Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We���re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
Two brand new roles have been created within our thriving East Cowes facilities - the Business Data Analysts (BDA) will be responsible for collecting, organising, and interpreting data to support the effective management of the Operations Function. They will also be responsible for regular review and extraction of data from business systems, including ERP, using Excel, programming languages, and visualisation techniques, to analyse and present standard Operational Reports, KPIs and analyse trends.
In addition to presenting data, the BDA will also have responsibility for analysing and interpreting information to identifying trends, highlight areas for attention, and make suggestions and proposals to improve business strategies in support of business development within the operations function.
Job Responsibilities
Typical responsibilities wil include:
Review and analysis of Operational performance data to support business development.
Provision of regular reporting, data analysis and trend review for key metrics including hours management, Tier board data (including running tier 3 data inputs), improvement plans, optimisation of work flow data, Quality, SPC control data, OEE Data analysis.
Preparation of regular reporting for audit activities
Production of monthly presentations for management reviews
Supporting ad hoc data requirements, for example supporting Project KPIs
Maintain, manage and communicate results as per defined project KPIs and project governance
Apply PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) approach, use A3 problem solving tools appropriately in case of deviation to plan to ensure successful project delivery and sustainability.
Responsible for data management, governance, and master data quality in conjunction with other functional data owners to ensure functional master data integrity across the operation of financial systems is consistent and meets stated business rules and requirements.
Identify areas for data quality improvements and help to resolve data quality problems.
Job Qualifications
Suitable applicants will be able to demonstrate:
Previous experience in a similar role, including development of data architecture and document data with data map flow, data modelling, data quality etc.;
Ability to create insightful reports and presentations, using tools such as Power BI;
Ability to analyse data, and suggest process improvements;
Advanced level Excel skills;
Previous experience of working within a manufacturing environment would be highly desirable
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
