Job Description

We are looking for a motivated, curious and commercially minded Data Analyst to join our Regional Data & Analytics team for Central & Eastern Europe. You will strengthen analytics capabilities, accelerate adoption of data-driven solutions, and help position the team as a trusted partner that drives measurable commercial outcomes across multiple countries.

Core responsibilities (daily/essential)

• Build, maintain and improve analytical data products to support in-market sales reporting across direct and indirect Route-to-Customer models.

• Create and maintain Power BI datasets, reports and dashboards that deliver timely, actionable commercial insights to country and regional stakeholders.

• Own the analytical end‑to‑end rebate and discount process across countries and business units, ensuring accurate, auditable results.

• Deliver ad‑hoc and cross‑functional analyses and data products requested by regional or country stakeholders ensuring timely, accurate and documented outputs.

• Implement and operate Dataiku workflows and SQL transformations to feed reporting datasets; schedule and monitor daily/nightly jobs.

• Monitor data quality and pipeline health; troubleshoot failures and performance issues and implement automated alerts and simple remediation steps.

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and deployment plans; coordinate releases with product owners and regional leads.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (sales, finance, marketing, customer service, logistics) to validate definitions, reconcile metrics and prioritize analytics improvements.

• Produce and maintain clear documentation, including data lineage diagrams, onboarding materials and runbooks.

Additional responsibilities (periodic/strategic)

• Drive regional unification and standardization of data processes, schemas and definitions to enable consistent reporting and reuse.

• Propose and deliver scalable solutions and performance optimizations; apply best practices for modeling, testing and deployment.

• Support implementation of regional tools and local adaptation in cooperation with country stakeholders.

Experience & education

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Economics or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 2-5 years relevant analytics experience; commercial analytics and multi-country/regional exposure preferred.

Must-have technical & professional skills

• High proficiency in SQL and Excel.

• Strong, hands-on experience with Power BI (creating and maintaining datasets, reports and dashboards independently).

• Practical, hands-on experience with Dataiku for building and operating data workflows and models.

• Practical experience with Python for data processing and scripting.

• Familiarity with DBeaver (required for running and debugging operational processes against our database).

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to work across languages and cultures. Fluent English.

• Attention to detail, pragmatic problem solving and solid documentation practices.

Desirable (nice-to-have)

• Experience with AWS Redshift or other cloud data warehouses.

• Exposure to Power Apps or other low-code platforms.

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Business, Business Intelligence (BI), Collaborative Development, Commercial Analytics, Computer Science, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Data Warehouse Software, Economics, English Language, Language Assessments, Macroeconomics, Management Process, Measurement Analysis, Microeconomics, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI), Performance Optimizations, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Waterfall Model

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Job Posting End Date:

10/15/2025

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