Business Analytics Lead

**Business Analytics Lead** **Drive Data-Driven Manufacturing Excellence** We are looking for a Business Analytics Lead to play a pivotal role in transforming operational data into actionable business insight across our Paper Division. Leading a small but highly capable data engineering team, you will build and develop the OT-to-business data infrastructure that underpins operational analytics, advanced analytics, and strategic decision-making. By connecting manufacturing systems with business platforms, you’ll help unlock performance improvements, optimise asset utilisation, and support critical 80/20 business priorities. This is an exciting opportunity for a data leader who combines technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement and a passion for delivering measurable business value. **What You’ll Be Doing** * Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Engineers, setting priorities and ensuring high-quality delivery. * Design, build, and maintain scalable OT-to-business data architectures and ingestion pipelines, supporting both real-time and batch processing. * Integrate operational technology platforms, including AVEVA PI, with ERP, maintenance, quality, and other enterprise systems. * Develop and maintain standardised, granular datasets and data models that enable operational reporting, advanced analytics, and business intelligence. * Establish and champion data governance best practices, including data quality, lineage, metadata management, and documentation. * Create reusable analytics assets, KPI frameworks, and self-service data products that empower site and corporate teams. * Partner with Operations, Asset Management, IT, and Business Leadership teams to identify opportunities, prioritise initiatives, and deliver impactful analytics solutions. * Implement monitoring, automation, and CI/CD practices to ensure reliable and efficient data workflows. * Translate complex data into clear insights, dashboards, and recommendations that support operational and strategic decision-making. **What We’re Looking For** * Proven experience leading data engineering, analytics, or business intelligence teams. * Strong understanding of industrial data environments and operational technology (OT) systems. * Experience working with platforms such as AVEVA PI, industrial historians, or similar manufacturing data systems. * Demonstrated expertise in building data pipelines, data models, and enterprise analytics solutions. * Strong knowledge of data governance, metadata management, data quality, and data architecture best practices. * Experience integrating manufacturing, ERP, maintenance, quality, and other business systems. * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation. * A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a focus on delivering tangible business outcomes. **Why Join Us?** This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of manufacturing analytics within a large-scale industrial environment. You’ll work at the intersection of operations, technology, and business strategy, delivering solutions that directly influence performance, productivity, and long-term growth. If you’re passionate about turning complex operational data into meaningful business value and leading teams that drive transformation, we’d love to hear from you #LI-SP