Senior Analyst - Business Data

WESCO Distribution; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading distribution company in the UK seeks a Senior Analyst – Business Data responsible for generating analytics using Power BI. This role requires daily collaboration with various teams to keep systems informed about business changes. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Technology or Business and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Key responsibilities include developing data reports, analyzing product data, and improving digital content management. The ideal candidate will effectively address complex data challenges and enhance team efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Technology or Business is required.
• Minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Ability to solve complex problems and apply problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead strategic product data resource.
• Track and report key metrics for the business function.
• Generate analytics for business unit initiatives using Power BI reporting.

Job description

As a Senior Analyst – Business Data you will be responsible for accessing financial, SKU number and description, Sales and Margin Master data and 13+ unique ERP systems to generate analytics for business initiatives using Power BI reporting. You will have daily communication and collaboration with the business, functions, and master data teams is essential to keep informed about business changes that impact systems and the data. Once data enhancements and recommendations have been verified, you will ensure the data asset can be scaled across the organization and leveraged appropriately. Data reports will be developed and generated from Power BI in both automated and ad-hoc reports.

Responsibilities

• Serves as lead strategic product data resource
• Develops data reports to be generated from Power BI in both automated and on demand formats
• Track and report key metrics for the business function
• Generate analytics for business unit initiatives using Power BI reporting
• Initiate a match process to align Brand A to Brand B Substitute Products
• Feed matched products into internal systems to automatically display a match for internal sales teams
• Complete ad-hoc data analysis
• Actively searches for additional standardization and improvement of product data regarding consistency and compliance with content style guide
• Collaborates and manages new solutions related to product data storage and end user presentations
• Improves digital content management within available tools and applications
• Collaborates with internal and external content users to ensure optimized solution for multiple publication channels.
• Coordinates, cleanses, and prepares acquired product content for upload into product information management system.
• Tracks and reports content metrics.
• Designs processes and channels to output product data to new and existing applications.
• Defines solutions for changing product data needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree inTechnology or Business is required
• Minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Solves difficult and sometimes moderately complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions and identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem-solving skills to resolve complex situations
• Works independently with minimal supervision
• May coach or review the work of lower level professionals