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Consumption Analyst, GlaxoSmithKline, Pittsburgh, PA


Consumption Analyst, Central Business Intelligence
Requisition ID:  46538 
Position:  Full-Time Regular 
Functional area:  Sales 
Location:  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
Required degrees:  Bachelors Degree 
Experience required:  1 year 
Relocation:  No 
   
Basic qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or commensurate work experience.
  • Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of GSK CHUS organization, products, customers, and markets.
  • Demonstrated understanding of GSK CHUS systems (e.g., DCS, OnTrack, iSel!, Manugistics, etc.) and their use by various levels of the CHUS organization.
  • Demonstrated operating knowledge of all levels of Computer hardware platforms.
  • Demonstrated low level knowledge of relational and multi-dimensional database design and utilization.
  • Demonstrated high level expertise in application development utilizing the Cognos Business Intelligence Tool Set.
  • Up to one year of Cognos experience.
  • Demonstrated project management experience.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Masters degree in Information Technology.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Cognos ReportNet.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Focus, MS Access, SQL, third party applications and other internet based technologies.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Point of Sale data from ACNielsen, Versign and other POS data sources.
  • Experience in working with internal customers.
  • Experience in working with 3rd parties and contractors.

Details:

  • With direction, support and maintain a wide range of business processes, systems and applications in support of the North American Leadership Team (NALT) and all business units within Consumer Healthcare US (CHUS), with a focus on consumption data.
  • With direction, develop and implement reporting and analysis solutions from multiple data sources to support sales and other internal departments. These solutions might include such areas as sales and consumption Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), account profitability analysis, customer supply analysis, Point-of-Sales (POS) and retail access analysis. This will be primarily accomplished through the use of the Cognos Business Intelligence tools, but also will require the utilization of tools such as Focus, MS Access, SQL, third party applications and other internet based technologies.
  • Produce ad-hoc sales reports and specialized analyses in support of strategic business objectives, with direction from the Strategic Projects and Infrastructure CBI team. The target customers for these tasks are primarily members of the NALT, but will also include other associates within CHUS.
  • Gather requirements, evaluate, and recommend ways to improve service levels, accuracy and timeliness.
  • Participate on cross-functional teams and act as a liaison between Information Technology, Sales Information, CBI Strategic Projects and Infrastructure, and external vendors to ensure that new and improved systems and processes meet requirements, quality assurance and service levels.
  • Participate in coordinating ongoing 3rd party vendor and IT activities for quality assurance purposes to ensure reliable operation of systems and processes.
  • Collaborate with the Strategic Projects and Infrastructure group within CBI to define requirements and implement strategic projects.
  • Assess information needs of management.
  • Consistently monitor systems and processes to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with vendors, IT and other internal departments to determine potential process improvement opportunities.
  • With the Consumption Analyst, CBI, work with vendors and IT department to ensure that all CBI-managed systems have quality assurance processes in place to ensure all applications are tested and implemented with minimal impact to end users.
  • Monitor and prioritize CBI-managed system issues and tasks with Strategic Projects & Infrastructure CBI team, vendors and IT department to ensure completion in a timely fashion. 
  • With assistance on all of the following: Identify issues with systems and processes, including the ability to collaborate with the appropriate associates within all departments in CHUS.Communicate issues and problems effectively to Information Technology, Sales Information, CBI Strategic Projects and Infrastructure, and External Vendors so that appropriate business solutions can be developed. Identify system issues and problems and determine a solution to correct issues or develop solutions to enhance system performance. Manage and organize data and information from multiple and disparate sources (such as POS data from a wide variety of sources, requiring frequent reconciliation and data integrity checking).

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