Business Systems Planning & Data Analyst

Job PurposeBusiness Systems Planning & Data Analyst – Is responsible to Implement, maintain and manage agriculture business systems for effective agriculture data analysis, with focus on components of the Planning, Forecasting and Reporting Systems. Also to set up and maintain key statistics necessary to produce Strategic plans and Budget Revisions. 
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate installation of business systems and components as required, including effective systems integration e.g. CanePro with other estate information management systems), to report on long-term and season trends, crush and production plans, meteorological, manpower and other statistics and reports as required.
• Align agriculture business systems at the start of each season, and ensure accurate information (Field disposition, Estimates, delivery data etc.) throughout the season.
• Produce correct annual field disposition, harvest planning and ripening programme.
• Implement Resource Planners, Scenarios and Op Charts in Cane Pro.
• Setup all Cane Pro modules and manage system updates as required.
• Set up systems for extracting, summarizing, and presenting data, for planning, control, reporting or discussion purposes or for Group Agriculture.
• Ongoing liaison with multiple internal and external parties, including ESA, SQR and Group IT.
• Improve Agricultural data accuracy for the development of precise financial and production management decision.
• Maintenance of Agricultural data in accordance with Centre standards.
• Build standardized, accurate reports within required timeframes e.g. Resource Planners, Scenarios and “Op Charts” in Cane Pro.
• Keep the scenarios up to date, liaising with SQR, technical resources and line mangers, in line with best practice.
• Address system faults with relevant parties.
• Arrange and conduct one-on-one or group trainings on the use of Cane pro system and other systems as required, e.g. Dashboard.
• Assign and modify user roles for Cane Pro and IDB as required.
• Oversee and conduct periodic checks on the data captured (cane deliveries, cutting and haulage contractors reports, material usage, planting reports and field disposition updates, seed-cane deliveries, processing of invoices into the ERP).
• Maintain an accurate Land Use Plan for the Estate.
• Produce the data necessary for strategic planning (AUC, seed-cane, varieties, irrigation systems data, etc.).
• Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies, and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc in Agriculture or Agricultural Business systems/BSc Degree in Business IT or equivalent
• 5 years’ experience in data management, analysis, and data mining, as well as supervisory.
• Report writing skills and data compilation. Being able to “tell the story” With data.
• Able to build, develop and manage teams effectively.
• Able to work with a diverse customer base in provision of service.
• Able to capture, interpret and analyse agricultural performance data.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a permanent pensionable contract

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 30th December 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.