Junior Data Analyst

Job Description

Foodbuy is a leading food procurement organisation based in the UK. With over £1bn of managed spend, we bring together the widest range of foodservice and hospitality clients on the planet to buy food, and everything associated with it. We work closely withour clients to deliver expert procurement services saving them both time and money and enabling them to focus on what really matters to their businesses.As a Junior Data Analyst you have the opportunity to develop a career within the largest procurement organisation in the UK and learn from experienced supply chain and buying professionals. You will support the entire end to end procurement process for yourcategory on behalf of NHS Supply Chain: Food.You will work within the Commercial Team to manage and produce data analysis and day to day reports. These insights and tools enable NHS Supply Chain: Food to deliver market leading category strategies and procurements, driving savings and quality standardsfor patient feeding across the NHS.In this role, you will be delivering against multiple stakeholder requirements, therefore you must be anorganised and efficient individual,able to prioritise multiple demands and operate at pace. You will have a collaborative approach with the abilityto work cross functionally with colleagues across the business.You will be extremely competent in the use of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and formulae. You will have exceptional analytical skills andwith strong attention to detail, taking pride the quality of your work.Key responsibilities:

• Taking large amounts of raw data from multiple sources, cleansing, collating and categorising ready for upload to a Data Warehouse systems (Cognos)
• Identify any data issues and communicate them to the relevant teams or to suppliers with a view to rectifying to ensure data accuracy and validity
• Create customer facing switching templates using the collated and cleansed data to identify savings opportunities
• Working with BI reporting tools such as Cognos BI, Power BI or equivalent to maintain and develop insightful dashboards and commercial reporting templates. Understanding and interpreting data to drive actionable insights to achieve commercial and strategicbusiness objectives
• Running monthly customer and client facing dashboards and reports to support in driving business performance and achieving internal growth and savings targets
• Work cross functionally with our procurement, account management and finance teams to understand their needs and be able to identify and deliver effective analytical and reporting solutions
• Provide ad-hoc data analysis for various stakeholders across the business

Skills required:

• Exceptional numeric and analytical skills
• Ability to analyse and evaluate large volumes of information and data from multiple sources
• Advanced spreadsheet and Microsoft Excel experience
• Ability to operate at a fast paced, highly commercial level
• Ability to effectively plan and organise multiple work streams within tight timescales
• Creative thinker with a continuous improvement mindset

We ensure youre rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families