Group Commercial Analytics & Data Insights Manager
Applegreen is in a rapid growth phase and to support this ambitious growth, we are seeking to onboard a Commercial Analytics & Data Insights Manager, to join our team. This role will form part of the Group Commercial team and reports to the Group Head of Commercial Analytics & Data Insights. The successful candidate will be a confident people person who can fit into Applegreen seamlessly and adopt a hands-on approach to their role.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Governance & KPI Stewardship
- Support the development and adoption of group data standards, KPI definitions, and reporting principles, working collaboratively with regional and functional stakeholders
- Champion best practices in data governance, ensuring analytics and reporting solutions align with agreed standards, controls, and business requirements.
- Partner with regional, technology, and business teams to improve reporting consistency and trust in decision-making.
Stakeholder Engagement & Insight Translation
- Act as a strategic partner to senior commercial stakeholders, translating business goals into analytical frameworks and dashboards.
- Lead the design and delivery of insight products that inform decision-making at all levelsfrom C suite to operational leads.
- Drive the narrative behind the numbers, ensuring insights are accessible, relevant, and actionable.
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment, accountability, and successful execution of analytics and insight initiatives.
Operational Excellence in Insight Delivery
- Oversee the delivery of repeatable, scalable insight solutions across the group.
- Manage a portfolio of analytics, reporting, and data initiatives, ensuring delivery against agreed timelines, priorities, and business objectives.
- Lead the development and maintenance of Power BI dashboards and tools that support day-to-day and strategic decision-making.
- Maintain clear delivery plans and provide regular status updates on progress, milestones, dependencies, and key decisions.
- Proactively identify, manage, and escalate risks, issues, and blockers, driving solution-focused actions to keep projects on track.
Project Ownership & Strategic Analytics
- Lead high-impact, cross-functional analytics initiatives that support strategic priorities such as customer insight, pricing, and performance optimisation.
- Manage the full lifecycle of analytics projectsfrom scoping and stakeholder alignment to delivery and impact measurement.
- Contribute to the evolution of our Universal Data Platform and Group Reporting Taskforce initiatives.
The Candidate should have the following:
Qualifications, experience & skills
- The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of professional experience, including 5+ years in commercial analytics and 3+ years in people or project leadership roles, preferably in a multi-region or retail environment.
- Deep expertise in BI tools (Power BI essential) and advanced Excel modelling.
- Comprehensive understanding of data governance, KPI frameworks, and reporting best practices.
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional projects and to influence executive-level stakeholders.
- Commercially & strategically minded with a deep understanding of how data drives business performance and growth.
- Ability to operate efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
Leadership & Communication
- Seasoned leader with extensive experience in managing and developing high-performing teams, with minimum 3 years people management experience.
- Excellent communicatorable to distil complex data into compelling insights and influence at all levels.
- Adept at driving clarity through structured insight and strategic narratives.
Mindset & Values
- Inquisitive, proactive, and highly solution oriented.
- Passionate about data and its potential to unlock value.
- Committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Additional key skills & attributes:
- A dynamic individual who adapts well to change and can thrive in a rapidly growing organisation that continues to evolve.
- Proven track record of delivering to tight deadlines.
- A highly organised individual with ability to plan and prioritise workloads effectively for maximum impact and adapt around changing priorities as required.
- Ability to execute directly at high quality and pace.
- Excellent drive, enthusiasm and commitment and a keen interest in developing a career in Applegreen.
- A can do attitude and a positive solution focused mindset.
- Has strong commercial acumen and a focus on delivering value to the business.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, and ability to engage and develop relationships with individuals at all levels of the organisation.
- Be a self-starter, and also be able to work collaboratively as a member of a highly interdependent team across many parts of Applegreen.
- Is resilient, calm under pressure and comfortable dealing with ambiguity.
- Has sound judgement and objective logical decision-making skills.
- Has strong leadership potential and management skills, who will be a role model for the people and culture at Applegreen.
- Willing to travel ad hoc if required in addition to supporting out of hours content development as required.
Illustrative Application & Screening Process (subject to change):
o Please submit an up to date tailored CV (max 2 pages).
- Interview & Selection Process:
o Two interview rounds will be required for this role.
