Pitney Bowes Software is recruiting a Senior Analytics & Data Consultant for their EMEA Business based out of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. The Senior Analytics Consultant will be dealing with spatial data and building client specific business forecasting solutions/models.
Role Description
The Senior Analytics Consultant will be working with retail, telco, insurance, financial and other businesses to maximise the value they get from spatial data. This will be done by interpreting real business issues, analysing data, and formulating effective and practical analytical data and modelling solutions for our customers.
Typically he/she will work with customers to build customised datasets for applications such as real estate forecasting models, store and branch market optimisation models, geographically targeted marketing models, risk modelling, customer segmentation and propensity models, geodemographic segmentation and store clustering models.
The Senior Analytics Consultant will have experience of building spatial datasets and data models using both static and behavioural (transactional) data in industries such as retailing, telecommunications or insurance as well as incorporating the geographic location of customers, competitors, activity generators, and store locations. Experience in building retail catchment areas and using data warehouses or data-marts for customer and store/branch focused analysis, and working with large data volumes are major assets.
Responsibilities will include
- To assist the Analytics and Data Consulting team with a focus on spatial data development, processing, manipulation, analysis and visualisation
- To be responsible for delivering quality datasets and growing existing client base, participating in innovation initiatives and coaching and training clients and colleagues in these services
- To provide advice and support to clients in determining optimal approaches to achieve their business and sustainability objectives – using knowledge of GIS software and geospatial data
- To contribute effectively to data projects/innovation/enhancement – undertaking research and analysis of spatial data, together with data visualisation in accordance with the brief and budget to ensure project specifications are met
- To manage and support on Analytics projects as and when necessary in accordance with the requirements of the Analytics manager including taking responsibility for client liaison, budgeting adherence, presenting results etc.
- To identify and follow up business opportunities with existing and new clients in collaboration with more senior members of the team to maximise sales
- To prepare or assist in the preparation of project proposals, sales support, business development, marketing and presentation materials
- To ensure that project utilisation targets are met or exceeded in order to contribute to meeting team and company targets
Qualifications & Experience:
- University degree, spatial (GIS), statistical, mathematical background
- Ideally candidates need commercial experience within Retail, Telco, Insurance industries
- Knowledge of GIS/statistical package and programming/scripting/databases preferred e.g. MapInfo Professional, SAS, R, Python, JAVA, SQL, VBA
- Strong creative approach to solving new data processing problems with limited guidance
- Effective relationship building skills, with strong collaborative working skills and effective interpersonal and influencing skills
- Excellent communication skills – including oral, written and presentation skills and strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Company Background
Pitney Bowes Software is a part of the Fortune 500 Pitney Corporation quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. PBS enables organisations to make viable business decisions through a combination of location intelligence, predictive analytics and communication intelligence. Offering the most comprehensive set of solutions for maximising the value of customer and location data, PBS provides the tools required to more effectively locate, connect and communicate with customers locally as well as on the global markets.
The combined offering provides a powerful CRM portfolio to help organisations more effectively acquire new customers and to retain and grow existing customer relationships.
‘Pitney Bowes Business Software provides a challenging and vibrant place to work in, promoting empowerment, creativity and exposure to all levels/functions of management.’
To know more about PBS, please log onto www.pitneybowes.co.uk/software
Pitney Bowes Software is an Equal Opportunities Employer
This is a direct position with the Organisation, NO AGENCIES PLEASE
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