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Yoseph Belay Kebede

Mount Prospect

Summary

Strategic Business Analyst with 15+ years of experience transforming financial and operational data into compelling business narratives. Proficient in Power BI, SQL, and Excel for performance reporting, cost optimization, and stakeholder engagement. Brings deep expertise from aviation and global sales, now applying these skills to drive insights and strategy across industries.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager, Online Pricing & Concessions

01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Led pricing strategy for online international destinations, resulting in a 7% YoY revenue increase.
  • Developed Excel and Power BI dashboards to monitor competitive pricing and demand shifts.
  • Collaborated across departments to align pricing with global sales and customer trends.
  • Utilized SQL to extract and analyze booking and fare data for decision-making.

Regional Manager – Egypt & Libya

12.2021 - 08.2023
  • Managed regional operations, growing passenger numbers by 12% and revenue by 9%.
  • Executed performance reviews and reporting through Excel dashboards.
  • Initiated cost-saving measures, reducing expenses by 6%.
  • Performed data analysis to track market performance and identify underperforming routes.

Area Manager – Malaysia

07.2021 - 11.2021
  • Expanded market share with new B2B corporate sales strategies.
  • Analyzed route profitability to support strategic route planning.
  • Created Power BI visuals to assess market trends and route performance.

Area Manager – Djibouti

04.2019 - 04.2021
  • Directed commercial operations including SEA-AIR cargo transport, boosting cargo uplift by 110%.
  • Achieved 21% passenger growth and 20% revenue increase through local sales campaigns.
  • Conducted SQL-based reporting to support pricing and cargo strategy alignment.

Senior Passenger Sales Representative

07.2018 - 03.2019
  • Managed direct sales and client accounts in Addis Ababa region.
  • Boosted market share through partnership with travel agencies and corporate clients.
  • Maintained client revenue dashboards and analyzed sales trends.

Team Leader – Revenue Management & Integrity

03.2015 - 06.2018
  • Oversaw group sales, pricing strategies, and booking rule enforcement.
  • Reduced revenue leakage and improved forecasting accuracy.
  • Built and maintained Excel tools for tracking booking violations and yield trends.

Central Reservations Control Agent

05.2009 - 07.2015
  • Held multiple roles from clerk to reservations coordinator supporting global booking systems.
  • Compiled and analyzed booking data to support flight scheduling and customer service improvements.

Education

B.A. - Economics

Unity University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
01.2009

Skills

  • Financial & Operational Analysis
  • Power BI & Dashboard Development
  • SQL Querying & Data Modeling
  • KPI Tracking & Reporting
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Data Cleaning & Transformation
  • Strategic Forecasting
  • Airline Commercial Operations

Certification

  • Certified Data Analyst (Excel, SQL, Python), Great Learning & University of Texas, Austin
  • Microsoft Power BI, Great Learning
  • Salesforce Administrator, In Progress

Eportfolio

https://www.mygreatlearning.com/eportfolio/yoseph-belay?utm_source=social&utm_medium=linkedin

Selected Projects

  • Airline Market Insights – Chicago International Flights, Analyzed DOT data and created Power BI dashboards showing load factors, traffic trends, and revenue insights.
  • Movie Genre Analytics, Used Power BI to explore viewing patterns by geography, gender, occupation, and genre.
  • Customer Satisfaction Prediction, Applied KNN model in Python to predict satisfaction levels and provided business recommendations.
  • FoodHub Delivery Demand Analysis, Conducted Python-based EDA for FoodHub, a food delivery company, to understand demand distribution across restaurants and cuisines.
  • New-Wheels Car Sales Revamp, SQL-based project identifying customer retention trends and improving sales strategies using historic sales data.

Languages

English
Professional
Amharic
Native/ Bilingual

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Manager, Online Pricing & Concessions

01.2023 - 01.2024

Regional Manager – Egypt & Libya

12.2021 - 08.2023

Area Manager – Malaysia

07.2021 - 11.2021

Area Manager – Djibouti

04.2019 - 04.2021

Senior Passenger Sales Representative

07.2018 - 03.2019

Team Leader – Revenue Management & Integrity

03.2015 - 06.2018

Central Reservations Control Agent

05.2009 - 07.2015

B.A. - Economics

Unity University

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