Connecting Industry Experts with IT Transformation Delivery Projects at Dynamic Search Solutions and Herd Digital
Job Title: Data Analyst - Contract (Outside IR35)
Location: Remote (occasional UK travel)
Eligibility: UK Residents only (data sensitivity)
The Company:
A leading logistics organisation is embarking on a major data and analytics transformation, moving away from traditional, reactive BI reporting towards a modern, AI-driven and insight-led analytics capability.
This role requires an experienced Data Analyst who has previously helped transform data environments and can enable forward‑looking insight, forecasting, and proactive decision‑making.
Responsibilities
- Support the shift from traditional BI to a modern, AI-ready analytics platform
- Design and deliver Power BI dashboards focused on trends, forecasting, and operational insight rather than historic reporting
- Work with stakeholders across operations, finance, and technology to understand data challenges and define analytics solutions
- Transform, model, and optimise data to improve quality, consistency, and usability
- Enable predictive and proactive analytics to support demand planning, performance forecasting, and decision‑making
- Collaborate with data engineers and AI specialists to ensure analytics outputs are scalable and future‑proof
- Contribute to best practices around data governance and data quality
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience as a Data Analyst on transformation‑led programmes
- Strong experience moving organisations away from reactive BI towards proactive, insight‑driven analytics
- Advanced Power BI experience (DAX, data modelling, performance optimisation)
- Strong SQL skills with experience handling large, complex datasets
- Experience supporting or enabling forecasting, predictive analytics, or AI use cases
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Comfortable working autonomously in a contract environment
- Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure, Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, etc.)
- Exposure to Python or R for data analysis or advanced analytics
- Experience working in logistics, supply chain, or similar operational environments
- Understanding of data governance and data quality frameworks
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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