Specialist: Digital Design Optimisation

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Job Summary

• →Digital Performance Management: Define and monitor digital KPIs, develop dashboards and provide actionable performance insights.
• →Customer Journey Optimisation: Analyse digital customer journeys, identify friction points, abandonment trends and conversion improvement opportunities.
• →Process Efficiency and Optimisation: Identify operational inefficiencies, process bottlenecks and automation opportunities using Lean Six Sigma and process improvement methodologies.
• →Digital Analytics and Attribution: Validate data quality, establish measurement frameworks and track digital channels' contributions to business performance.
• →Digital Adoption and Conversion: Analyse customer behaviour, improve digital engagement and identify opportunities to increase self-service utilisation.
• →Continuous Improvement: Conduct root cause analysis, recommend optimisation initiatives and support the implementation of performance improvements.
• →Benefits Realisation: Measure and report the impact of optimisation initiatives on customer experience, productivity, operational costs and business value.
• →Performance Governance: Facilitate performance reviews, maintain reporting standards and support data-driven decision-making.

• Digital performance dashboards and KPI scorecards.
• Customer journey and conversion analysis.
• Process efficiency assessments and optimisation recommendations.
• Digital attribution and data quality reports.
• Prioritised continuous improvement initiatives.
• Benefits realisation and performance improvement reports.

• Relevant qualification in Engineering, Data Analytics, Information Systems or Business Management.
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant experience in digital analytics, process optimisation or performance management.
• Proficiency in Power BI, SQL, Excel and digital analytics tools.
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma, process engineering and customer journey analytics.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Increased digital adoption and conversion.
• Reduced customer journey friction and abandonment.
• Improved operational efficiency and turnaround times.
• Enhanced accuracy of digital performance reporting.
• Reduced operational costs and measurable business benefits.

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