Senior Business Analyst

**Are you a dynamic leader with a strategic mindset and able to manage a diverse team?** **Do you take ownership, embrace challenges and love problem\-solving?** Karooooo is a world\-leading smart mobility SaaS tech company. Our teams are collaborative, vibrant and fast\-growing, and all team members are empowered with the freedom to influence our products and technology. Our tech company is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to join our team. The Business Analyst (BA) will form part of the continuous improvement and process optimisation. The focus of the BA is to provide Operations with the relevant reports, information to optimize operations, cost\-saving initiatives and identify, test and implement. As the Business Analyst, you will be responsible for optimising internal and external processes as well a supporting all senior management with ad hoc analysis. *Appreciate your perusal on our company background prior to the interview****.*** **Karooooo** **Key performance areas** **Process Improvement:** · Logistics Network studies to determine optimal logistics strategies, resource requirements, and cost benefits. · Logistics driver planning based on client forecasts – build a driver planning tool · Logistics simulations and model building to determine the impact of proposed change initiatives on service levels and cost. · Data analysis to determine key trends which drive inefficient use of resources and cost. · Investigate internal processes to identify areas of waste and ways of improving. · Streamlining and automating administrative processes. **Reporting:** · Standardising, updating and where possible automating reports. · Building accurate KPI and activity reports with the aim of measuring resource performance and identifying areas of concern, · Communicating and presenting reports. **General:** · Interaction with team members, operational and contact center personnel. · Tasks could include the following (project / responsibility dependent): · Data analysis and reporting (MS Excel, MS Power BI, and SQL) · Process mapping **Ad\-hoc:** · Ad hoc analysis, queries, and business support · Analyse resource data, identify and investigate any irregularities and provide relevant information to stakeholders **Requirements** ·National Senior Certificate / Grade 12 Matric · BEng Industrial (Preferred) or BCom Logistics/Supply Chain · 5 \-7 years’ experience in Supply Chain /Logistics\-related business or commercial field is advantageous · Advanced knowledge of MS Excel · Intermediate knowledge of Power BI · Basic SQL knowledge or any other programming language **Competencies** · Results driven · Emotional intelligence · Business acumen · Leadership · Communication · Decision\-making · Resilience and stress tolerance · Planning and scheduling · Negotiation skills · Risk management · Continuous Improvement · Data Analysis · Logistics · Microsoft Excel · Modelling · Power BI Job Type: Full\-time Pay: R50 000,00 \- R80 000,00 per month Work Location: In person