
• Business operations experience with execution accountability

Skills

Minimum Required:

• Strong strategic & systematic thinking (forward-looking vision and anticipating of future needs)
• Identifies client needs and creates value; proven ability to work with high degree of autonomy once given direction.
• Strong Problem Solving & Analytical skills; ability to draw actionable insights from data; experience with sales analytics
• Effective communicate and builds relationships at senior organization levels; communicates long-term vision through clear & simple messages
• Grows diverse, high-performing teams through tough-minded talent management

What We Can DoForYou

• Iconic Brand:Work on the most recognized brand in the world and be part of developing the brands next chapter.
• Exposure to World Class Leaders:Availability to global marketing leaders that will expand your network and exposure you to emerging digital platforms and marketing insights.
• Creative Team Culture:Be inspired by the best brand leaders and agencies in the world, which creates a creative culture that supports taking risks and innovation.

Skills:

Brand Management, Category Management, Communication, Competitor Analysis, Digital Marketing, Finance Strategy, Financial Forecasting, Integrated Marketing, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Leadership, Marketing Campaigns, Marketing Strategies, Media Planning, Microsoft Office, People Management, Price Management, Product Roadmapping, Promotional Strategies, Sales Analysis, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Teamwork, User Experience Analysis

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.