DataOrbis is a Smollan business and a leading global data management and insights company, that leads change by connecting people to their data. Working predominantly in the  fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry we enable environments where clients and their brands can thrive by combining people, process, and leading-edge cloud technology to facilitate and inform business decisions that are customized to our clients’ needs. With a wealth of experience and expertise in information technology and market information services in the consumer goods and retail industries, over the past 10 years we become a leader in the data management industry by constantly differentiating and evolving our offerings to meet client needs.  We currently have offices in South Africa, Kenya, and the UAE. Our values are the absolute foundation of our business, and through our values of trust, accountability, innovation and team work, we are able to attract, recruit, retain and develop the right skills at the right place at the right time and constantly engaging our team in a winning environment.

You LOVE data and are happiest when delving into the ‘numbers’ in order to understand, make sense of and find the story within the detail to tell. You can clearly and easily spot the gaps and identify the opportunities by looking at graphs and charts and you enjoy a challenge and do not shy away from finding a solution to a problem.

You are a nerd of the marketing world, or an accountant with a bit of flair, and you have an analytical mind with the creative ability to simplify and visually represent data in an easy to understand and aesthetically appealing way.

You are not afraid of numbers or technology and have “stickability” when it comes to embarking on a steep learning curve and figuring out how to use new and complex software. You enjoy calculations and attention to detail and accuracy are non-negotiables in your work output and deliverables.

You enjoy working within a team-based environment and are positive and proactive and enjoy getting stuck in where needed. You have strong interpersonal skills and are confident in your communication and can engage professionally with and build rapport with both internal team members and external clients as required.

It will be to your advantage to have experience or an interest in market research and the role you play will be crucial in ensuring that the insights team identifies, articulates and provides powerful and actionable insights to our clients within the FMCG industry and beyond.

You will work in a cross-functional team and will report directly into the Delivery Manager. You will be working closely with the Projects, Operations and Commercial teams in the development and running of client reports on a monthly, weekly or daily basis, and on client specific projects, reporting and analysis as assigned.

Responsibilities include

• Running of monthly reports and checking as required
• Delivery of monthly reporting frameworks to end users
• New report set-ups and ongoing development and changes to existing reports
• Data Analysis as assigned
• Development and delivery of client specific reporting in conjunction with the Commercial Team
• Carrying out of other ad-hoc Insights requests

Your skills and experience include

A tertiary qualification, Business Science in Marketing, BCom IS, Economics, Statistics, PDGM, BCom Marketing or equivalent. Industry related working experience in FMCG, Customer Insights, Market Research or Retail related industry would be an advantage but is not a necessary requirement. Any Tableau related experience or exposure would by highly advantageous.

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, Project)
• Any Tableau related experience or exposure would by highly advantageous
• Experience in data analysis and databases would be advantageous
• Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise and execute tasks to meet deadlines as specified
• Troubleshooting skills with the ability to investigate and resolve issues on either an individual basis or in conjunction with a technical team
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to professionally communicate and interact with both internal team members and external clients on an ongoing basis
• Flexible and agile with the ability to work on multiple concurrent projects
• Pro-active and confident with the ability to communicate progress, developments and difficulties encountered on an ongoing basis

Key personal attributes include

• The ability to work under pressure.
• Effective time management skills in order to meet deliverables and deadlines
• A strong team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Innovative and results driven
• Passionate and self-motivated with a sound values and belief system
• Strong attention to detail
• Methodical with a thorough approach to work

DataOrbis is a Smollan business and a leading global data management and insights company, that leads change by connecting people to their data. Working predominantly in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry we enable environments where clients and their brands can thrive by combining people, process, and leading-edge cloud technology to facilitate and inform business decisions that are customized to our clients’ needs. With a wealth of experience and expertise in information technology and market information services in the consumer goods and retail industries, over the past 10 years we have become a leader in the data management industry by constantly differentiating and evolving our offerings to meet client needs.  We currently have offices in South Africa, Kenya, and the UAE. Our values are the absolute foundation of our business, and through our values of trust, accountability, innovation and teamwork, we are able to attract, recruit, retain and develop the right skills at the right place at the right time and constantly engaging our team in a winning environment.

You LOVE data and are happiest when delving into the ‘numbers’ in order to understand, make sense of and find the story within the detail to tell. You can clearly and easily spot the gaps and identify the opportunities by looking at graphs and charts and you enjoy a challenge and don’t shy away from finding a solution to a problem.

You are a nerd of the marketing world, or an accountant with a bit of flair, and you have an analytical mind with the creative ability to simplify and visually represent data in an easy to understand and aesthetically appealing way.

You are comfortable with numbers and technology and show a sense of determination when it comes to embarking on a steep learning curve in order to fully understand and figure out how to use new and complex software. You enjoy calculations, and attention to detail and accuracy are non-negotiables in your work output and deliverables.

