Operations and Insights Manager

Experis - ManpowerGroup; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis - ManpowerGroup is seeking an Operations and Insights Manager in London to support the food range change calendar, governance, and reporting. You will coordinate across teams, track milestones, and prepare packs for senior forums.

The role focuses on turning messy data into clear insight while building practical trackers and automation through Excel, Power BI, and Power Automate. The position is umbrella only for a 9-month duration, with on-site presence in London (3 days).

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating multiple priorities and keeping plans on track.
• High attention to detail with accuracy in reports and trackers.
• Proactive, ownership-driven approach with the ability to move things forward.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management without formal authority.
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint for clear presentation packs.
• Ability to analyze data, spot trends and translate into insight.
• Interest in AI, automation and digital ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Support management of the annual range change calendar and governance.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks and next steps.
• Coordinate day-to-day actions across range change activity.
• Prepare meeting support and stakeholder updates.
• Support approvals for new activity and urgent changes.
• Maintain trackers for approvals, decisions and actions.
• Build simple reporting to show volume, risk and workload.
• Turn data into clear, actionable insight.

Skills

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Excel

PowerPoint

Data interpretation

Power BI

Power Automate

AI awareness

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

Operations and Insights Manager

Location: London (3 days on site)

Duration: 9 months

Umbrella only

Our Client is hiring for a reputed client-an Operations and Insights Manager to help keep range change activity clear, controlled and moving at pace across the Food Group. If you love turning messy information into usable insight, building clear reporting and action trackers, and bringing structure to fast-moving plans, this could be a great match.

What you'll be doing:

• Support management of the annual Food range change calendar and associated governance processes
• Track seasonal and core critical paths, ensuring milestones, dependencies, risks and next steps are visible
• Coordinate day-to-day actions across range change activity-following up owners and keeping work moving
• Prepare meeting support for senior forums, including pack creation, action tracking and stakeholder updates
• Support Trade Approval preparation for new activity, late critical path requests and emergency changes
• Maintain clear trackers for approvals, decisions, actions, risks and next steps-so nothing gets lost
• Build simple, practical reporting to understand volume, risk, performance and workload (and explain the "so what" in plain English)
• Turn data into clear insight, highlighting what matters and where action is needed
• Reduce manual admin by using Excel, Power BI, Power Automate and AI tools to streamline reporting and tracking
• Create user-friendly templates, trackers and reporting outputs others can easily use and maintain
• Support store and support-centre communication with clear, accurate materials built from complex updates

What you'll bring:

• Strong project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities at pace
• Excellent attention to detail and a high standard of accuracy
• A proactive, responsive style-common sense, ownership and the confidence to move things forward
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence without formal authority
• Confidence using Excel and PowerPoint to a high standard (including creating clear presentation packs)
• Ability to work with data, spot trends and translate numbers into clear, actionable insight
• Interest in AI, automation and digital ways of working (e.g., Power BI / Power Automate), with a practical mindset
• A problem-solver who brings options and recommendations-not just issues
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-moving environment

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