Business Partner – D&A

Primark Stores Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Reading is seeking a Business Partner to support decision-making through actionable insights. This role focuses on collaborating with stakeholders, improving data governance, and maintaining data quality. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in an analytical role and possess strong communication and organizational skills. The position offers a comprehensive range of benefits including healthcare and generous leave policies.

Benefits

Healthcare

Pension

Potential bonus

27 days of leave

Tax Saver Tickets

Fitness centre

Subsidised cafeteria

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in a professional analytical role.
• Strong consultative skills and ability to communicate persuasively.
• Organized and detail-oriented with prioritization abilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and interpret data.
• Drive continuous improvement of data management processes.
• Enhance the integrity and security of people data globally.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Consultative skills

Effective communication

Job description

Overview

This role will be responsible for supporting our Buying, Merchandising and Retail Operations decision making, by delivering actionable insights across the trading teams and store operations, whilst championing data driven customer centricity that positively impact customer loyalty and category performance.

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as a Business Partner

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• Partner closely with key business stakeholders to gather & interpret data and determine what information & insights they want to discover.
• Develop and support initiatives which will build trust and credibility in our trading data and enable our data to be structured in a way that is easily accessible.
• Drive continuous improvement, consistency and effectiveness of data management, data quality and related processes.
• Maintain and enhance the overall quality, integrity, and security of people data globally by upholding data governance policies and procedures, maintaining controls, performing quality checks and resolving issues on a case-by-case basis.
• Champion good data management practices across the business including running initiatives to increase awareness of data management topics
• Support Operations related projects to improve operational effectiveness.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• 10+ years’ experience in a professional analytical role with a deep understanding of appropriate processes, information, functions and roles within a functional area.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, possessing the ability to effectively prioritise projects and deliverables whilst meeting deadlines set by management.
• Strong consultative skills and highly effective in communicating clearly ad persuasively with the ability to influence at all levels

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all and neither is our culture. Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities and thrive together.

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