Data Visualisation & Automation Manager

Kingfisher PLC; Test Valley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement company in the United Kingdom seeks a Data Visualisation & Automation Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering self-service dashboards and driving automation. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with Microsoft Power Platform and SQL and will lead a team while ensuring that data-driven decisions enhance customer experiences. This position includes benefits like a competitive salary and wellness programs.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Award-winning pension scheme

Bonus

ShareSave options

6.6 weeks holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experienced in leading teams in agile environments, with stakeholder engagement.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Power Platform for scalable dashboards and workflows.
• Strong grasp of data visualisation best practices focusing on simplicity.
• Advanced SQL skills; experience with Python or R is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud analytics platforms like Databricks or Snowflake.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across large organisations.
• Solid understanding of data governance and CI/CD practices.
• Commercial mindset linking analysis to customer or revenue outcomes.
• Strong storytelling skills to translate data into visuals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage self-serve dashboards for decision-making.
• Lead automation and workflow integration using cloud tools.
• Define data flow architecture for quick results.
• Empower colleagues with data for enhanced customer experiences.
• Own roadmaps and prioritization to balance wins.
• Lead and develop a team of analysts through coaching.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships translating goals into challenges.
• Stay informed about analytics trends in retail.

Skills

Leading teams in agile environments

Microsoft Power Platform expertise

Data visualisation and BI best practices

Advanced SQL skills

Cloud analytics familiarity

Automation tools integration

Influencing senior stakeholders

Data governance understanding

Jira/Confluence usage

Commercial mindset

Strong storytelling skills

Tools

Microsoft Power BI

Microsoft Power Apps

Power Automate

Databricks

Airflow

Python

R

Snowflake

BigQuery

Jira

Confluence

Job description

We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they'll love. Join us as a and you'll be a big part of this.

Role Purpose

Working within the Customer & Data Team at B&Q, the Data Visualisation & Automation Manager will be responsible for delivering high quality self-serve dashboards and foundational data enablement products. They will interact with a varied group of stakeholders to drive up the understanding of customers across the organisation, helping to shape our future strategies, improve customer experience, deepen engagement, drive revenue, and improve business efficiencies across both B&Q and TradePoint.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage self-serve dashboards to bring the business closer to customers and support strategy and decision‑making.
• Lead automation and workflow integration using cloud tools (e.g. Databricks, Airflow) and Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate).
• Contribute to defining data flow architecture that delivers quick, tangible results and aligns with group standards.
• Empower store colleagues with the data they need to enhance customer experiences, ensuring safe, GDPR‑compliant data access.
• Own roadmaps, prioritisation frameworks, and planning to balance short‑term wins with long‑term goals.
• Lead and develop a team of analysts through coaching and training, fostering a culture of learning, experimentation, and collaboration.
• Actively engage with the wider group data community and collaborate across banners.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and translate business goals into analytical challenges.
• Bring external insights by staying informed on analytics trends in retail and other sectors, including competitor developments.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experienced in leading teams in agile environments, with strong prioritisation and stakeholder engagement.
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate) for scalable dashboards, apps, and workflows.
• Strong grasp of data visualisation and BI best practices, with a focus on simplicity and storytelling.
• Advanced SQL skills; experience with Python or R is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud analytics platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery.
• Experience embedding automation and workflow tools (e.g. Airflow, Databricks) into operations.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive analytics adoption across large organisations.
• Solid understanding of data governance, quality, and CI/CD practices, including GitHub version control.
• Experience using Jira/Confluence (or similar) for backlog and documentation.
• Commercial mindset with a track record of linking analysis to customer, revenue, or cost outcomes.
• Strong storytelling skills to translate data into visuals and narratives that drive decisions.

Diversity & Inclusion

As part of a great team, you'll be valued for who you are. We're committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

Benefits

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award‑winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!