Data and Insights Manager

The Data & Insights manager will own and drive Reporting, Analysis and Business Partnering across the P/L. It also includes Sales, Rebates, Cogs, Distribution, Marketing Promotions to facilitate E2E review of the Contribution Margin and enable cross-functional collaboration and integrated strategic alignment. As well as managing advanced analytics, develop alternate channels, and facilitate the forecasting and budgeting process.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Data & Insights manager to join our Commercial Operations Team. This is a newly created position.

**Knowledge Skills and Abilities**
- Active listener and effective communicator with a personable approach to building and managing strong internal and external partnerships with key stakeholders at all levels in a matrixed organisation
- Business professional with the capacity to grow and learn, self-aware, and emotionally intelligent.
- Demonstrates accountability; delivers on commitments and manages complex processes
- Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult and complex problems
- Demonstrates courage: ability to challenge the status quo and offer analytical and strategic thinking that results in creative problem-solving
- A technical aptitude with the ability to learn & and adapt to new technology quickly while being supportive of others in adapting to change
- Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
- Collaborates, negotiates, and persuades others, both internally and externally
- Customer focus and commercial awareness, supporting delivery of business outcomes

**Work Environment**
- Approximately 5 working days per month to be spent in the Sydney office and/or out of office with customers.
- May be requested to travel and attend business functions in Australia and APAC to meet job requirements.
- Normal office environment
- Sedentary to the light physical effort necessary to perform the job.

**Experience**
- Minimum 3 years experience in advanced reporting and analysis business partnering:

- Demonstrated experience in utilizing multiple Data Sets to model complex scenarios in Excel, Tableau
- Demonstrated experience in understanding commercial requirements and quantifying into data/reports
- Demonstrated experience in cross-functional collaboration
- Project management with the ability to manage multiple, simultaneous projects and data sources
- Identifying, building & and maintaining relationships with key business partners locally, regionally & and globally
- Presentation, training & workshop facilitation
- Minimum 3 years related experience with BI technologies - Tableau, COGNOS, Power BI
- Advanced Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint skills
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal

**Education**
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Business, Marketing related area
- Completion of related technology training courses and/or up-to-date certification

**1 **. Reporting, Analysis and Business Partnering**

**E2E Contribution Margin Model Management**
- Maintain ERP Data Cube across Sales, Rebates, Cogs, Distribution, Marketing Promotions (Contribution Margin)
- Maintain monthly ERP reporting/dashboards across Contribution Margin

**Market/Industry Share Report (CLI) Analysis**
- Validate and analyze Global Market Share (CLI) Report
- Maintain quarterly Market/Industry Share reports for ANZ Business
- Collaborate with Global to develop relevant insights and reporting framework

**Profitability Analysis and Scenario Planning**
- Maintain Profitability Model across Contribution Margin
- Provide Profitability Analysis and Scenario Planning partnership to enable strategic commercial decisions

**Lead and drive partnership with Marketing and Professional Services**
- Correlate Marketing and Professional Services insights with Commercial Teams strategy, objectives, and activities
- Quantify Marketing and Professional Services insights into credible data inputs and reports/trackers

**Tableau Dashboard Development and Maintenance**
- Automate manual reporting into Tableau with IT, Finance, and ANZ Business
- Develop reporting as required by ANZ Business

**2. Advanced Analytics and Alternate Channels**

**Advanced Analytics**
- Analyze contact lens industry data (e.g., wearer population and trend, activity to sales results correlation)
- Analyze and leverage APAC and Global industry data
- Collaborate with APAC on advanced analytics projects (e.g., A.I.based market research)

**Alternate Channels**
- Develop Alternate Channel development strategy and business plan
- Maintain E-commerce channel in line with business objectives and strategy

**3. Forecasting and Budgeting**
- Maintain the Forecasting and Budgeting input model
- Gather commercial insights to shape quarterly forecasts and annual budget revenue and volume
- Collaborate with Finance to ensure forecast budget inputs are approved and aligned with corporate guidelines
- Maintain Forecast and Budget reports and dashboards

**JOB OUTPUTS**

**1. Reporting, Analysis and B