Senior BI specialist

Are you a Senior BI Specialist with experience in the food retail sector who enjoys taking ownership of complex product and supplier data? Do you enjoy shaping BI tools, data models, and reporting standards in a multi-stakeholder environment?

Company overview

The organization operates as a buying alliance in the Food Retail sector, supporting multiple member companies through joint procurement and data-driven decision-making. Given the scale and complexity of purchasing flows, supplier relationships, and multi-entity data, high-quality data governance and advanced analytics are critical to the alliance’s success.

Data, reporting, and insights play a central role in enabling buyers, finance, and management teams to make informed decisions, optimize supplier negotiations, and drive measurable value for member companies.

Role description

As Senior BI Specialist, you will be the owner of the alliance’s core data assets, analytical tools, and business intelligence landscape. You will sit at the intersection of Buying, Finance, and IT, translating complex business questions into robust data models, dashboards, and actionable insights.

This is a hands-on senior role with significant ownership over data quality, BI tooling, and analytics delivery. You will ensure that decision-makers have reliable, structured, and relevant insights to support negotiations, performance monitoring, and strategic initiatives within the Food Retail buying environment.

Key responsibilities

BI & Data Ownership

• Own and govern core data domains, including product and supplier master data
• Define data standards, structures, and quality controls across the alliance
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability of data used for reporting and analytics

Analytics & Reporting

• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and analytical models to support buying and management teams
• Translate commercial and operational questions into clear analytical requirements
• Deliver actionable insights that support supplier negotiations, performance tracking, and decision-making

Systems & Integrations

• Act as the business-side expert during BI, data platform, and system implementations
• Work closely with IT teams and external partners on data integrations, data flows, and tooling enhancements
• Support integrations across finance, supply chain, and supplier systems

Process & Data Standardisation

• Analyse and standardise data-related processes across member companies
• Identify gaps, risks, and inefficiencies in data usage and reporting
• Drive adoption of BI tools and data standards across stakeholders

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner closely with Buying, Finance, and IT teams
• Act as a bridge between technical teams and business users
• Support management with data-driven insights for strategic and operational decisions

Whom we are looking for

• Master’s degree in Data Analytics, Business Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field
• 6+ years of experience in BI, data analytics, or data-focused analyst roles
• Mandatory experience in Food Retail; experience in FMCG, procurement, or supply chain environments is a strong plus
• Strong experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) and data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, AWS)
• Solid technical foundation in data modelling, system analysis, and data integrations; SQL required, Python is a strong plus
• Structured, analytical, and comfortable owning complex data landscapes
• Clear communicator who can translate data into concrete business insights
• Fluent in English; no visa sponsorship possible

What’s in it for you?

• A senior, high-impact role in a data-driven food retail environment
• Direct exposure to commercial negotiations and strategic decision-making
• Ownership of critical data assets and analytical tooling
• Competitive salary package
• Long-term growth opportunities within an international organisation

Next steps

If this opportunity aligns with your experience and ambitions, apply for the role via the link below. We will discuss further details in a conversation.

Robert Walters Netherlands is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.