At Dreams, we know your bed is the best place in the whole world. But for the hours between precious sleep, we`d like to make work a special place to be too. We`re the UK`s most loved bed retailer, so it`s important our people feel the love as well. There`s over 250 of us at our affectionally named `Bedquarters` in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, where every dreamer makes a difference.
We`re super passionate about our people-first culture, which means we like to keep things simple and celebrate every success, big or small! From a payday treats trolley to charity fundraisers and all-staff lunches, we know we do it best when we do it together.
And together we`ve been making bedtimes better since 1985, with no signs of hitting the snooze button. We`re owned by the world`s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, and have our very own Bed Factory right here in the UK. You`ll even get a guided tour when you join - that`s part of our mission to get you fully bed-ucated during your induction.
With 208 stores nationwide, 6 central warehouses and 12 delivery centres, we sell 14,000 mattresses, bases and headboards every single week. Now that`s a lot of Zzzs.
So if you`re bonkers about bed, silly for siestas and keen on your kip, we think Dreams could be the perfect place for you.
Dreams. Love your job.
We`re looking for a new Data Analyst to join our Insight's & Analytics team based in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire. In this role, Working in our fast-paced Finance & Insights dept, utilising market leading big data software (Alteryx and Tableau), this is a high-profile role positioned at the core of our retail operations (c£310m turnover; 210 stores nationwide and >1,000 colleagues) fostering a business partnering approach to provide financial insights and support to retail decision making. You will play a crucial part in the operation - driving process understanding, budgeting, forecasting, financial appraisal, and analysis and reporting; whilst building strong relationships with key stakeholders, highlighting opportunity and risk, and driving change. This is an exciting career opportunity to make a significant difference to business performance with direct exposure to the Executive Board and senior managers across the business.
Ready to skip the snooze button and get stuck in? Here`s a taste of what you`ll be doing day-to-day...
-Business partner to Retail team; providing analytical support, investment appraisal, Revenue/cost/contribution analysis to drive fast and relevant decision making.
-Challenge and communicate across all levels of organisation, high degree of exposure to senior teams.
-Prepare function specific reporting, KPI analysis, and insights into the key drivers of performance.
-Build/maintain intuitive dashboards using Tableau/Alteryx; to promote automation & self-serve.
-Produce qualitative and quantitative analysis including customer behavior, industry trends, competition, spatial analytics, staffing needs etc. to recommend strategies across broad range of subjects.
-Interpret and understand complex data and translating this into value driven insight.
-Represent insights team, driving agenda through first class support, during budgeting/forecasting (including development of models) and month end meetings.
-Gather and maintain accurate and up-to-date records of data; and remain attuned to developments in the area.
-Work to tight deadlines, delivering outstanding level of credibility; reliability; completeness and accuracy.
This is the type of person we`re dreaming of:
-Commercial acumen; demonstrable industry experience; vast proven analytical/dashboarding experience
-Ability to rapidly and thoroughly understand the environment in which you will operate (people, applications, technology, process), to support faster decision making.
-Ability to interpret and understand data, identify trends/and patterns. working with analytical packages, with aptitude to learn new software and systems and critical thinking to provide recommendations.
-Professional communication skills: ability to build strong relationships across broad level of stakeholders.
-Highly motivated and resourceful, capable of working of own initiative, as individual or part of a team.
-Strong planning, organising and time management skills, accuracy, and adherence to deadlines.
In your dream role, you`ll also receive:
- Bonus: Our discretionary annual bonus scheme recognises the hard work and dedication of our superstar dreamers.
- Discounts: Amazing staff discount on Dreams products, plus hundreds of brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping.
- Buy-in schemes: You`ll have the opportunity to buy extra holiday, private healthcare, or savings and loans.
- Parking: We know it goes without saying, but our free onsite parking gives you peace of mind when you travel.
- Wellbeing: We partner with the Retail Trust to offer a 24-hour helpline with a variety of support services, as well as hosting an on-site gym and out of hours GP service.
- Hybrid working: Whether you`re an early bird or night owl, we trust you to work your hours responsibly to suit you!