You enjoy working within a team-based environment, are positive and proactive and enjoy getting stuck in where needed. You are interpersonally skilled and are confident in engaging with and building rapport with both internal team members and external clients as required.

The Intermediate Data Visualisation Developer is a key member of the Delivery team and works on the reporting process and tasks for their service line as assigned. The tasks include the running and checking of reports for delivery as well as the development of custom and ad hoc reports as allocated by their Manager and the Data Visualisation team as required. The work allocated would be for standard and syndicated solutions that require some evaluation and originality. You will work closely with your manager, full team as well as the Client Success and the greater Data Visualisation teams in the resolution of any data issues.

Responsibilities include

• Report running and checking
• Report changes
• Ad-hoc reporting tasks
• Create new data sources and new reports
• Completes new set-ups in the Delivery team
• Can derive actionable insights from data through analysis
• Participates in Client meetings

Your skills and experience include

A tertiary qualification, Business Science in Marketing, PDGM, BCom Marketing or equivalent. 2+ years’ professional Industry related working experience in FMCG, Customer Insights, Market Research, Analytics or Retail related.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Excel, Word, Project)
• Proficient with strong knowledge and understanding of Tableau, Qlikview, Power BI and/or any other BI analytics platform, calculations and analytics.
• Knowledge of, and a conceptual understanding of Data Warehousing principles, SQL and data modelling.
• Highly numerate.
• Highly analytical with problem solving skills.

Key personal attributes include

• Effective time management to prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines as specified.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to communicate progress, developments and difficulties encountered.
• Ability to learn and adapt to change in a high paced rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to professionally interact with both internal teams and external clients.
• Troubleshooting ability with the ability to develop logical solutions to fit situations and expectations and/or follow specifications.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Strong team player.
• Action and delivery orientated.
• Creative with a high attention to detail.
• Innovative and results driven.
• Passionate and self-motivated.
• Project Management skills for set-ups within their delivery team.

How to apply

If you meet the above criteria and would like to join our dynamic team, “please click here”

When applying, please ensure you have the minimum requirements. Applicants must have a valid South African or be a permanent resident.

DataOrbis is a global cloud-based information solutions company. We provide market and business intelligence solutions to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. Our solutions combine people, process, and leading-edge cloud technology to facilitate and inform business decisions, that are customised to our client’s needs. We have a wealth of knowledge and expertise in information technology and market information services in the consumer goods and retail industries, and we are passionate about breaking down data silos and transforming companies into businesses driven by sourcing, integrating and actioning data. Our Values are the absolute foundation of our business, and we believe in attracting, recruiting, retaining, and developing the brightest talent, to allow the right skills at the right place at the right time and for us to constantly focus on engaging our team in a winning environment. We are currently looking for a professionally skilled Data Engineer to be part of our team!

The ideal candidate needs to be an honest and self-motivated team player who is willing to be a key member of the team and be responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of databases, ETL packages and reports according to DataOrbis best practices and specifications.

You are a keen problem solver and use both your intuition and logic to come up with workable solutions for implementation. You have excellent attention to detail and are deadline driven always ensuring that the required timelines are met.

You are a proactive multi-tasker with strong organisational and administrative skills and can efficiently manage and handle numerous tasks across multiple projects in a structured manner while remaining calm and collected. You have strong attention to detail and have business process knowledge in development best practice, and you possess a wide variety of skills and knowledge to manage complex and varied tasks.

You enjoy working within a team-based environment are confident in your communication to effectively manage both up and down and communicate continuously. You will be part of a cross-functional team and will work closely with both the ‘Build’ and ‘Delivery’ teams in ensuring the development and delivery of technical solutions according to the client’s needs ensuring the contractual delivery of our service offering to our clients on an ongoing basis.

Responsibilities include 

• Data Warehouse development and maintenance
• Performing ETL using MS SQL Server Integration Services.
• Design, development, and maintenance of reports using MS SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Manage and maintain databases through the design and development of T-SQL queries and solutions.
• Database performance tuning and query optimisation.
• Working closely with the development team in the creation and development of inhouse applications.

Your skills and experience include

A suitable tertiary IT degree, diploma or relevant certification in the IT related field.

• Two plus years database development experience using MS SQL Server
• Knowledge and experience with MS SQL Server applications and BI Tools including;
  • Analysis Services
  • Reporting Services
  • Integration Services
  • T-SQL
  • Data Mining
  • Performance tuning
  • Query optimisation
• Sound problem solving skills with the ability to develop logical solutions to fit situations and resolve database and data related issues.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise and execute tasks to meet deadlines as specified.
• Troubleshooting skills with the ability to investigate and resolve issues on either an individual basis or in conjunction with the team.
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to professionally interact with both internal and external clients as well as communicate progress, developments and difficulties encountered.
• Flexible and agile with the ability to work on multiple concurrent clients and projects.

