Reporting Assistant (Business Insights)

at  ALDI

Working closely with your Buying Director, you’ll make sure that they have everything they need to negotiate the very best deals.
Our buying teams – if it’s possible – have to move even quicker than the rest of the business. And they have to keep ahead of our customers too: second-guessing what they want and need before they do. You’ll get involved in every aspect of the buying lifecycle, from putting together tender documents and crunching numbers, to preparing samples and reviewing market data. The proposals start with you.
We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we’re doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we’re opening new stores at lightning speed. And to keep on top of that wave, our buying teams have to do something pretty special to keep our customers coming back for more.
The ALDI National Buying Business Insight Team is expanding. We are looking for a pro-active individual with a genuine interest in data and reporting to join our growing team!
A role in the National Buying Business Insight Team is a great opportunity to play a key part in shaping the future of reporting in the Buying department. You will gain valuable experience working with Global and National reporting and data analytics teams, along with building strong relationships right across the department to understand what is required from a data and reporting perspective.
As data progressively becomes more important to our business, it is essential that we continue to investigate new insights and data availability to realise business benefit. The successful candidate will play a fundamental role in the team - collaborating with the department to support the validation of new datasets and sources and creation of reports and dashboards that will ensure critical reporting requirements are delivered in a concise and efficient manner as we continue to progress into the ‘future’ world of reporting.
A key part of the role is working with the Buying Department to help deliver accurate data and reports to enable decision making, so it is essential you are a confident communicator to present new findings and developments.

• Supporting with key data validation in new reports and datasets, tracing information back to source data in our new and legacy systems, understanding how business processes relate to the data we see
• Fulfilling requests for ad-hoc data dives and support where necessary with building detailed reports or answering questions that will have a clear impact on business decisions
• Utilising Tableau, Excel, and future reporting tools to deliver reports and data extractions for the business
• Focusing on solutions, quickly identifying risk/opportunities in the data and recommending solutions and actions to implement
• Actively managing area of responsibility, driving innovation and automation to advance the level of control within the business
• Training and upskilling colleagues on new reports and processes
• Leveraging strong Excel skills to acquire and analyse data from various sources
• Previous experience working with Microsoft Excel and reasonable knowledge of advanced formulas
• Analysing and interpreting data
• Understands the strategy and priorities of the business
• Attention to detail with system data and report validation
• Ability to compile data from disparate data sources
• Ability to gather and organise data into meaningful insights to enable decision-making
• Ability to learn quickly - adapting to new systems and reporting tools
• Strong attention to detail
• Strategic and critical thinker
• Develops and maintains positive relationships
• Effective time management and organisation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to adapt communication style for purpose and audience
• Positive attitude towards change and innovation
• Data driven and a genuine interest in data, reporting and systems