Retail BA Lead

As a Senior/Lead Business Analyst in the Retail domain based in Mumbai, you will play a crucial role in driving business understanding, use case scoping, and value realization for a strategic data science and data engineering transformation at Reliance Retail. Your responsibilities will include acting as a bridge between business stakeholders and the data/engineering teams, leveraging your expertise in retail planning, merchandising, supply chain, or customer analytics. To excel in this role, you should possess a minimum of 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst or Planner in the Retail domain. Proficiency in working with databricks or snowflake and writing PySpark queries is essential. Additionally, you should have a sound understanding of the Azure ecosystem, including ADLS, ADF, Key Vault, and Azure Databricks. A strong grasp of retail processes such as merchandising, inventory management, promotions, assortment, and pricing is required. Familiarity with planning systems like SAP, Oracle, and JDA/Blue Yonder will be beneficial. Exposure to data-driven solutions like forecasting and analytics dashboards is highly desirable. Your role will also involve excellent documentation skills, effective stakeholder management, and a strong analytical mindset to collaborate with data teams in validating insights. Experience with ML/AI teams or data-led transformation projects, as well as knowledge of tools like Power BI, will be advantageous. While not mandatory, familiarity with KPIs such as Sell-through Rate, GMROI, Stock Cover, and Promo ROI, along with exposure to the India retail ecosystem, would be considered beneficial for this position.,