Strategic Business Analyst - Global Sourcing (33666)

Holland and Barrett; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000

Job description

Strategic Business Analyst - Global Sourcing (33666)

Join our team and be part of a company that truly lives its values. With our expertise and commitment to innovation, we aim to build trust and make health and wellness accessible to all. By fostering inclusivity and care, we work collaboratively to improve the well-being of our colleagues, customers, and communities.

The Role
Looking for stretch and potential of career growth as part of a dynamic business experiencing global growth? Then Holland & Barrett could be for you.

We are looking for a deeply skilled analyst with strong commercial acumen to help us build new capability in end to end cost modelling, creating a BOM builder tool and working across our Regional Sourcing Hubs to establish best practice product should cost models and commodity price tracking tools. Using your Power BI, Business Objects or equivalent experience you will unlock value for many colleagues across the Group Technical & Sourcing Function through the creation and deployment of commercial and operational dashboards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Gather, analyse, and interpret data to support decision-making and strategic initiatives.
• Develop financial models and turn complex datasets into compelling narratives.
• Prepare presentations and reports for internal and external stakeholders, including executive leadership.
• Create self-service reporting tools to ensure and drive cost optimisation and continuous improvement.
• Provide insights on market trends and risks to refine sourcing strategies.
• Dashboards to monitor KPIs like cost savings, supplier performance, and procurement efficiency, ensuring transparent updates to stakeholders.
• Support benefits realisation and long-term financial planning with actionable insights.

Project Leadership

• Initiate, lead and assure delivery of new sourcing and supply analytical tools, total cost models and ongoing commodity and opportunity tracking tools.
• Act as the analytical lead on global sourcing projects and initiatives.

Strategic Support

• Reporting directly to the Head of Sourcing for Europe, partner with the key members of the Global Sourcing & Production leadership team to synthesize market insights, identify improvement opportunities, and contribute to strategic decision-making (including long range planning).

Communication and Collaboration

• Build strong relationships with finance, production, and supply chain teams to deliver detailed cost analysis and actionable insights.
• Coordinate and manage meetings, prepare agendas, and ensure follow-up on key action items.

Location: Based in Nuneaton, this is a hybrid role with a requirement to be in the office 2 days per week.

The Person

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Project Management, or a related field.
• Proven experience in data analysis and financial modelling, with the ability to turn complex datasets into strategic insights.
• Proficient in Power BI, Business Objects, or equivalent data visualisation tools for creating interactive dashboards.
• Ability to develop cost models, including Total Landed Cost, Total Cost of Ownership, and Should Cost models, to drive sourcing efficiency.
• Experience in within a retail/commercial role advantageous.
• Excellent analytical, organisational, and time-management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets, PowerPoint, and project management tools.
• MBA strongly preferred, not essential.

What we offer:

Our Benefits for this role include, but not limited to:

• H&B Employee Discount - 25%
• Pension company contribution
• Exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers
• And many more!

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues' unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.

Holland & Barrett does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Please do not forward resumes to our job alias, employees, or any other company location. Holland & Barrett is not and will not be responsible for any fees if a candidate submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless otherwise agreed with respect to specific open position(s).

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