Data & Analytics Analyst

Manpower are currently seeking an interim Data & Analytics Analyst to work with our global FMCG client The Magnum Ice Cream Company, renowned for brands such as Magnum, Ben & Jerry's, Cornetto and Wall's, and become an integral part of their fast-paced FMCG environment.

The position is based in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. This is a full-time temporary role to run for 6 months, requiring 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive paying up to £52,500 per annum, pro rata, depending on experience.

The role currently offers a mix of remote and onsite working, subject to adjustment based on business requirements.

Data & Analytics Analyst - Wholesaler Sales

We're looking for a Data & Analytics Analyst to unlock the value of wholesaler and customer sales data across Magnum's UK business.

You will play a critical role in connecting multiple wholesaler data sources, working with Databricks and pipelines and transforming raw sales data into clear, actionable insights. This includes enabling visibility on sell-in, sell-out, distribution, range, and performance across wholesale partners.

You will work closely with data engineers to ensure data is ingested, structured, and ready for analysis, while acting as a Power BI super user to deliver dashboards that drive commercial decisions across sales, account management, and operations.

Key Responsibilities

Connect & Integrate Wholesaler Data

  • Connect and visualise multiple wholesaler sales data sources (including but not limited to EPOS, shipment/sell-in, CRM, partner data)
  • Work with Databricks to query, review and report on large-scale sales datasets
  • Connect to and leverage data pipelines to access reliable, up-to-date wholesaler data
  • Partner with data engineers to onboard new wholesale partners and data feeds
  • Ensure consistent, accurate mapping of SKU, customer and channel data

Data Ingestion & Pipeline Collaboration

  • Support and advise on data ingestion processes for wholesaler and partner data to ensure you have the information required for reporting usage
  • Validate and sense-check incoming data to ensure accuracy and completeness
  • Help ensure data pipelines deliver timely, structured, analysis-ready datasets

Data Visualisation & Commercial Insights

  • Act as a Power BI super user, building dashboards focused on wholesale performance and sales performance
  • Deliver reporting on key commercial metrics (e.g. sales trends, distribution, range compliance, customer performance)
  • Create intuitive data visualisations for sales and account teams
  • Translate complex sales data into clear insights and actions
  • Maintain and improve existing dashboards to meet business needs
  • Identify opportunities to utilise new technology to present data in the best way
  • Strong commercial experience designing and implementing Power BI solutions.
  • Proven expertise in data modelling, data transformation and report development.
  • Experience creating dashboards, data visualisations and management information reporting.
  • Strong understanding of KPI and OKR reporting frameworks
  • Enable self-serve analytics for commercial teams

Set Us Up for Success

  • Support scalable solutions that accommodate new wholesalers and growing data complexity
  • Contribute to data documentation, definitions and data dictionaries
  • Ensure high standards of data quality & governance
  • Identify opportunities to improve data coverage & accuracy

Business Partnering & Opportunity Identification

  • Work closely with sales, account managers and CRM teams to answer key business questions
  • Identify trends and opportunities within wholesaler performance and distribution
  • Proactively highlight risks and opportunities (e.g. gaps in distribution, declining accounts, growth pockets)
  • Translate business needs into analytical solutions

Required Skills

  • Advanced Power BI expertise (data modelling, DAX, dashboard delivery)
  • Experience working with Databricks (or similar) (data querying, transformation of large data sets)
  • Strong SQL skills and ability to work with large, complex sales datasets
  • Experience with data pipelines and ingestion processes
  • Proven ability to connect and combine multiple data sources
  • Experience working with sales, wholesaler, or FMCG data is highly desirable
  • Strong understanding of commercial metrics and reporting
  • Experience collaborating with data engineers and non-technical stakeholders

Key Attributes

  • Commercially minded with strong curiosity for sales performance drivers
  • Detail-oriented with a strong focus on data accuracy and consistency
  • Proactive and solutions-driven
  • Ability to manage conflicting priorities and short deadlines
  • Strong communicator, able to translate data into actionable business insight
  • Experience within large-scale transformation programmes, change initiatives or application modernisation projects would be advantageous.
  • Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

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