Business Analyst

At Alken-Maes, part of the HEINEKEN family, we are passionate about building iconic brands such as Cristal, Maes, Grimbergen, Affligem, Desperados and Mort Subite. Behind every successful brand is a team of people turning data into meaningful business decisions.

As a Business Analyst you will play a key role in supporting our Out-of-Home (ontrade) business by transforming large amounts of commercial data into actionable insights. You will partner closely with Sales, Revenue Management, Marketing, and Data & Technology teams to help shape commercial decisions, improve performance and drive growth. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys diving deep into data, building stakeholder relationships, and making a visible impact on business results.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Transform large volumes of commercial and market data into actionable business insights that support decision-making across the Out-of-Home business.
• Analyze monthly sales volumes, channel performance and key commercial KPIs to identify trends, opportunities and risks.
• Consolidate and interpret data from multiple sources, including Salesforce, Excel and Power BI, translating complex information into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
• Own and continuously improve recurring reporting, dashboards and performance reviews, ensuring accurate and timely insights for the business.
• Calculate, develop, monitor and challenge KPIs across different sales channels and customer segments.
• Support monthly and quarterly business reviews, including performance analyses and sales incentive reporting.
• Act as the key link between commercial teams and Data & Technology, ensuring business needs are translated into meaningful reporting and insights.
• Partner closely with Sales Managers, National Sales Managers, Account Managers, Channel Marketing, Revenue Management, Finance and other stakeholders across the organization.
• Guide and support commercial teams in understanding reports, KPIs and business performance, helping them turn insights into action.
• Proactively identify opportunities to automate, simplify and improve reporting processes and ways of working.
• Contribute to strategic projects, commercial initiatives and ad hoc analyses that drive business growth and performance.
• Take ownership of your analyses and recommendations, confidently challenging stakeholders when needed and ensuring follow-up actions are delivered.

YOUR PROFILE

• You have a Bachelor or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics or a related field.
• You have a minimum of 3 years relevant working experience.
• You are a real data cruncher and excel in Excel, any other analysis tools such as PBI experience are a plus, data modelling experience albeit in excel or other tools are also considered a plus.
• You have strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge and influence others.
• You are a bright analytical thinker and problem solver with eye for detail.
• You have the ability to translate data insights clearly into understandable business language.
• You are flexible in changing environments.
• You are assertive and dare to speak up.
• You are proactive, curious and able to work autonomously. You take ownership of your work, know how to prioritize competing requests and confidently engage with a broad range of stakeholders.
• You have a good knowledge of English. Dutch or French is a plus.
• Experience with Power BI and/or Revenue Growth Management is considered a strong asset.

What's in it for you?

• Trust, challenge and support from experienced managers and professionals who know how to develop people, teams and take organizations to the next level.

• We are the market challenger. This means we are a dynamic, local organization; with the benefits of belonging to the larger, international HEINEKEN family.

• Awesome colleagues who enjoy a refreshing Cristal or Desperados 0% after work.

• The opportunity to make your mark and take the initiative. (Which, according to our colleagues, is one of the greatest advantages of working at Alken-Maes).

• A coaching environment, giving you an extraordinary learning opportunity.

• And of course, a competitive package and other nice conditions.

• 10€ Meal vouchers

• Hospitalisation plan

• Group insurance

• Company car

• Bonus

• Net allowances

• 33 leave days