BI Team Lead
Job description / Role
Employment: Full Time
About the company
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands.Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.
Overview of the role
Manage AF IKEA's business intelligence department to deliver enhanced BI reports to help business growth. The person will be responsible to help analyse business needs and manage the BI team to deliver analysis and reports. Provide day-to-day meaningful and actionable strategic and operational insights by leveraging data assets.Secure the multi-dimensional view of the business when conducting the necessary analysis to evaluate retail performance. The role will help in providing data analysis and insights for MPD studies.
What you will do
Business analysis & analytics- Manage the business analysis team
- Plan and design the automated dashboards based on business needs
- Develop automated dashboards for most frequently used reports based on understanding of Regional Management team and Store needs
- Maintain business analysis BI reports database for use of central commercial decision team decision making
- Create data access policy and manage user access to business reports in the company
- Supervise automation of preparation, analyzing, and circulation of daily, weekly, and monthly management information reports
- Develop new reports and focus on continuous improvement of existing reports
- Support in testing and automation of management information / business intelligence reports
- Support with ad hoc information, analysis, and support for business functions and stores
- Create Business Excellence portal matrix for all reports
- Prioritize readymade reports and put together a training plan for end users
- Define methods to source, collect, sort, analyze, and share internal, external, and digital customer data to provide insights for business purposes
- Analyse data from digital sources to gain insights of IKEA consumers and visitors for business purposes and decision making
- Cross-channel data and analytics - how to profile, model, analyse, and report on all data, cross-channel, to gain insights for business purposes and decision making
- Manage, direct, evaluate, and develop the Business Analyst team members to ensure they are adequately motivated and professionally trained to deliver high quality output to all areas of the business
- Onboard and coach business analysts to secure transfer of competence and a high performing team
- Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
- Experience in stakeholder and change management
- Strong analytical skills and knowledge of Power BI
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for reporting and presentations
- Knowledge of Microsoft Navision table structures and solid retail business acumen to bridge data with business insights
- Advanced analytical skills with deep expertise in Power BI (Desktop & Service) for developing interactive dashboards and reports
- Skilled in DAX, data modeling (star schemas, performance optimization), and data transformation using Power Query (M language)
- Proficient in SQL with working knowledge of the Microsoft BI stack (SSIS, SSAS) and/or Azure BI tools
- Experience with report security (row-level security, governance, dataset management, refresh strategies)
- Strong sense of visual design, data storytelling, and user-centric dashboard design to enhance decision-making
- Added value competencies include:
- Hands-on expertise in Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Analysis Services (including tabular models, role-based security, and performance tuning)
- Experience with MSBI Suite (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) for hybrid BI environments
- Knowledge of Python, R, or other scripting languages for advanced analytics, automation, or custom visuals
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Job Function: Finance, Business Analysis & ConsultingCompany Industry: Retail
About the Company
Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region.Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.
The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario.The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.
The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.
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