Reference: CiplaQCIL/HR/21/350
Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (CiplaQCIL) is the largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in East Africa and one of the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). At CiplaQCIL, we are not mere manufacturers of medicine. What we make are memories. Memories that may not have been there to be remembered, had a life not been lived. We make people better and we save lives. CiplaQCIL is a World Health Organization (WHO) cGMP compliant Facility that manufactures antiretrovirals, artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) and, Hepatitis medicines, to treat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Hepatitis respectively.
We seek to recruit a dynamic, competent, experienced, and professionally confident self-motivated individual, who is also a committed team player to strengthen our staff capacity by filling the following vacant position.
Job Title: BUSINESS ANALYST/DATA SCIENTIST (01 Post)
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer

Job Purpose
The Business Analyst/Data Scientist will be responsible for the management and tracking of projects and actions initiated by the CEO’s Office to provide impetus and follow-through to instructions; develop analytics on internal and external scenarios of concern to the business, and prepare presentations and speeches for internal and external executive communications from the CEO’s office. The Business Analyst/Data Scientist will also collect/compile data and/or reports from HoDs, and format/design them for executive presentation.

Will be responsible for:
• Being a critical agent for data management, reporting, and presentations
• Enhancing the CEO’s presence through high-quality communications to internal and external forums
• Compiling and tracking objectives on business strategy to achieve growth and profitability targets as aligned with the CEO’s overall Company strategy.
• Tracking and following -up on key Strategic Projects across functions in line with the overall Company strategy and revenue aspirations of the organization

Qualifications:
• Degree in Information Systems, Data Science, and related fields.

Knowledge & Experience:
• 3-5 years of work experience in project management
• And preferably 2 years of experience in a reputable management consulting firm or analytics firm
• A deep understanding of corporate governance, project management, and business essentials. Exposure to and high-level understanding of core business functionality including finance, commercial, supply chain, quality, regulatory, and business development

Skills & Competencies:
• Focus on research, analytics, communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to process large quantities of data and filter for relevant information
• Ability to generate, seek or source new information that would develop a robust/critically convincing model
• Digital dexterity
• Interpersonal and networking abilities
• Time management, identification of priorities, strong work ethic
• Deep understanding of cross-functional business objectives and principles
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Analytics insight development
• Listening and creation of accurate records
• Management of data archives