Data Analyst

Overview:

We are looking for a Data Analyst to join our Commercial Finance Team based at our National Distribution Centre in Portbury, Bristol.

You will enhance our data-driven decision making capabilities and support strategic initiatives within our warehousing and distribution operations.

You'll be instrumental in leveraging data to provide actionable business insight.

You will have a track record in pairing strong technical and analytical skills with excellent communication to engage and collaborate with key stakeholders to present insight and ultimately shape operational decisions.

You'll ideally have experience in a warehousing, distribution or manufacturing setting.

The ability to work with large datasets and creating impactful data visualisation is critical.

This role is based on site at least 3 days per week.

Due to the location, a driving licence and access to your own transport are essential.

Who we are:

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities:

Analyse

Produce actionable, accurate and timely reporting that enables the business to focus on key metrics to success

Absorb current reporting that exists aiming to improve and streamline them

Analyse operational data and performance metrics to identify trends, variances, and areas for improvement

Provide actionable insights and recommendations based on data analysis to support strategic business initiatives

Collaborate

Develop effective working relationships with a wide range of teams across the business

You’ll work closely with the Warehouse & Distribution teams to understand emerging priorities and how you can support them with data

Ability to provide independent and thoughtful challenge to operational teams

Able to use data & visualisations to enable storytelling of data to explain the ‘why’ and not just the ‘what’

About you:

Essential:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Business Administration, or a related field.

Proven experience in effective data analysis

Advanced Excel user

Strong proficiency in building and maintaining dashboards with tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar

Solid understanding of financial principles and data analysis techniques.

Excellent analytical and a methodical approach to data analysis

Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders

Attention to detail

Highly inquisitive with a passion for problem solving

Excellent organisational and time management skills

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Desirable:

Experience in the warehousing, distribution or manufacturing sectors

Advanced degree or certification in data analytics or a related field

Passion for understanding emerging AI trends

Company Benefits:

Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer

25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays

Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year

Discretionary annual bonus scheme

Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%

Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary

Subsidised canteen

Free parking

Free turkey or voucher at Christmas

Access to employee benefits including Perkbox with salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Our Values:

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.

Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.