Senior Executive - Business Analyst
MAS Holdings · Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Apparel & Fashion · 10,001+ employees
About the role
The role involves analyzing business data and customer trends to provide actionable insights for top management to facilitate strategic decision-making. Additionally, the incumbent will monitor KPIs, manage financial reporting, and drive project tasks to ensure departmental objectives are met.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in business management, analytics, or marketing. A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in merchandising is required, along with strong analytical and communication skills.
Full description
Senior Executive ‐ Business Analyst
(Based at Ratmalana)
The Bodywear Value Stream of MAS Holdings delivers end-to-end design, innovation and manufacturing solutions across lingerie, swimwear and next-to-skin categories. It brings together broad expertise in fit, comfort, performance and aesthetics to serve leading global brands at scale. With design and innovation hubs in Sri Lanka, the USA, Canada and Hong Kong and manufacturing operations across Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kenya, Bodywear offers a diverse portfolio spanning bras, briefs, shapewear, sleepwear, performance bodywear and Olympic grade swimwear. The value stream portfolio includes Victoria’s Secret, Calvin Klein, Marks & Spencer, Triumph, Speedo and Aerie. Positioned as a global centre of excellence, the Bodywear Value Stream combines advanced product innovation, technology-led solutions and operational scale to meet evolving consumer expectations across intimate and swim categories.
Empower transformation by becoming a driving force of change at MAS. We are on the lookout for a dedicated individual to assist to rigorously analyse business data, customer trends and construct informative reports/presentations to top management in a timely manner to facilitate strategic decision making; continuously engage in initiatives that improve business and production processes to meet current business objectives
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with management to formulate key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensure the overall development of the annual Hoshin (A3) thereby enabling a robust performance measuring mechanism to monitor the achievement of departmental objectives.
- Monitor and analyze KPIs on a weekly basis and periodically present achievement of objectives to the Director during departmental performance reviews
- Diligently maintain Director’s daily work calendar and effectively coordinate and schedule business meetings as per required to ensure the optimization of the Director’s work routine
- Facilitate, monitor and reconcile the preparation of financial budgets, costing reports, profitability reports and analyze the same to ensure accurate management of information and achievement of budgeted targets on behalf of the Director
- Research and analyze customer trends in terms of product changes, seasonal, market changes and apply the information obtained to support the Director, top management in making decision
- Follow up on projects initiated by the Business Director by driving project tasks as per agreed timelines and provide timely updates to ensure successful project completion
- Perform additional duties commensurate with the current role, as and when requested by the management.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
- Bachelor's degree in business management/Analytics/Marketing
- 2 - 3 years of merchandising work experience.
- Ability to maintain strong rapport and credibility with senior leadership.
- Natural curiosity to understand business performance beyond the numbers
- Strong commercial mindset with a focus on driving profitable growth.
- Confidence in presenting recommendations and influencing strategic decisions through data-backed insights.
- Excellent storytelling ability, turning complex analyses into clear business narratives that support merchandising and commercial objectives.
