INTRODUCTION:
‘An opportunity for an BI Developer / Business & Cost Analyst to join a growing, international and innovative organisation’ Charles Hathorn, Managing Director 2022.

ABOUT US
Pineapple Contracts opened their doors for the first time in 1975. A family run company, started by William Hathorn, Pineapple began making pine furniture for the retail market and traded as, ‘Pine Productions’.
In 1987, Pine Productions moved their focus to the healthcare furniture market, having identified a demand for strong, safe and durable healthcare furniture which avoided the ‘institutional’ appearance, common at that time. With a new direction, a new name was required and we became simply ‘Pineapple’.
Pineapple, now a global company with headquarters in Kent (UK), have offices in France, Germany and the USA, still runs by its original ethos, and employs over 100 people worldwide.

JOB TITLE: BI Developer / Business & Cost Analyst
REPORTS TO: Group Finance Manager
LOCATION: Westmead, Kent ME20 6XJ

THIS IS A TEMPORARY POSITION ON A MONTHLY ROLLING CONTRACT BASIS
SUMMARY:
We are seeking an experienced BI Developer / Business & Cost Analyst to join us on a temporary rolling monthly contract. Primarily, the role will be responsible to work on a project to design, build and implement BI dashboards, but also to support the team in the day- to- day reporting and analysis of our data including keeping Management up to date with sales margin reports and updating our product costing sheets.
Ideally from a manufacturing background, the ideal candidate will have sound knowledge of BI software, CRM, ERP & MRP packages. The position will work across all businesses in the Pineapple Group so previous experience of a multi-territory/currency environment would be very beneficial.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Essential responsibilities but not limited to:

• Designing, building and implementing BI dashboards to replace manual reporting for sales figures, KPI’s, quotes, transactions.
• Creating visualisations and reports using Phocas BI software (full system training provided)
• Supporting in running regular and adhoc reports using our CRM, MRP systems and associated reporting tool kits – gathering data from multiple sources to generate the reports
• Key focus on Sales Margin reports to provide product based costing information for the Sales Team & Management
• Using the data to generate reports and analytics to drive business outcomes and improvements
• Alongside the other members of the Systems team ensuring best practices in data management are adhered to and hi-lighting any areas of concern with the integrity of the data

Requirements
Required Experience:

• Experience of using Phocas software (ideal, not essential) or other BI software
• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in business, financial or performance reporting and cost analysis
• Previous responsibility to manage reporting that directly impacts financial or risk areas in commercial and manufacturing environments

• Sound knowledge of CRM, ERP and MRP packages
• A good understanding of a database structure and linking interfaces
• Trouble-shooting incorrect data entry to ensure reports are as accurate as possible
• Excellent skills in using reporting tool kits
• Excellent at interpreting numerical data and presenting it in user-friendly ways, including dashboards
• Highly proficient in Excel (Intermediate/Advanced User)

Personality Profile:

• Excellent Analytical and visualisation skills
• A creative thinker and problem solver
• Highly self-motivated, shows initiative, flexible and collaborative
• Excellent Attention to detail
• Organised, task focused, able to work independently and manage own workload
• Must have a can-do attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Regular team socials and events
• High quality working environment
• Sustainability focused business
• Free onsite parking / walking distance from train station

Job Type: Temporary

Salary: £25,000.00-£26,000.00 per year