Head of Global Business Analytics

Country: France

City: Suresnes

Job Family: Marketing

Contract Type: Unlimited-term

Job ID: 52615

Head of Global Business Analytics (W/M)

The Bel Group is a major player in the food industry through portions of dairy, fruit and plant-based products, and one of the world leaders in branded cheeses. Its portfolio of differentiated and internationally recognized brands includes The Laughing Cow, Kiri, Babybel, Boursin Nurishh, Pom'Potes and GoGo squeeZ, as well as some 30 local brands. Together, these brands helped the Group generate sales of €3.74 billion in 2024.

Do you want to join a company with strong brands that puts consumers and responsibility at the heart of the decision-making process? Then Bel is made for you

Are you bold, pragmatic, and determined? Do you want to contribute to the transformation of an international agri-food company? Them come join us and measure the impact of your talent and energy in realizing an ambitious and sustainable company project

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LOCATION AND DATE
Located: at Bel Headquarters, 2 allée de Longchamp 92150 Suresnes, France

Job: Full time

At Bel, the vision for the Strategic Insights department (SI) is to become a competitive advantage for the company, running a Best-in-class Insights & Foresights factory, powered by big & smart data analytics.

The Head of Global Business Analytics belongs to the global SI team, with a direct reporting line to the head of Strategic Insights for Bel group. The position is located in Suresnes, France.

MAIN MISSIONS
Within the Strategic Insights department (around 20 people in the world), you will lead business and analytics strategy and development for Bel group to define business data buying strategy, build Bel capabilities in terms of business analytics and leverage analytics culture @ Bel. You will also be the interlocutor for strategic analysis at multicountry level for Board, Comex and global teams.

More precisely, your main responsibilities will be :

• Data strategy and management
• Build & implement the data vision and data strategy – centered around key data sources: panel (retail & consumer), datasharing, e-com, OOH
• Lead the global panel data acquisition & supplier relationship and leverage their thought leaderships and existing knowledge (at least make it available for the team)
• Bel business analytics capabilities
• Lead and animate the company data leveraging & capabilities programs, working with external partners to serve internal stakeholders
• Collaborate with Data team, partners like Artefact, RGM team, …
• One of the big project to lead will be about the ROI measurement of our activation (which solution / in house or external, …)
• Bel analytics community animation, within the Strategic Insights team and beyond
• Upskilling program, culture and tool deployments, worldwide consistency and harmonization
• Taste for change management to drive Bel more data driven
• Global strategic analysis
• Coordinate the company monthly business analysis report, together with local strategic insights managers (mainly automatized)
• Be the data & analytics partner for all global functions (COMEX, sales/RGM/category team, marketing, RID) leading both yearly analysis (innovation review, category review, portfolio analysis) and punctual ad hoc analysis request

Profile/Skills
Education & Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of experience and expertise as business analyst in FMCG space, with an agency experience and if possible with a FMCG company
• Experience working with data and data providers such as Circana/ Nielsen, Kantar, or loyalty cards analytic programs
• Experience working in a multicultural, international environment / company is necessary.
• Fluent in English

Technical skills:

• Excellent analytical skills and experience manipulating large, complex datasets from multiple sources (Nielsen, IRI, etc.), coupled with solid business thinking
• Affinity for visualizing data in a way that is relevant to answering specific business questions
• Visualization tool familiarity is a plus

Soft skills:

• Accountable, autonomous & proactive
• Strong business acumen
• Strong capacity to connect the dots: Ability to translate data analysis into clear presentations with actionable insights and recommendations
• Excellent storyteller, leveraging effective & impactful communication skills
• Enthusiast & energetic Team player, with a sharing & cross-fertilization mindset and strong collaboration skills - must be comfortable working with teams throughout the organization (horizontally and vertically), with drive and enthusiasm
• Solid Influencing skills – has a point of view, articulates it, and has the ability to influence senior leadership at local and global level
• Curious learner, with strong appetite for new tools and approaches
• Eager to work with people from different countries and cultures
• Flexible and agile, with capacity to overcome obstacles & create solutions when they don't exist

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