Commercial Data Specialist
abinbev · HQ Bryanston
Job description
About the role
The Commercial Data Specialist connects, harmonises and quality-controls commercial data across multiple source systems so that trusted, business-ready information is available for analytics and decision-making. The role bridges data owners, Commercial stakeholders, Master Data and Data Technology teams to resolve issues and continuously improve data usability.
Key responsibilities
- Work with commercial stakeholders on their data requirements, needs and pain points, and with technical stakeholders to ensure governance standards are followed.
- Connect and reconcile data from multiple commercial sources to create a consistent view of key measures and dimensions.
- Perform data quality checks, root-cause analysis and issue tracking across completeness, accuracy, consistency and timeliness.
- Harmonise definitions, mappings and business rules with source owners and Master Data.
- Automate repeatable quality-control, reconciliation and maintenance activities using SQL and appropriate tools.
- Act as the coordination point between Commercial teams, source owners, Master Data and Data Technology, resolving and advancing data issues.
- Maintain data documentation, definitions, controls, issue logs and change records.
- Provide business requirements and quality criteria to technical teams and contractors delivering datasets, semantic models or Power BI assets.
- Apply a basic understanding of data pipelines, Databricks, engineering and architecture to guide delivery without owning pipeline development.
Required profile
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Business Analytics or a related field.
- Minimum 2 years' relevant experience in commercial data, analytics engineering, data quality, business intelligence or a similar field.
- Demonstrated ability to reconcile data, identify quality issues and turn findings into clear remediation actions.
- Good commercial and business knowledge, strong stakeholder coordination, documentation and problem-solving skills.
Required skills
- Strong SQL skills and practical experience with Databricks or comparable modern data platforms.
- Working knowledge of data engineering concepts, architecture, ETL/ELT and data pipelines.
- Experience guiding the development of semantic models, Power BI datasets or business-ready data products.
- Experience with automation, data cataloguing, master data or data governance processes.
- Exposure to FMCG commercial data, customer hierarchies, product masters or route-to-market datasets.
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