Data Specialist - London, United Kingdom - SSP

SSP

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the Role:

The purpose of the role is to support the deployment of the new ERP solution (SAP S/4 Hana, which internally is called Project Mercury) across SSP.

Project Mercury (SAP) is a key strategic business transformation programme to improve the operational efficiency and control within the company across all those countries; this includes the areas of finance, inventory and cash management, but fundamentally involves all departments.

Main Duties

Support the implementation of global standards for product data from a system and solution perspective that encompasses all elements of the finance & inventory management process including
Order and purchasing of articles for direct sale and production, incorporating material resource planning and automated suggested replenishment.
Recipe management, including units of measurement and product yield.
Allergen and nutritional management to ensure regulatory compliance and facilitate the availability of accurate customer information.
Perpetual inventory management and facilitation of theoretical to actual cost of sale control.
End to end testing and validation, including system integration and user acceptance where required.
Support regional and country deployments, from "Fit to Template" workshops to identify localisation requirements through to cutover and going live.
Working with local teams to identify data migration requirements for cleansing of data and subsequent extraction from legacy systems.
Identification and root cause analysis of failures as a result of the data held in the system.
Working with local teams to ensure quality and cleanliness of data in the new system is maintained.
Responsible for identifying solutions to data and process related issues of varying complexity.
Success will be a standard way of managing data across the business once Mercury is fully deployed that will facilitate informed decision making for the organisation, whilst ensuring adherence to the internal control framework and the relevant statutory and regulatory requirements are complied with.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Experienced Operator or Data Analyst in the Retail / Hospitality sector with a detailed understanding of inventory and recipe management.
Strong financial and business analytical skills with an eye for detail and the ability to identify and gather requirements.
Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse, manage and manipulate large volumes of data.
Excellent interpersonal skills with a cando approach and the confidence to communicate with colleagues at all levels of the organisation hierarchy.
Effective at problem solving with ability to distil complexity into business language and solution recommendation.
Willing and able to travel regularly in the UK and internationally.

Desirable