We are seeking an experienced Business Intelligence Analyst to provide data and insight to the Product and Supplier Management function. This role will drive visibility of key performance indicators and improved efficiencies across each operational area. The role will be responsible for creating, developing, and maintaining reports using the various analytical toolsets available to RS Group. The role will involve some user upskilling so will need a person who is able to deliver insight, actions, and training to various levels of stakeholders across Product and Supplier Management (P&SM).
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Product and Supplier Management, excellent analytical skills, technical development skills and the ability to influence and drive change across various levels of the organisation. You will also explore and implement alternative ways of working, challenging the status quo to meet evolving business needs. If you are passionate about performance and have a track record of delivering results, we would love to hear from you.
This is a hybrid working role with the opportunity to be in the office with locations in Corby, Manchester or London.
What you'll be doing:
1. Creation and Delivery of Technical KPIs: Develop and deliver key performance indicators using Snowflake, Power BI and other tools used in the technology space within RS Group.
2. Business Process Analysis and Mapping: Conduct thorough analysis and mapping of business processes to identify areas for improvement.
3. Strategy Execution: Execution of the vision for how data is utilised across Product and Supplier Management. Implement strategies that enhance data-driven decision-making, ensuring analytics drive both operational efficiency and long-term business growth.
4. Detailed Analysis of P&SM KPIs: Monitor and perform detailed analysis of Product and Supplier Management KPIs across multiple areas using various reporting tools to identify root causes, generate actionable insights, and track ongoing progress.
5. Business Requirements Management: Own business requirements, including outlining requirements, definitions, scope (In & Out), current & future processes, and exception processes & reporting/tracking capabilities.
6. Highlighting Areas of Concern: Identify and highlight areas of concern to senior leadership and key business stakeholders.
7. Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis: Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis, presenting and communicating results clearly and comprehensively.
8. Governance and Maintenance of Reports: Responsible for the maintenance, and creation of Product and Supplier Management reports and direction setting for specialists - Product and Supplier Management.
How I make a difference in this role:
9. By driving the data and insight strategy across various teams within P&SM.
10. Providing data & analytics support, advice, and governance to your peers and management teams.
11. Cultivate collaboration across P&SM teams which drives change and accountability.
12. Connecting data across P&SM and other functions.
13. Creating solutions to standardise and automate lengthy business processes.
14. Provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis.
Essential Skills & Experience required:
15. Proven track record of managing execution by planning and prioritising work which meets commitments and provides direction.
16. Experience of effective stakeholder management.
17. Strong analytical capabilities and competent in interpreting and using data to substantiate decisions and drive others to make better and clearer decisions through relevant information.
18. Results focused, ambitious, creative, and confident. Able to translate complex concepts into clearly understood delivery plans.
19. Culturally sensitive with the ability to operate effectively in a global business.
20. Autonomous with an inquisitive manner.
21. An excellent understanding of the technical business insight solution that RS Group has invested in, specifically Snowflake (SQL), PowerBI and how it relates to BW / other data warehouses applications and knowledge of SAP Business Warehouse 7.x and how it relates to SAP ERP and other legacy applications within RS Group.
22. Experienced in using Power BI or similar BI toolset.
23. Proficient in data extraction, manipulation and knowledge of statistics and statistical packages and languages such as SQL, Python.
Desirable Skills & Experience:
24. Experience and knowledge in analytical and Product and Supplier Management or Supply Chain roles.
25. Certifications in relevant data and analytics technologies (e.g., AWS Certified Big Data Specialty, Snowflake, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate) are desirable.
26. An understanding of the technical business insight solution SAP BW / other data warehouses applications and knowledge of SAP Business Warehouse 7.x and how it relates to SAP ERP and other legacy applications within RS Group.
We are RS Group.
At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.
Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world. We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 800,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers. We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems. We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. Come and join us and over 9000 employees worldwide – and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.
Rewards
At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company (Annual Bonus, Private Medical Cover, Life Assurance, Generous Pension) we’ve just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:
• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma.
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members.
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues.
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