I’m partnering with a growing FMCG business looking for a Global Head of Data & Analytics. As the company transforms its business model to prepare for growth, the Digital & IT function serves as a catalyst for change, through strategic use of data, technology & AI.
The Global Head of Data & Analytics will be pivotal in transforming data strategy, harnessing the power of data to drive business decisions, and ensuring the delivery of curated, ready-to-use data via modern data products, dashboards and for embedding Data Science (AI) enabled data products. 

Scope

• Define and execute a comprehensive data strategy for all International businesses covering various domains of analytics incl performance management, RTM, SC, HR & marketing
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of more than 12 data professionals and an indirect team of over 50 around the world, including both the Data Product and Data Engineering teams
• Collaborate with senior leadership (company leadership team) and key stakeholders to identify data needs and opportunities across the organization.
• Collaborate closely with other members of the Digital – IT function esp the enterprise ERP platform team to ensure data is handled as a corporate asset and is not fragmented in Various Systems of Record.
• Engage with multi-functional leaders and external partners to conceptualise, align and co-design the creation of data products that deliver actionable insights and enable better & faster decision making. This would include a combination of dashboards, simulators, data science and other data products.
• Ensure data products are user-friendly, reliable, and aligned with business needs and are well adopted by multi-functional teams across regions.
• Overall leadership of the enterprise data platform on Data Bricks. Ensure the integrity, availability, and security of data across the organization.
• Lead all decision making on data architecture, jointly with the Enterprise technologies leader to create the right seamless data platform architecture.
• Build selective data science and AI skills in the team to enable the most critical use cases.
• Continuously innovate and experiment to identify the right self-service analytics technology to democratise data.

Qualifications and Skills

• A minimum of 15+ years of experience with at least 5 years in CPG/FMCG Data & Analytics.
• Experienced organization leader handling geographically distributed & multi-cultural teams.
• Robust and deep understanding of the CPG/FMCG business including and not limited to monthly & annual performance management routines, RTM-RGM concepts, marketing effectiveness concepts and supply chain analytics.
• Demonstrated capability to develop, lead and execute a multi-year IT strategy across a multi-country geography.
• The candidate will need to bring a unique mix of instant professional credibility and personal power based on knowledge and expertise.
• A strategic yet hands on understanding of how data & technology can be leveraged to deliver better business outcomes and also as a transformational set of tools in the CPG/FMCG industry.
• Deep knowledge of data platforms, industry developments in the space of cloud, AI & ML. Ability to guide hands on engineering teams.
• Strong vendor management skills to manage a network of external partners.

If shaping the Data journey at early stages excites you, please apply.