Westfalia Fruit is a leading multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related value-added products to global markets. Through our vertically-integrated supply chain we grow, source, ripen, pack, process, and market quality avocadoes & fresh produce – 365 days a year & across the globe.
With the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, we are recognized as the #avoexperts, and have now become the supplier of choice to both retail & wholesale customers whom we serve from sales offices in the UK, Europe, North America, Latin America & Southern Africa.
We are seeking a highly skilled: Business Intelligence Manager
The primary responsibilities will include developing and maintaining business intelligence dashboards for our operations, finance, and technical teams. The candidate will play a crucial role in onboarding growers onto our Power BI platform, providing training on dashboard usage, and addressing any queries they may have regarding their data. Furthermore, you will be responsible for updating our cash flow forecast tool by analysing market prices and updating cost chains on an annual basis to calculate potential payment to the growers.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain business intelligence dashboards
- Business intelligence analysis, reporting, and visualization
- Onboard growers on to our Power BI Platforms
- Provide training on use of Dashboards to end users
- Resolve data queries.
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications and Experience:
- Suitable Tertiary Degree
- Proven experience in business intelligence analysis, reporting, and visualization
- Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, Microsoft Office Suite, SQL, and Dynamics365
- Experience in financial reporting and analysis, with knowledge of ERP systems
Knowledge:
- Develop and maintain business intelligence dashboards to support operations, finance, and technical teams
- Onboard growers onto the Power BI platform, providing training on dashboard usage and assisting them in understanding and extracting data
- Address grower queries related to their data and ensured their understanding of the dashboards
- Update the cash flow forecast tool by analysing market prices and updating cost chains annually to calculate potential payments to the growers
- Collaborate with internal teams to identify data needs and develop relevant reporting and visualization solutions
- Conduct analysis and provide insights based on available data to support decision-making processes
- Stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, and competitors’ activities to enhance business intelligence capabilities
- Continuously improve data quality, accuracy, and integrity within the business intelligence system
- Collaborate with the technical team to explore innovative ways of capturing and integrating data
- Develop financial and operational dashboards from Dynamics365
Skills:
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to extract insights from complex data sets
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders
- Familiarity with the fresh fruit industry, particularly in avocado, mango, or litchi marketing, is highly welcomed
Attitude / Behaviour:
- Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
Salary:
- The Company offers a Total Guaranteed Remuneration Package which comprises provident fund, insured benefits, medical aid, and an option to structure an annual bonus
Desired Skills:
- Business
- Intelligence
- Manager