Key personal attributes include

• The ability to work under pressure.
• Highly analytical.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to learn and adapt to change in a high paced rapidly changing environment.
• Service and delivery orientated.
• A strong team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• High levels of initiative, proactivity and delivery orientated.
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects, deliveries and competing demands.
• Passionate and self-motivated with a sound values and belief system.

DataOrbis is a global cloud-based information solutions company. We provide market and business intelligence solutions to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. Our solutions combine people, process, and leading-edge cloud technology to facilitate and inform business decisions, that are customised to our client’s needs. We have a wealth of knowledge and expertise in information technology and market information services in the consumer goods and retail industries, and we are passionate about breaking down data silos and transforming companies into businesses driven by sourcing, integrating and actioning data. Our Values are the absolute foundation of our business, and we believe in attracting, recruiting, retaining, and developing the brightest talent, to allow the right skills at the right place at the right time and for us to constantly focus on engaging our team in a winning environment. We are currently looking for a professionally skilled Project Manager to be part of a dedicated team in creating workable solutions for implementation!

You are a keen problem solver and use both your intuition and logic to come up with workable solutions for implementation. You have excellent attention to detail and are deadline driven always ensuring that the required timelines are met.

You are interpersonally skilled and are confident in collaborating, engaging with and building rapport with various internal teams and external stakeholders as required. You have strong attention to detail and business process knowledge in project management best practice and possess a wide variety of skills and knowledge to manage complex and varied tasks. You are comfortable to act in a supervisory capacity, coordinating and overseeing the day-to-day work and assignments of a group of team members.

You are a proactive multi-tasker with strong organisational and administrative skills and can efficiently manage and handle numerous tasks across multiple projects in a structured manner while remaining calm and collected.

You are a bigger picture thinker, enjoy working within a team-based environment and are passionate about the work that you contribute to. You are able to utilize a broad set of skills (project management, technical, HR and general management) to ensure that the team is well managed to deliver a superior service.

You will be part of the Project Office and will report directly into the Project Manager. You will work directly with the DataOrbis Project Office, and closely with the Growth, Commercial, Custom and Delivery teams.

It will be to your advantage to have experience or an interest in data information and project management, and the role you play within the projects team will be crucial in ensuring that by balancing people, data and deadlines all new data sources, clients and solutions are accurately planned-in, managed, set-up and complete through cross team collaboration.

Responsibilities include 

• Consistently identifies and contributes to the development of the agile ways of working and to the DataOrbis Project Process to achieve delivery.
• Ensures JIRA and all subsequent plugins and tools are functioning, maintained, documented, and trained into all team members across departments.
• Supports the Project Manager in developing a Project Office that is Customer, Best Practice and process focused.
• Works closely with the Project Office to understand the project pipeline (business and client) and availability within the team, to forecast, plan and onboard new clients in the defined Project Process and as per contractual obligations.
• Oversees the prioritization and setup of client and business projects, and ensures that these are planned, executed, and delivered on and to standard.
• Collaboratively engages with managers and teams across the business to overcome challenges, resolve issues and ensure the solutions have been designed and developed to standard.
• Proactively runs stand up meetings, removes roadblocks and drives retrospective meetings to ensure continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Works closely with the Project Manager, and/or the Operations Director in identifying process improvements on business and client projects.

Your skills and experience include

A suitable Tertiary Degree/Diploma or Relevant Certification in a Project Management, Commerce, or IT related field. Industry or Project Management Experience in an IT, Data Information, Market Research, or related industry would be an advantage but is not a necessary requirement.

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Excel, Word)
• A conceptual understanding of Data Warehousing theory, principles, and best practices
• Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise and execute tasks to meet deadlines
• Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft SQL Server and reporting tools
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to professionally collaborate and interact with both internal team members and clients
• Troubleshooting skills with the ability to investigate and resolve issues on either an individual basis or in conjunction with the technical team
• Flexible and agile with the ability to work on multiple concurrent projects
• Pro-active and confident with the ability to communicate progress, developments and difficulties encountered

Key Personal attributes include

• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Effective time management in order to prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines
• Excellent people management skills
• Ability to learn and adapt to change in a high paced agile environment
• Highly numerate with great attention to detail
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects and deliveries
• Ability to empower people and make decisions
• Troubleshooting skills with the ability to develop logical solutions to fit situations and expectations and/or follow specifications
• Ability to manage growth and work under pressure
• Highly initiative, proactive and delivery orientated
• Highly analytical with problem solving skills
• Innovative and results driven
• Passionate and self-motivated

How to apply

If you meet the above criteria and would like to join our dynamic team, “please click here”

When applying, please ensure you have the minimum requirements. Applicants must have a valid South African or be a permanent resident.

