Data Analyst – Commercial Insights

Job Title: Data Analyst – Commercial Insights

Reporting line: Commercial Analytics and Data Insights Manager

Role Overview

The Group Commercial team are seeking to onboard a motivated and detail-oriented Data Analyst – Commercial Insights to join our Commercial Analytics and Data Insights team. This role is ideal for someone with a passion for data storytelling, dashboard development and commercial performance. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting strategic decision-making by delivering actionable insights through Power BI dashboard reporting, working closely with stakeholders across the Group.

Key Responsibilities:

As Applegreen expands, the responsibilities will evolve and change over time. The core responsibilities will centre around the following areas:

• Develop, maintain, and optimise interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI to support commercial decision-making.
• Deliver commercial insights and reporting at a group level, ensuring alignment across all regions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather requirements, understand business needs, and translate them into actionable data solutions.
• Assist in the development of automated reporting processes.
• Contribute to ad-hoc analysis and deep dives to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support the cross-functional taskforce focused on aligning KPIs across regions, contributing to consistency and comparability of commercial performance metrics.
• Ensure data governance and compliance with internal standards.

The Candidate should have the following:

Qualifications, experience & skills

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a data analyst role, ideally within the retail and/or FMCG industry.
• Strong proficiency in Power BI and its components (e.g. DAX, Power Query) essential.
• Experience working with large datasets and data modelling.
• Knowledge of SQL, or Python is a plus.
• Ability to translate business requirements into effective data visualisations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Commercially minded individual, with a strong understanding of how data and insights drive business performance and decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to present insights to non-technical audience.
• Curious mindset with a proactive approach to learning and improvement.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
• Proven track record of delivering to tight deadlines and strong ownership of tasks.