Closing Date
2025-06-20
Job Title: Data Strategy, Knowledge & Performance Manager
Location: Durrington (Worthing), West Sussex
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: circa £50,000
There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!
Job Overview
The new Data Strategy, Knowledge and Performance Manager will support the Senior Process & Systems Manager in the effective operation of all Procurement systems, ensuring data and information being produced by the systems is fit for purpose and is interpreted effectively.
1. You will be responsible for the implementation of an effective framework and policies for data management, including security, data sharing, and data collection, setting the data strategy for Procurement
2. Proactive role that looks to think ahead of the “ask” to be able better support functional & business needs
3. Continuously seek ways of improving the quality of data, the systems and databases used
4. Responsible for developing and producing all report templates, data analytics, and insights to support the Procurement lifecycle
5. Drive data compliance, ensuring alignment with legal, company, and internal governance requirements, and report on operational performance and compliance
6. Ensure that the data that the Procurement Systems create is accurate and relevant
7. Implement effective quality management and a best practice framework
8. Collaborate with teams across the business to drive continuous improvement in data management and reporting
9. Manage external procurement data sources
About You
10. Advanced IT skills – Microsoft Office suite to include advanced MS Excel and MS Access.
11. Desirable experience with Power BI, Qlikview and/or Tableau and building reporting suites.
12. Strong experience in data/information management, with knowledge of all relevant databases and systems and ETL toolsets.
13. Experience gathering requirements and relevant data from multiple stakeholders.
14. Experience working in utilities/regulatory environment preferable (e.g. UCR) and previous experience of working within procurement is highly desirable.
15. Knowledge of data extract, transformation, and load toolsets and effective application of their capabilities.
16. Strong experience working in data analytics, collating data across multiple sources and compiling reports.
17. Strong experience analysing qualitative and quantitative data to extract useful insights.
Package
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Durrington office and home. We are offering a salary of circa £50,000 per annum depending on skills and experience as well as other benefits including:
18. Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
19. 25 days annual leave
20. Life assurance equal to 4x salary
21. Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
22. Health Cash Plan
23. Full funded eye tests
24. Two paid volunteering days a year
25. Occupational health service
26. Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
27. Digital GP service
28. Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
29. Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
30. Cycle to work scheme
Join our Procurement team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
If this role isn’t quite what you’re looking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
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Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that your Manager is aware of your application.
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