Senior BI Analyst: Craft Dashboards & Data Insights

Pick n Pay; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Pick n Pay in Cape Town seeks a Senior BI Analyst to deliver high-quality BI solutions that empower data-driven decisions across the organisation.

You will partner with Data Product Owners, Data Analysts and Data Engineering to design dashboards and reports using Power BI, Tableau or similar tools.

The role requires 6+ years BI experience, strong SQL, data warehouse exposure, and an understanding of retail dynamics within an agile delivery environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years’ experience in a BI Developer, BI Analyst, or Visualization Developer role.
• Proven experience delivering production BI dashboards and reports for business users.
• Hands-on experience with modern BI tools (Power BI, Pyramid, Business Objects, Tableau).
• Exposure to enterprise data platforms (Snowflake, SAP BW).
• Strong SQL skills and experience querying large datasets.
• Experience with data warehouses and curated analytical datasets.
• Good understanding of data visualization principles and UX best practices.
• Understanding of Retail is advantageous.
• Familiarity with agile delivery frameworks.

Responsibilities

• BI Analysis & Requirements: Translate business requirements into BI specifications, KPIs, measures, filters and report layouts.
• BI & Visualisation Development: Design, develop, and maintain dashboards, reports and self-service BI assets.
• Optimise BI solutions for performance, usability, and scalability.
• Ensure data quality and governance in BI outputs and investigate discrepancies.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to align BI with data models and platform standards.
• Support user acceptance testing and BI adoption in the business.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Power BI

Tableau

Data visualization

Analytical thinking

Agile delivery

Retail knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field

Tools

Power BI

Pyramid

Business Objects

Tableau

Snowflake

SAP BW

Job description

Pick n Pay in Cape Town seeks a Senior BI Analyst to deliver high-quality BI solutions that empower data-driven decisions across the organisation.

You will partner with Data Product Owners, Data Analysts and Data Engineering to design dashboards and reports using Power BI, Tableau or similar tools.

The role requires 6+ years BI experience, strong SQL, data warehouse exposure, and an understanding of retail dynamics within an agile delivery environment.