Regional Business Planning & Analysis Manager
EssilorLuxottica
Description
If you’ve worn a
pair of glasses, we’ve already met.
We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and
distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our
industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of
high-quality vision care products such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux,
Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions, iconic brands that consumers love such
as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear, as well as a network that
offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences
such as Sunglass Hut and LensCrafters, and leading e-commerce platforms.
Join our global community of over 190,000 dedicated
employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and
eyecare industry.
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Your #FutureInSight
with EssilorLuxottica
Are you willing to pioneer new frontiers, foster
inclusivity and collaboration, embrace agility, ignite passion, and make a
positive impact on the world?
Join us in redefining the boundaries of what’s
possible!
Your role
You will co-lead Professional Solutions SEAK
Business Planning and Analysis team to consolidate and develop forecasts, produce insightful analyses as well as maintain regional reporting to support the leadership and the stakeholders’ decision-making processes. The role needs to create and establish work connection with local commercial subsidiaries in
SEAK Region, to prove supportive for Regional Management and related functions, and to act as trustful point of contact for Regional ASIA and Corporate stakeholders. Having a clear understanding the business needs, conducting comprehensive data analysis, deriving actionable insights, developing recommendations, and creating analytical solutions are all key success factors for this role. Being able to be part, and to own specific shares of strategic/commercial projects will be an additional requirement for this role.
Essential Expected Results:
Data Analysis Proficiency: Being able to leverage on experience and
on network building to create proper analysis structures, with different
complexity in terms of both tools and level of detail, in order to be able to
boost quality and quantity of information to be shared with key stakeholders to
meet clear or latent needs.
Business Reporting Production, Refresh and
Update: Support in maintaining
current reporting structure as well as promptly providing solutions for report
update following business needs and requirements. Prepare comprehensive reports
and visualizations and translate them into analytical findings and concise
presentations to stakeholders and management.
Effective Forecast Production and Business
Understanding: Ensure accuracy
and reliability in the forecast consolidation process from local stakeholders,
as well as being able to comprehend the business dynamics and support Regional
Management with higher-level decision-making thanks to the collection of
insights and analysis of relevant data.
Project Management: Being able to contribute to potential
upcoming cross-functional projects from both an analytical and strategic
perspective, thanks to the expected positive understanding of the business
dynamics of the region;
People Management: Being able to embody leadership and guide
young employees in the team, ensuring balanced activities’ workload and profitable
contribution from all team members.
Challenges of the Job:
Data Complexity: Dealing with vast amounts of data from
multiple sources, structured or semi-structured / EssilorLuxottica and others.
Time Management: Balancing multiple tasks and deadlines
requires good time management skills to ensure timely and accurate delivery of analytical
outputs.
Main Success Factors:
Analytical Skills: Strong analytical abilities are
essential to collect, interpret, and draw insights from data sets.
Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office
tools, (e.g. Excel, Power Point, Outlook) and SAP Business Objects. Any
additional dashboarding tool proficiency is highly valued. Inclination to learn
other data analysis tools, databases, and spreadsheet software is critical to
achieve the best results on the role.
Communication Skills: Clear and concise communication is vital
to present findings to stakeholders and contribute to data-driven discussions.
AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Business Analysis
& Reporting
Provide Business
Analytics support and analytical solution development across all functional
areas and Top Management
Taking care of
Corporate Reporting (towards Asia team as well as Corporate team), providing all
information needed to fulfil the tasks on a weekly basis, as well as
maintaining all the internal resources linked to this activity up to date to be
quick and flexible in answering needs.
Taking care of special
projects’ reporting and analysis (e.g. Artgri frames development project) and
coordinating teams to achieve the right level of deliverables.
Lead problem solving
efforts for cross-functional teams and develop specific recommendations and
action plans with business leaders
Identify automation
opportunities in reporting and dashboarding, and develop and maintain
dashboards for broader leadership team
Verify consistency
between sales inputs from business/finance sources, versus what is in the
planning tools (by channel and market) with the goal of reconciling the two.
Ensure appropriate tracking,
monitoring, reporting capabilities for key performance indicators.
Continuously
assess performance and process improvement opportunities to drive accuracy and
efficiency
Business Planning
Being able to support the team in the collection and validation of the Sales Forecasts submitted by the local Subsidiaries on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
Being able to identify
potential new models to predict, control and corroborate Net Sales forecasts from Subsidiaries on both Lenses and Frames Extended sides.
Being able to support
the team in net Sales and Orders Portfolio Management, Analysis (orders collected, canceled, orders shipped) management working closely with Subsidiaries to ensure that Regional Targets are met.
Being able to support the team in coordinating with Corporate & APAC Planning team on a regular basis to ensure region is supported with fulfillment On Time In Full.
Supporting Budget Process of the Wholesale Division
Reporting to RegionalManagement and Corporate team the regional/local business trends and risks/opportunities on a regular basis
Cross-Functional Projects
Being able to support the team in the definition of priorities, needs and to develop action plans for potential cross-functional projects (e.g. Instruments’ business mapping)
Main requirements:
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Lead a team and effectively develop, coach and empower young interns and team members, ensure
growth in their scope of responsibility and accountability for excellence - Excellent communication, analytics, problem-solving, project management, teamwork,
organization and collaboration skills - Proficient in BI Tools
(SAP BO, Power Query, PowerBI,…) - Strong MS Excel & PowerPoint presentation skills
- Able to independently design analysis and gain actionable insights from data
- Strong capability of
multi-tasking and managing tight timelines - Experience of
implementing /automating analytical solutions, dashboards - Strong balance of
business, data science techniques, and technology acumen - Ability to communicate
data related insights effectively and efficiently
D. KEY REQUIREMENTS:
6+ years of experience
in data analysis to derive actionable insights and data driven strategies.
Previous managerial experience is a plus.
Bachelor’s (Master of Science) Degree in Business, Mathematics, Economics, or Engineering matters.
Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving attitude;
Proficiency in English
language communication, both written and spoken;
Proven ability in PowerBI is highly appreciated and valued;
Good organization and priority setting inclination.