DataOrbis is a global cloud-based information solutions company. We provide market and business intelligence solutions to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. Our solutions combine people, process, and leading-edge cloud technology to facilitate and inform business decisions, that are customised to our client’s needs. We have a wealth of knowledge and expertise in information technology and market information services in the consumer goods and retail industries, and we are passionate about breaking down data silos and transforming companies into businesses driven by sourcing, integrating and actioning data. Our Values are the absolute foundation of our business, and we believe in attracting, recruiting, retaining, and developing the brightest talent, to allow the right skills at the right place at the right time and for us to constantly focus on engaging our team in a winning environment. We are currently looking for a professionally skilled Business Analyst to be part of a dedicated team in ensuring we deliver a seamless and engaging service to our user!

 You are a professional Business Analyst with strong interpersonal skills and are fluent in “tech” talk to effectively communicate and translate client and business requirements into usable technical solutions.

You have ‘stickability’ when it comes to embarking on a steep learning curve in order to fully understand the DataOrbis technology stack, processes and service offerings.

You are skilled in executing business analysis tasks and completing the required specification documentation in order to ensure that new development projects and relevant project enhancements are delivered on time and according to user requirements. You have strong business process and best practice knowledge as relates to application development and design. Where required, you can be counted on to drive testing through the various test cycles and will be responsible for creating and facilitating testing plans, test cases and running user acceptance sessions.

You have strong attention to detail and are able to put together reader friendly digital “user guides” ensuring that all and sundry have the know-how for the successful usage of application enhancements.

You are proactive and tenacious and are happiest when assisting, gathering, analysing and validating business requirements in the execution of Business Analysis tasks.

You are interpersonally skilled and a strong administrator who loves data and are comfortable in collaborating, engaging with and building rapport with various development teams and both internal and external application users as required. You possess a technical mindset and understanding of our DataOrbis clients wants and needs, and you can easily identify opportunities for efficiency, ensuring that the client recognizes the value being added to their business by our service offering.

You enjoy working within a team-based environment are confident in your communication to effectively manage both up and down, communicating continuously, and ensuring that all involved are aware of timelines and deliverables as per the client’s requirements.

You will be part of a Project Office and will report directly to the Project Manager. You will work directly with the DataOrbis Project Office, and closely with the Growth, Commercial, Custom teams, International Data Office in ensuring the development and delivery of technical solutions according to the business and client’s needs.

Responsibilities include

• Understanding the needs of multiple stakeholders by professionally engaging with internal team members and external stakeholders within the client’s organisation’s through the running of requirement gathering sessions.
• Effectively understand business requirements and translate these into usable technical solutions.
• Developing and maintaining functional specification documents for internal and external projects and relevant project enhancements including business requirement specifications and project charters
• Negotiating project requirements and assist with and provide support in defining needs and managing expectations on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure sign off of requirements both ahead of and during development phase.
• Understand, document, and escalate project risks and working closely with the fullproject team to design and implement solutions.
• Defining business rules and guiding the implementation of these rules in the development of the various solutions.
• Assist in estimations of effort.
• Ensure project deliverables are uploaded and constantly updated in the Company’s project management software.
• Manage version control through the development cycle.
• Facilitating and coordinating User Acceptance Testing.

Ad-Hoc Tasks and Admin Duties

• Attend and contribute to daily stand-up meetings and all project related sessions.
• Carry out detailed ad hoc tasks and projects as briefed in by the Project Manager.
• Complete timesheets

Your skills and experience include

A tertiary qualification – BCom, Information Management or equivalent with the relevant Business Analysis Diploma or certifications. Minimum 2 years industry related work experience in a business analysis role. Agile/Scrum certifications would be beneficial.

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Excel, Word, Project)
• QlikView experience and knowledge of QlikView Server Architecture would be beneficial
• Good knowledge of Star Schema Modelling and Microsoft SQL
• Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail
• Strong specification and documentation writing skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to professionally communicate and interact with both internal team members and external clients on an ongoing basis as well as communicate progress, developments and difficulties encountered.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise and execute tasks to meet deadlines as specified
• Troubleshooting skills with the ability to investigate and resolve issues on either an individual basis or in conjunction with the team
• Flexible and agile with the ability to work on multiple concurrent clients and projects

Key personal attributes include 

• A strong team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong relationship building and negotiation skills with the ability to build and elicit trust
• Ability to learn and adapt to change in a high paced rapidly changing environment
• Service and delivery orientated
• Innovative and results driven
• Ability to work under pressure
• A process driven individual
• Strong attention to detail
• Passionate and self-motivated with a sound values and belief system

How to apply

If you meet the above criteria and would like to join our dynamic team, “please click here”

When applying, please ensure you have the minimum requirements. Applicants must have a valid South African or be a permanent resident.