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AI, Data & Analytics Manager
Crew Clothing Head Office
Full Time
2 Years Experience
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AI, Data & Analytics Manager
Crew Clothing Head Office

Description
AI, Data & Analytics Lead
Full-Time
Kingston

Crew Clothing Company was founded in Salcombe in 1993.  Today Crew is a great British brand, and our success lies in our authentic passion for producing great looking, well-made clothes.  We now have more than 70 stores and a thriving website, and the business continues to grow. 

Our people are at the heart of our company.  With a passion for exceptional service, and a love for our product, our team is dedicated to offering the best customer experience – nothing is too much trouble. 

Purpose of the role: 

The AI, Data and Analytics lead will take a hands-on approach to the definition and implementation of Crew’s data integration and reporting needs. Crew is a group of retail brands including Pringle, Salt Rock and Ben Sherman. We are in the process of consolidating ERP, EPOS, WMS, ecommerce (and other) platforms and, as such, there are a multitude of reporting suites, databases and middleware platforms. The data and analytics lead will spearhead the consolidation of data and reporting and dashboarding tools. 

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute Crew’s data and analytics roadmap in alignment with business objectives. 

  • Be the technical SME and lead engineer on a multitude of data and reporting platforms, including but not limited to Azure SQL, SQL server, PowerBI, ZapBI, Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift and similar technologies. 

  • Develop database queries in a variety of platforms to extract, populate and analyse statistics – sometimes using very large datasets. 

  • Architect data platforms and work with partners to implement appropriate data integrations and data warehousing. 

  • Produce, amend and recommend business reports & dashboards etc relevant to a retailer and on demand. 

  • Own the relationship with middleware, integration, reporting and other relevant partners, ensuring high quality output and value for money. 

  • Work with the IT director and others on defining and implementing a company AI adoption roadmap. 

  • Transform and populate data between disparate systems, ensuring high quality and accuracy at all times. 

Deliverables:
  • A reliable, accurate and performant set of reporting and dashboards. 

  • Reliable middleware and data warehousing, monitored by exception. 

  • IT and business teams trained in supporting and using relevant reporting tools. 

  • Accurate and timely delivery of sales order (etc) data between front-end platforms such as Shopify and back-end systems such as 3PL WMS. 

  • Foster data-driven decision-making culture across the company. 

Key Skills & Experience:

Essential skills: 

  • At least five years integration, middleware and reporting experience in a retail environment. 

  • Demonstrable engineer-level knowledge of at least some of the middleware, integration and reporting systems in use at the company. 

  • Experience developing and implementing data, data governance, security, privacy and lifecycle management initiatives and standards. 

  • Ability to oversee the development of dashboards, KPI tracking and self-service BI tools to empower business users. 

  • Customer-facing communication skills, able to translate business reporting need into development activities whether on in house or partner platforms. 

AI, Data & Analytics Lead
Full-Time
Kingston

Crew Clothing Company was founded in Salcombe in 1993.  Today Crew is a great British brand, and our success lies in our authentic passion for producing great looking, well-made clothes.  We now have more than 70 stores and a thriving website, and the business continues to grow. 

Our people are at the heart of our company.  With a passion for exceptional service, and a love for our product, our team is dedicated to offering the best customer experience – nothing is too much trouble. 

Purpose of the role: 

The AI, Data and Analytics lead will take a hands-on approach to the definition and implementation of Crew’s data integration and reporting needs. Crew is a group of retail brands including Pringle, Salt Rock and Ben Sherman. We are in the process of consolidating ERP, EPOS, WMS, ecommerce (and other) platforms and, as such, there are a multitude of reporting suites, databases and middleware platforms. The data and analytics lead will spearhead the consolidation of data and reporting and dashboarding tools. 

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute Crew’s data and analytics roadmap in alignment with business objectives. 

  • Be the technical SME and lead engineer on a multitude of data and reporting platforms, including but not limited to Azure SQL, SQL server, PowerBI, ZapBI, Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift and similar technologies. 

  • Develop database queries in a variety of platforms to extract, populate and analyse statistics – sometimes using very large datasets. 

  • Architect data platforms and work with partners to implement appropriate data integrations and data warehousing. 

  • Produce, amend and recommend business reports & dashboards etc relevant to a retailer and on demand. 

  • Own the relationship with middleware, integration, reporting and other relevant partners, ensuring high quality output and value for money. 

  • Work with the IT director and others on defining and implementing a company AI adoption roadmap. 

  • Transform and populate data between disparate systems, ensuring high quality and accuracy at all times. 

Deliverables:
  • A reliable, accurate and performant set of reporting and dashboards. 

  • Reliable middleware and data warehousing, monitored by exception. 

  • IT and business teams trained in supporting and using relevant reporting tools. 

  • Accurate and timely delivery of sales order (etc) data between front-end platforms such as Shopify and back-end systems such as 3PL WMS. 

  • Foster data-driven decision-making culture across the company. 

Key Skills & Experience:

Essential skills: 

  • At least five years integration, middleware and reporting experience in a retail environment. 

  • Demonstrable engineer-level knowledge of at least some of the middleware, integration and reporting systems in use at the company. 

  • Experience developing and implementing data, data governance, security, privacy and lifecycle management initiatives and standards. 

  • Ability to oversee the development of dashboards, KPI tracking and self-service BI tools to empower business users. 

  • Customer-facing communication skills, able to translate business reporting need into development activities whether on in house or partner platforms.