Data & Insights Analyst - FTC (164234)

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number #164234 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

Location: Woking, UK
Reporting to: Data and Insights Team Lead

Duration: 12 months

Why Work For Hill's Pet Nutrition:
The learning & development opportunities: You will refine your commercial mind-set and continue to learn new skills working closely with a cross-functional team giving you exposure to all local market departments.
The challenge & variety: You will operate in a fast paced operational environment, directly impacting the day-to-day performance of the business, with personal accountability for your business.
The global experience: You will have the opportunity to work with global brands, participate in global strategies with potential to develop your career internationally.
The Hill's Pet Nutrition Values: To help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets.

Job Purpose
You will be responsible for step changing our data capabilities with the support of, and access to, senior stakeholders in the UK and further afield. In this role you will be responsible for the management, maintenance and integrity of our sales information databases.  You will operate at the epicentre of the commercial team and provide timely and insightful financial and analytical support across multiple areas of the business. The reports and data visualisations that you will produce will have a real impact on every day business decisions.

What you will do

• Accountable  for managing the sales data production process each month, to service the commercial teams and their customers.
• Owner of all customer master data and integration of product hierarchy.  Liaising with all external data sources i.e. wholesalers/customers to maintain data integrity and accuracy at SKU and vet clinic/pet shop level at all times.
• Be fully integrated in the commercial team thus proactively anticipating the required changes in data management as a result of operating in ever changing retail environments. 
• Immerse yourself in understanding business goals and end user needs, driving discussions with different stakeholders to understand data content, processes and business requirements  in order to develop and implement relevant analytical tools to support across multiple functions.
• Be a key player in the coaching and training program to create a 'self-serve' culture, thus embedding data and analytics into the day to day lexicon.
• Provide ad-hoc support to the Data and Insights Team Lead.
• Help support and manage all sales systems and dashboards. Provide on-going training and support to the commercial team to ensure their correct and accurate usage.

Who you are

• Be degree educated in either; Accountancy, Business, Analytics, Maths or Economics.
• Experienced in data collection, manipulation, reporting and dashboarding.
• Proficient in Excel/Google Sheets, with the ability to deal with complex formulae.
• Experience of cloud warehouses/service, data visualisation tools would be an advantage.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with real attention to detail.
• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure, dependable with deliverables and deadlines, able to multitask and prioritise accordingly.
• Interested in the bigger picture and commercial backdrop
• Passionate about solving business challenges through technology utilising an agile mindset. 
• A deep understanding of business processes and needs, identifying opportunities and generating new ideas that drive simplification and process improvements.
• Great listener and communicator.
• Able to develop and maintain relationships.
• Experience in a retail/ FMCG or multi-site operation is advantageous.

Areas of opportunity
As a key member of the team, you will be working closely with the rest of the finance and commercial teams to ensure extremely complex data is accurate and maintained. Tight deadlines must be met and operations must be optimised to increase efficiency in an ever increasingly fast paced environment.
 

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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