Data & Analytics Manager

An opportunity to take ownership of the data and analytics agenda for Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory within a major international food manufacturing organisation.

Operating across a complex manufacturing and supply chain network, you’ll sit at the intersection of food safety, quality, data and digital systems - turning complex information into insight that helps the business identify risk earlier, improve performance and make better decisions.

This isn’t simply a reporting role. You’ll be expected to shape what the business measures, challenge how it measures it and ensure data leads to meaningful action.

Reporting into the FSQR Director, you’ll lead a small specialist team and take responsibility for the development and delivery of the FSQR data and analytics strategy.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across Manufacturing, Technical/Quality, Procurement, R&D, Regulatory, Risk and IT.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Owning and developing the global FSQR KPI and performance framework, covering food safety, quality, compliance and risk.
• Designing and continuously improving dashboards and reporting used by senior operational and functional leaders.
• Turning complex datasets into clear, actionable insights rather than simply reporting historic performance.
• Monitoring global food safety indicators and identifying trends, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Developing the use of predictive and statistical analytics to support earlier identification of food safety and quality risk.
• Leading analysis of consumer and market complaints, including food safety, foreign body, quality and regulatory issues.
• Using complaint data to identify trends, root causes and preventative actions across sites and markets.
• Acting as system owner for specialist FSQR platforms including Unilab, LIMS, Quality Management Systems and Salesforce.
• Supporting the selection, configuration, implementation and continued development of FSQR technology.
• Improving data integrity, system adoption and integration across the wider Supply Chain environment.
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of three data and analytics professionals.
• Supporting audits, inspections and regulatory activity through accurate, robust and defensible data.

We’re looking for somebody who combines strong data and analytics capability with a genuine understanding of operational manufacturing and quality.

You’re likely to have:

• Significant experience within data, analytics, business intelligence or performance management.
• Experience gained within FMCG, food manufacturing, manufacturing or another highly regulated environment.
• Strong experience developing KPI frameworks, dashboards and senior-level performance reporting.
• The ability to translate large or complex datasets into clear commercial and operational recommendations.
• An understanding of food safety, quality, compliance or regulatory risk – ideally within a manufacturing or Supply Chain environment.
• Experience owning or implementing specialist quality, laboratory or business systems.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge senior colleagues using evidence and data.
• Experience operating within a large, matrixed organisation.

Experience with Unilab, LIMS, Salesforce, Quality Management Systems or similar platforms would be particularly relevant, as would exposure to digital transformation or data-modernisation programmes.

This is an unusual opportunity to move beyond traditional reporting and take genuine ownership of how a major food manufacturing organisation uses data to manage food safety, quality and regulatory risk.

You’ll have the scope to improve systems, develop analytical capability and influence decision-making across a complex international manufacturing network.

For somebody who understands both data and the realities of food/FMCG manufacturing, it offers the chance to build a genuinely strategic analytics capability with visible impact across the business.