Senior Business Analyst – Procurement
Thames Water’s Procurement team plays a key role in delivering significant cost savings and driving commercial value across the business. The team manages approximately £1.5 billion in annual spend and supports a wide range of high‑value projects.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and are committed to diversity and inclusion.
Key Responsibilities
* Obtain, cleanse, and analyse large complex data sets to provide insights on historical spend and identify cost and operational efficiency opportunities.
* Lead and support stakeholder project meetings, presenting findings to senior commercial and operational managers to drive decision making.
* Analyse macro and micro supply‑chain trends and apply insights to commercial strategy.
* Own commercial data – proactively cleanse historic and forecast data and ensure accurate availability through commercial tools.
* Engage with stakeholders to elicit information, define scope of analysis and support internal and external meetings to explain data analysis.
* Ensure time, cost and quality milestones are met and risk escalated proactively.
* Identify further opportunities for the analyst team to support the commercial process and embrace new initiatives.
Location & Working Pattern
Hybrid – Clear Water Court, Reading; Monday to Friday 36‑hour week.
Required Qualifications
* Degree in a numerically focused discipline such as Engineering, Accounting, Mathematics, Finance, or Economics.
* Proven experience in a similar analytical or commercial role in a fast‑paced organisation.
* Experience presenting business cases and influencing senior stakeholders.
* Strong analytical mindset, self‑starter, ability to work under pressure and across multiple priorities.
* Advanced technical skills in Excel, VBA, Power BI, Power Query and PowerPoint.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Strong problem‑solving ability, with experience in data modelling tools.
* Good understanding of commercial business operations.
Benefits
* Competitive salary up to £60 000 per annum.
* Annual leave: 26 days + bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service.
* Performance‑related pay linked to company performance.
* Generous pension scheme via AON.
* Benefits covering health and well‑being, including annual health MOTs, physiotherapy, counselling, Cycle‑to‑Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
Disclaimer: Due to the high volume of applications, the advert may close earlier than the advertised date. Please apply as soon as possible.
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