Technical Data Analyst

Cowley
10 months ago
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Technical Data Analyst - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Location: Cowley, Oxford (OX4 2GQ)
Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full time
Salary: £26,500 per annum,
Benefits: plus 22 days holiday rising, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play providing insight and support across the supply chain functions to ensure that service, cost and quality improvements are obtained. Taking high level practices and customer requirements, you will manage processes and procedures to achieve the required outputs critical to the success of this role.

We don’t just have a way of working; we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.

As Technical Data Analyst you'll proactively monitor and manage potential problems with the data and any queries from customers or the supplier base, resolving and/or escalating upwards before they impact service levels. Data management is key, working with suppliers to acquire data, you will ensure ongoing communication to manage the change control process.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

Manage data accuracy of bill of materials for hire equipment upon introduction and throughout the product life cycle
Ensure all data is accurately input to the system and in a timely fashion
Understand availability loss impact due to data and the causes of failure, ensuring robust countermeasures to resolve issues and avoid further impact
Provide prompt resolution of queries from the client and internal customers
Support the Customer Service team by delivering prompt status updates and resolution to issues raised by customer workshops
Provide additional technical/data support for other internal contractual requirements where needed
About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

Data management experience - Essential
Experience of working in an Automotive/Industrial/Retail sector - Essential
Experience of working in highly changeable business operation
Experience of working across functions to deliver seamless process flows and remove silo activity
Application of problem-solving - Essential
Customer interface skills to listen to the problem and take responsive actions for the customer
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may also have experience in the following: Data Analyst, Data Analysis, SQL Analyst, BI Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Data Analyst, Python, R, Technical Analyst, Technical Data Analysis etc

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