Lead BI Developer

Summary

Join our dynamic Food Data and Analytics team at M&S, comprising four dedicated teams that provide the tools for data-driven decision-making across the business. As part of M&S's ongoing transformation program, which is centred on enhancing digital and data capabilities, we have already had a significant commercial impact but are looking to expand to exploit further opportunities. Our long-term goal is to automate processes and embed high-quality insight driven by business intelligence throughout the Food business.

All the details

As a Lead BI Developer, you will be an essential part of the Reporting function and head up a focused squad of BI developers who will be aligned to specific food sub areas. Leveraging your expertise and previous experience, your role involves delivering projects end-to-end which deliver actionable insights that drive strategic initiatives and operational improvements. You will oversee the full project lifecycle; from collaborating with business stakeholders to define project scope, to providing technical leadership during the design and build phases, project managing the solution rollout, and assessing the commercial and operational impact.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

What's in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - becoming a part and playing your part. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special:

• 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
• A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we're proud of at M&S.
• Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal goals.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave - that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes.
• Charity Volunteer Day - A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
• A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support - this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Identify opportunities to automate existing manual processes with business intelligence enhancements.
• Gather requirements, scope and design BI/reporting solutions in collaboration with business users.
• Project manage the development of BI/reporting solutions to support business operations and transformation projects.
• Coordinate the testing, training, and launch of solutions.
• Manage the daily wellbeing and performance of direct reports.
• Partner with Change Management and Finance teams to measure and report the impact of solutions.
• Champion technical best practices and ways of working through the Reporting function and wider Data & Analytics team.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Proven experience in leading the scoping, design, and delivery of BI/reporting solutions.
• Experience managing a technical team.
• Proficiency in data visualization and user experience design.
• Experience testing solutions and measuring impact, either independently or by collaborating with other analysts.
• Strong SQL knowledge.
• Advanced skills in Power BI.

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.