Associate Product Data Analyst (Recent College Leaver) in Wokingham

Profitero+ is a leading global SaaS commerce platform that uses predictive intelligence to help brands anticipate, activate and automate their next best action to fuel profitable growth. Our technology monitors 80+ million products daily, across 1400+ retailers and 70+ countries, helping brands optimise search placement, product content, pricing, stock availability, reviews and more.

Now’s an exciting time to join our fast-growth business. Profitero+ joined Publicis Groupe as a standalone commerce division, infusing our business with significant product development resources and investment while giving our employees an incredible launchpad for their careers. Profitero’s tech and data combined with Publicis’ tech, data and activation services positions us to be a true end-to-end partner for helping brands maximise eCommerce market share and profits.

Overview

Location: Hybrid role based in Winnersh Triangle, 3 days in the office. This is a 12-month fixed term contract role. The Operations Support Specialist (Fixed Term Contract) is responsible for the operational support tasks which underpin our software, and ensures our client accounts work in a manner which meets their objectives. The role is tasked with ensuring account excellence for the duration of the contractual life cycle, in relation to a prescribed sub-set of tasks. You will use your Excel skills to input customers product data and enter these into Excel or Google Sheets. We are looking for talent who are early on in their career looking for their first step into the corporate world of data and IT.

Responsibilities

• Operations management for recurring change requests
• Manage assigned account update tasks to ensure a successful outcome for internal and external customers.
• Resolve queries related to assigned account update tasks, escalating to senior management as required.
• Action any account update tasks, according to the agreed team processes and procedures, and within the specified timescales.
• Operational organisation, planning and monitoring
• Update timing plans according to SLAs and in conjunction with resourcing managers and other key stakeholders.
• Ensure all account update schedules are updated in the Operations Schedule and JIRA.
• Monitor and track the progress of assigned operational tasks against the planned time, ensuring timely communication in relevant Slack channels.
• Follow the team’s best practices for all operational tasks at all times.
• Risks and issue management
• Analyse risks and issues, communicate avoidance and take mitigating actions.
• Change control and ad hoc requests
• Highlight and help to resolve any deviations from the agreed scope of planned maintenance tasks.
• Highlight any ad hoc requests to prevent deviation from contractual scope.
• Process improvement and value-added services
• Take ownership for your own knowledge enhancement related to Profitero products & services.
• Highlight potential opportunities for improvement and participate in improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Experience in a technical support role or a related field.
• Experience of owning and delivering an initiative in an operations environment.
• Sound understanding of eCommerce, eBusiness tools, architecture, document management and database management.

Skills & Abilities

• Microsoft Project, Excel and Word at intermediate level.
• Excellent organisational skills, decision-making, problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload.
• Multicultural awareness.
• Excellent communication skills (including a good standard of written and spoken English).

Aptitudes

• Self-motivated and goal-oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix structure and inspire high team spirit.

Behavioural

• Dynamic and initiative-taking personality.
• Good adaptability and flexibility.
• Ability to work well within a team environment.

Performance

Adherence to agreed team procedures and delivery of maintenance tasks on time, to the agreed specification, timings and budget.

Additional Information

The above lists are not exhaustive and the job holder is required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.

Benefits

Competitive base salary; employee healthcare; life assurance; group income protection; dental care plan; eye care scheme; 24 hour online GP; company pension; cycle to work scheme; 25 days off + bank holidays + birthdays off; reduced gym membership; social events; employee referral scheme; personal development plans; Profitero Hero scheme; flexible working hours.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Profitero+ is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. Profitero recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected characteristics as required by applicable law.