Position outputs
To lead the analytics and Power BI reporting function, ensuring delivery of trusted, high-quality, and actionable insights that support business decision-making. The role combines hands-on development, technical leadership, governance, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring analytics outputs are scalable, consistent, and aligned to business needs, while mentoring analysts and driving analytics excellence.
• Lead design, development, and delivery of Power BI reports, dashboards, and semantic models
• Define and enforce analytics standards (data models, DAX, UX, deployment practices)
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to BI developers and analysts
• Own quality assurance across all reporting and analytics outputs
• Partner with data engineering and governance teams to ensure trusted, business-ready data
• Engage stakeholders to define KPIs, metrics, and reporting requirements
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and reporting standards
• Drive adoption and effective use of Power BI across the organisation
• High-quality Power BI dashboards and reports
• Standardised, reusable semantic data models
• Defined analytics standards and governance frameworks
• Trusted KPI frameworks and consistent metric definitions
• Improved analytics adoption and business insight usage
• Reduced duplication through shared datasets and reporting assets
Minimum Required Qualification:
• Degree in Analytics, Information Systems, Business Intelligence, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
Minimum Required Experience
• Extensive experience with Power BI in enterprise environments
• Strong experience in semantic modelling and DAX
• Experience in analytics leadership or senior technical role
• Experience working with data platforms (preferably Azure and Snowflake) and SQL
Minimum Required Competencies
• Advanced Power BI and data modelling expertise
• Strong SQL and data platform understanding
• Data storytelling and stakeholder communication
• Leadership, coaching, and mentoring capability
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving
• Attention to detail and quality assurance mindset
Skills Required
- Degree in Analytics, Information Systems, Business Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Extensive experience with Power BI in enterprise environments
- Strong experience in semantic modeling and DAX
- Experience in analytics leadership or a senior technical role
- Experience working with data platforms, preferably Azure and Snowflake, and SQL
- Advanced Power BI and data modeling expertise
- Strong SQL and data platform understanding
- Data storytelling and stakeholder communication skills
- Leadership, coaching, and mentoring capability
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail and quality assurance mindset
What We Do
Barloworld Equipment is a leading provider of heavy machinery equipment solutions for the construction, agriculture, mining, transport and energy industries in Southern Africa. As an official Cat dealer, the company provides a wide range of earthmoving machines, genuine parts, and value-added services and support solutions, focusing on reducing downtime and operating costs for its clients.
