Business & Performance Analyst at Dangote Group – Lagos

Dangote Group is seeking a commercially minded Business & Performance Analyst to support its Sales and Marketing function in Lagos. The role will turn business and market data into practical insights that support growth, performance improvement and management decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyse daily, weekly and monthly sales and business-performance reports.
• Develop dashboards for key indicators, including OTIF delivery, sales forecasts, order books, backlogs and truck residency.
• Analyse markets and competitors, including market share, industry trends, customer behaviour, brand perception and customer satisfaction.
• Translate business and market data into actionable insights and recommendations for management.
• Identify emerging market opportunities, competitive developments and industry trends.
• Support Corporate Sales with performance analysis, customer action plans and business-improvement initiatives.
• Work with Risk Management, SAP, Finance and Sales teams to address operational and customer requirements.
• Benchmark performance against industry competitors and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain market-intelligence and data-gathering frameworks.
• Track progress on strategic and business-improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Economics, Statistics, Research, Business or a related discipline.
• A postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline is an advantage.
• Five to nine years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong knowledge of business analysis, market research and competitive intelligence.
• Good understanding of macroeconomic and microeconomic trends and their effect on business performance.
• Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research techniques and working knowledge of statistical and data-analysis tools.
• Strong numerical, analytical, research and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of cement manufacturing and its market dynamics, regulations, challenges and opportunities is an advantage.

Core Competencies

• Data analysis and reporting.
• Business and commercial acumen.
• Market and competitive intelligence.
• Strategic thinking and performance management.
• Stakeholder management and problem solving.
• Decision support, communication and presentation.