Main objective

You will be the person leading the analysis of data to understand the key drivers of our business, from the macro level of key geographies, supplier types for instance down to the individual patterns. For decision making on our business, your analysis shall also be precise, deep, summarized and well-articulated always with a clear and simple business rationale.

Main responsibilities & duties

General

Beyond data, what we need is actionable information. You will therefore deliver not only recurrent reports and dashboards but also adhoc analysis that help understand our activity, help track progress against goals, and more strategically make decisions and drive actions

Your analysis support our internal clients: Product Marketing, Supply, Sales, and Marketing Communications

To reach these goals, you will contribute to the development of data management, processes and tools

Business analysis

Gathers, interprets and analyzes data from primary and secondary data sources using statistical techniques and provide recommendations for efficiencies

Identifies, analyses, and interprets trends or patterns in complex data sets

Develops, maintains and enhances recurring reports and dashboards on our core business

Conducts specific analysis on specific products, new trends, specific geographic markets, selected hotel chains and even client and traveller behaviors

As RoomIt explores and even develops new markets and new offers, you will directly prepare the business modelling of new activities. You’ll locate and define new process improvement opportunities and measure the related economic elements that drive commercial success and profitability. You’ll often build several scenarios with related ROI models

Shows ownership, initiative, and is able to balance statistical and financial rigor with business needs

Understands and correlates complex business issues into simple cause and effect explanations

To build your success, you’ll connect with all analytical teams in our company: Finance, Data Science team, sourcing and consulting experts, supplier management

Our ambitious and desire for innovation will make you also leverage external data and knowledge that you might get from colleagues, from external vendors or seek by yourself as we need to go beyond the frontiers of our heritage industry.

A minimum of 5 years of experience in business analysis role, preferably in both B2B and B2C environment.

Overall understanding of the business travel, and specifically, the hotel industry would be a plus

Practice of business modelling and ROI calculations

Demonstrated experience in compiling outputs for executive level understanding

Is rigorous to get the correct answers, detail-oriented.

Is innovative and demanding to go beyond the current facts & figures

Creative thinker able to develop advanced analysis across multiple dimensions

Capability to work in a an innovative start up environment as well as in complex matrix organizations

Looks at the global and regional picture and thinks outside the box

Your passion for travel has already led you do discover other areas of the world and other cultures

Has a strong ability to lead and drive results through cross-functional teams without direct authority

Advanced mastering of Excel and usage multi-dimensional data tools is a foundation

Great analytical skills, strategic thinking and PowerPoint skills

Strong English verbal and written skills.

Ability to travel up to 10% Based in Chicago area