Senior Insights Analyst

<p><span><span>Brenntag is undergoing a group-wide transformation to deliver profitable organic growth and sustained group efficiencies. Data &amp; Analytics is a key pillar which will allow us to ‘liberate’ our data and thus improve our decision-making at speed. </span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p><p><span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p><p><span><span>You will be an analytics translator for our business stakeholders, </span><span>identifying</span><span>, scoping, and executing</span></span><span><span> high-impact analytics projects across the organization. You will develop &amp; communicate strategic insights through problem definition and the application of (advanced) data modeling techniques. You will also play a pivotal role in elevating analytics throughout the organization </span><span>working with our central BI &amp; Data Visualization </span><span>and Data Science </span><span>teams</span><span>.</span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span><span>We are looking for talented, self-starters with a passion for analytics to join our growing team. As </span><span>an</span><span> </span><span>Senior </span><span>Insight Analyst in the Data &amp; Analytics team, you will </span><span>be responsible for</span><span> designing, </span><span>developing</span><span> and implementing analytics products based on mostly descriptive and diagnostic aspects of Data &amp; Analytics</span><span>. W</span><span>e </span><span>also </span><span>value experience and exposure towards predictive and prescriptive analytics using <span>structured/unstructured</span> data to generate actionable insights to drive revenue growth, </span><span>pricing</span><span> and operational optimization.</span><span> You know how to rise above the numbers and explain the essential insights to business users and senior leaders, and you instinctively minimize complexity to focus on results. </span></span><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>Responsibilities: </span></b><span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p><p><span>(The primary tasks, functions, and deliverables of the role)</span><span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Maintain a strong partnership and working knowledge within a focused area of Brenntag.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Translate complex business problem statements into analysis requirements and work with internal customers to define analytics product details based on expressed stakeholder needs.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Solve moderately complex data problems </span><span>leveraging</span><span> analytical and statistical rigor. </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Ability to engineer data (source it, bring meaning to it and improve its quality)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Develop data visualizations to fulfill ad-hoc analysis requests and ongoing reporting needs.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Provide input to and s</span><span>upport with the development and execution of strategic insights and innovative solutions. </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Be the connection between analytics and the business, embedding the use of data &amp; insights as part of daily operations and driving adoption for the global analytics portfolio.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Help build the skills of other teams to become key data &amp; reporting experts.</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p><span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><b><span>What we expect from you: </span></b><span> </span></p><ul><li><p><span><span>Bachelor’s</span><span> Degree (B.S.) in a quantitative </span><span>field</span><span> such </span><span>as</span><span> </span><span>computer</span><span> </span><span>science</span><span>, </span><span>statistics</span><span>, </span><span>mathematics</span><span>, </span><span>operations</span><span> </span><span>research</span><span>, behavioral </span><span>sciences</span><span> </span><span>or</span><span> </span><span>related</span><span> </span><span>field</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Minimum of</span><span> 5</span><span> years’ relevant experience in a commercial environment</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Experience translating business </span><span>objectives</span><span> and questions into data architecture, KPIs and reporting  </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Proven aptitude to sift through data, </span><span>identify</span><span> critical information, analyze, develop </span><span>hypothesis</span><span> and make recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences</span><span> </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p><span><span>Knowledge of data mining algorithms such as decision t