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Rochelle Ludick

Rochelle Ludick

Solution Analyst
Centurion

Summary

Experienced with analyzing business processes and identifying areas for optimization. Utilizes data analysis and strategic thinking to develop effective solutions. Track record of improving efficiency and enhancing operational performance. Team-oriented individual promoting exemplary presentation, project management and risk oversight skills. Demonstrative Scrum Master with background communicating effectively with and leading high-performance teams. Considered expert in prioritizing tasks and optimizing workflows.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Solution Analyst/Scum Master

ABSA
02.2024 - Current
  • Proactively Build relationships, apply analytics techniques and validate business needs ahead of demand.
  • Translate business requirements into detailed systems requirements. All capabilities, interfaces and functionalities.
  • Build detailed user stories to leverage for system requirements design.
  • Define the manual testing strategy and test cases for various solutions.
  • Define and validate quality testing parameters for the solution.
  • Provide Developer and User support during UAT.
  • Provide coaching and mentoring across the DevOps Team.
  • Understand and utilize internal ETL tool and and reporting software.
  • Coordinate sprint planning and resource planning.
  • Managed product backlog effectively, prioritizing high-value items for faster completion.
  • Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
  • Conducted daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, and sprint reviews, ensuring effective communication among team members.
  • Developed custom Scrum boards for better task tracking and transparency within the team.

BI Developer

Decision Inc.
10.2021 - 02.2024
  • Standardized report formatting across departments, ensuring consistent presentation style and content structure that facilitated ease-of-use for all users.
  • Streamlined data analysis by implementing efficient BI solutions and tools.
  • Developed strategic reports for executive decision-making using advanced data visualization techniques.
  • Served as a subject matter expert for all BI-related topics, providing guidance and support to key stakeholders throughout the organization.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

Business Analyst

Cerebos Ltd
01.2018 - 10.2021
  • Was given the opportunity to head up the Data Analytics department by consolidating and evaluating the data available and creating dashboards and reports to meet business needs
  • Due to the large amount of data available, KPI and business objectives had to be determined and visualised.
  • Field team applications and data had to be imported into Qliksense as the business main data application.
  • The use of Qliksense has empowered Key Account Managers, Sales Executives and Trade managers to create actionable insights, implement strategic plans to meet their objectives and measure the success or failure, by which they are able to review and adjust.

Qliksense | Self Taught

Smollan
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Qliksense was introduced to me by a very talented colleague while I was working at Makro Liquor in 2015 after which I became very involved in improving my capabilities to be able to build dashboards and display data in a very insightful and powerful manner
  • Used Qliksense to display my teams work quantity and quality, the change in work scope and to negotiate a price increase for our services
  • The software has enabled me to create apps which has simplified complex excel sheets into very user-friendly dashboards
  • Approached my employer's BI team to advance my training and capabilities, unfortunately with no success as there is no current opportunities

Category Management Consultant | Account Lead

Smollan | P&G
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Outsourced Position
  • DATA MAINTENANCE & QUALITY ASSURANCE
  • All data related task, including all Product Maintenance & Image Maintenance of P&G products as well as competitors
  • KPI PLANOGRAM
  • Customer specific planograms built and completed in alignment with P&G trade agreements, as requested and instructed by Key Account Manager and/or Marketing, Strategy & Planning Manager

Junior Category Manager

Dotactiv | L'Oreal South Africa
05.2016 - 01.2017
  • Outsourced Position
  • Formed part of the business development team, working alongside the Senior Category Manager
  • Assisted with any category management related tasks
  • Creating contribution and growth reports, with regards to brand performance, category and segment strength and weaknesses
  • Assist multiple brand teams with data and reports to equip them with the necessary information with regards to their brand and how they are performing in the market

Space Planner/Office Administrator

Dotactiv
07.2015 - 01.2016
  • As a category consultant I designed data driven planograms to optimize shelf space efficiency
  • Classify data provided into their respective category, subcategory, segment, and sub-segments, in which can be presented into reports and graphs
  • Analyse days of supply, product, and brand positioning, to determine the optimum range and space needed for each brand and if necessary, recommend discontinuations
  • Create category presentations to demonstrate the merchandising principles being applied and which are presented to line managers and clients
  • Drafting ranging and contribution reports to determine the optimal range to increase revenue and decrease losses
  • Other Duties
  • Minutes Keeper for every production meeting to document employee tasks, their progress, and difficulties to complete tasks to have an active status on each employee

Education

MATRIC -

HOERSKOOL DR EG JANSEN
01.2005 - 12.2009

BCOM LAW - LLB

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
01.2010 - 12.2014

Skills

    Strong organizational skills

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Timeline

Solution Analyst/Scum Master

ABSA
02.2024 - Current

BI Developer

Decision Inc.
10.2021 - 02.2024

Business Analyst

Cerebos Ltd
01.2018 - 10.2021

Qliksense | Self Taught

Smollan
01.2017 - 01.2018

Category Management Consultant | Account Lead

Smollan | P&G
01.2017 - 01.2018

Junior Category Manager

Dotactiv | L'Oreal South Africa
05.2016 - 01.2017

Space Planner/Office Administrator

Dotactiv
07.2015 - 01.2016

BCOM LAW - LLB

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
01.2010 - 12.2014

MATRIC -

HOERSKOOL DR EG JANSEN
01.2005 - 12.2009

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