Business Analyst

What We’re Looking For

Education: Bachelor’s Degree is required.

Experience: Proven working experience as a data analyst for 5+ years.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skill.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience in Project Management & ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Knowledge in supply chain & SAP is desirable.
• Candidates with experience in Six Sigma projects LEAN concepts are preferred.
• Accept responsibility/accountability for assigned tasks.
• Break problems into manageable pieces and follow an organized approach to resolve them.
• Plan tasks to create deliverables and effectively execute that plan with little direction from supervisor.
• Develop contingency plans and be ready with backup options when needed.
• Work effectively in fast-paced, team-oriented, rapidly changing environment.
• Promptly recognize emerging problems, identify potential solutions, and seek help from others when necessary.
• Deliver high-quality results on time.
• Show willingness and ability to increase contribution and level of responsibility and proactively seek to do so.
• Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with peers, management, and other stakeholders.
• Accept and act on feedback.

Competencies:

• Analytical and Critical Thinking
• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Continual Improvement and Innovation
• Customer Focus
• Developing People
• Driving Results
• Adhere to VWR’s policies, procedures, rules and guidelines.
• Uphold VWR Culture and Values at all times.

How you will thrive and create an impact:

• Extraction of Customer and Supplier reports from Microsoft Access, Business Warehouse and SAP.
• Prepare/summarize the output files by formatting and analyzing for the distribution to Customers, Suppliers and Account managers for effective higher-level analysis and management discussion
• Ensure all metrics and other reports are published on time with accuracy in data
• Interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing report
• Develop and implement data collection systems and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems
• Identify, analyst, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
• Build queries for ad-hoc projects related to customers and suppliers, such as sales/margin analysis, historical trending, and usage reports
• Work closely with management to prioritize business and information needs
• Locate and define new process improvement opportunities
• Support analytics and recommend margin improvement, Working capital, rebate and other commercial term improvement opportunity.
• Identify scope for automation & improvement of existing business reporting
• Identify business processes which can be streamlined and work with relevant stakeholders to accomplish it in a stipulated time.
• Lead RFP projects with the stakeholders or individually which are strategic and drives business results.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position.