Commercial Data Analytics Manager

Commercial Data Analytics Manager.

Package: £47,760 to £60k (depending on experience)

Location: Reading, with free onsite parking.

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight, with every other Friday as a non-working day.

This role is eligible for hybrid working, meaning employees typically spend three days on site in a long week and two days on site in a short week.

We support flexible working where possible, including part-time and varied working hours, so please let us know if you would like us to consider an alternative working arrangement when you apply.

Ready to play your part? At AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe.

Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?

The Commercial Data Analytics Manager leads the strategic and operational management of commercial data across AWE. This role is critical in ensuring accuracy, availability and actionable use of data to drive effective commercial decision-making within the Commercial team on all matters relating to third party spend incurred by AWE.

This role will report into the Principal Commercial Performance, Insights & Reporting Manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures Commercial teams have access to timely, accurate and relevant data to meet performance and strategic objectives.
• Accountable for master data management of all commercial data, ensuring accuracy, consistency and integrity across systems used by the Commercial function.
• Accountable for managing the data lifecycle, ensuring seamless data flow across systems.
• Accountable for data protocols, data cleansing and data maintenance to ensure usable data is made available to Commercial colleagues.
• Accountable for liaison between Commercial, IT, Finance and other relevant teams in AWE to align data strategy with business requirements.
• Accountable for the management of the Commercial Data Team.
• Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we’d like you to have experience in some of the following:

Experience and Qualifications

• Compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.
• Must have proven professional experience.
• Experience of working in a Procurement / Commercial function
• Experience in data operations and/or commercial analytics
• Proven experience in managing large datasets, data transformation and business intelligence tools.
• A natural analytical thinker.
• Proficient in SQL, Excel and visualisation platforms (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong communication skills with ability to translate technical insights into business language.
• Detail oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.

Work hard, be rewarded: We ask a lot and set the bar high because our work truly matters. In return we offer balance, with award winning benefits including:

• 9-day working fortnight – meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions).
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring.

Important Things You Need to Know

You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.

We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.

Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience.

We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

If you’re looking for a role with excitement, intrigue and something that really makes a difference then now is the time to join AWE.

We are at the start of a once in a generation – possibly two generations – programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent. We will do this while continuing to deliver the Trident programme as well as managing ambitious state-of-the-art capital and construction projects – some of which have never been done before.

Find out more on our website.

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