Operations And Insights Manager

Experis (Austria); Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Client in London is seeking an Operations and Insights Manager for a 9-month contract. You will manage the range change calendar, track milestones and risks, and prepare senior-level reporting packs.

You will streamline reporting using Excel, Power BI, Power Automate and AI tools to turn data into clear insight. You'll coordinate cross-functional actions, communicate with stakeholders, and create user-friendly templates and trackers.

Qualifications

• Strong project coordination skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proactive, ownership mindset with the confidence to move things forward.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management; able to influence.
• Able to work with data, spot trends and derive actionable insight.
• Problem-solving with practical options and recommendations.
• Resilient and adaptable in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Support management of the annual Food range change calendar and governance processes.
• Track seasonal and core critical paths with milestones and risks visible.
• Coordinate day-to-day actions across range change activities and ownership follow-ups.
• Prepare meeting support for senior forums, including packs and updates.
• Support approval preparation for new activity and changes.
• Maintain trackers for approvals, decisions, actions, risks and next steps.
• Build simple reporting to understand volume, risk, performance and workload.
• Turn data into clear insights and explain the implications in plain English.
• Reduce manual admin using Excel, Power BI, Power Automate and AI tools.

Skills

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data analysis

Problem solving

Resilience

Adaptability

Influencing without authority

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Power Automate

AI tools

Job description

Location: London Job Type: Contract Industry: Business Transformation Job reference: BBBH446136_1791563002 Posted: 10 days ago

Operations and Insights Manager

Location: London (3 days on site)

Duration: 9 months

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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