Group Resilience Analyst

Job Title: Group Resilience Analyst

Department: Profit and Asset Protection/ Finance

Location: Bury

Reporting To: Group Head of Resilience

Contract Type: 12 month Secondment

Closing Date: TBC

Internal/External: Internal only

Founded in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, JD Group has grown into a leading global omni-channel retailer in Sports Fashion, Outdoors, and Gyms. Our diverse and dedicated teams operate across a portfolio of renowned retail brands in multiple international markets.

Listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1996 and a proud member of the FTSE
100 since 2019, JD Group continues to expand both in the UK and globally driven by a commitment to innovation, excellence, and possibility.

Our vision is to become the world’s most trusted and dynamic omni-channel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us in shaping this future. If you’re passionate about contributing to an inclusive, people-first, and customer-centric organisation and are motivated by continuous growth and operational excellence we’d love to hear from you.

• We are offering an exciting internal secondment opportunity for a Group Resilience Analyst to join our Business Continuity & Resilience team. This role will play a key part in supporting the Head of Business Continuity in the rollout of our new Group Resilience Program, ensuring that plans and processes are embedded across all fascias and functions.
• You do not need prior experience in Business Continuity or Resilience, we will provide full training and guidance. What matters most is your ability to understand the Group business, work collaboratively, and help drive engagement with resilience initiatives.
• You will work closely with a broad range of Senior Group stakeholders across UK and NAM to build resilience culture. The role will require a high level of professionalism and confidentiality.

• Work alongside the Group Resilience Manager to embed the new JD Group Resilience Framework across Facias (starting with JD UK EU and NAM).
• Assist in facilitation of key meetings and workshops with senior leaders to identify critical business activities and map dependencies.
• Support development of high-quality documentation including reports, training materials, and executive presentations.
• Support the Group Resilience Manager in developing and delivering resilience exercises for different audiences including Group Crisis Management Team and Distribution Centre Incident Response Teams.
• Work with colleagues across JD Group to raise awareness of Business Resilience and Business Continuity Management, and why it matters.
• Lead key work streams where appropriate.
• Prepare reports and track KPIs to keep on top of progress of embedding the new Resilience programme.
• Help senior leaders lead our recovery and respond to incidents when they happen.
• Assist the team in delivering against wider objectives as necessary.

• Strong understanding of JD Group’s Global structure, business model, operations, and key stakeholders.
• Experience as part of a team embedding new Group initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and proven ability to build positive relationships to advise and support people throughout the organisation.
• Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams (including IT, Infosec and Procurement) to achieve aligned goals.
• The ability to work under pressure, to deadlines and to prioritise workloads.
• Comfortable working with data and creatively producing clear reports for executive reporting, often presenting complex information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to travel internationally to deliver in person workshops and exercises.

• Interest in developing expertise in Resilience, Business Continuity and Crisis Management.
• Experience working within a related discipline including Third Party Risk Management, ITDR, Risk and Controls.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a workplace where every colleague is valued, respected, and empowered. We…