Location: Moodiesburn - UK
Team: IT
Position type: Fixed Term Contract – 1 year
Package: NA
Employment requirements: Due to local restrictions, applications will only be considered from candidates who already hold a permanent right to work in the location stated above.

At SARIA Food & Pharma, our activities are characterized by connected value chains, decades of shared market expertise and a unifying spirit of innovation to continuously develop our people and our products.

Van Hessen, Devro and Bioiberica use animal raw materials to create their wide range of products, which are ubiquitous and universal, but anything but ordinary. With a complementary portfolio of casings for the sausage industry that includes natural and collagen-based casings, Devro and Van Hessen are leading product experts in their industry. The global life science company Bioiberica produces active ingredients for humans, animals and plants, from starting material it receives from Van Hessen.

We create the added layer of value with our products and services, improve the well-being of all by taking life science further and combine our attention to detail with the extraordinary, because it all matters.

The opportunity

The IT Applications Specialist (Analytics) is responsible for leveraging data and analytics tooling to support IT operations, enhance decision making, optimize system performance, and deliver business insights. This role bridges the gap between IT services and our emerging data strategy, ensuring our business intelligence technologies operate efficiently and effectively in support of business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Providing actionable insights and trends to IT teams and business stakeholders
• Collecting, processing, and analyzing data related to business goals supported by IT
• Creating dashboards and visualizations using approved analytics platforms
• Assisting with the integration of data-rich systems and analytics platforms to meet business requirements and facilitate “self-service” use of BI tools
• Developing reports and data-backed recommendations aligned to approved projects and changes
• Supporting the automation of data collection and reporting processes
• Identifying opportunities to improve the performance and efficiency of analytics solutions
• Together with the Information Security team, ensuring data privacy, security and integrity aligned to analytics platforms
• Together with the Enterprise Architecture team, assisting in delivering a cloud-based enterprise data platform aligned to our emerging data strategy and governance

About you

Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar role

Essential

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong technical proficiency in Microsoft PowerBI and Qliksense
• Strong technical proficiency in data queries related to Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience of using APIs in relation to application integration
• Experience of applying project management methodologies
• Effective communication and use of “user stories” to analyze analytics requirements
  Desirable
• Experience in a regulated industry, ideally life sciences
• Experience of IBM Cognos Analytics and Hubble platforms
• Experience of ETL tools

What’s next?

If this sounds like a role that you would be interested in, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please e-mail a copy of your CV, along with a cover letter explaining the key attributes you could bring to the role. We would also recommend you speak with your manager to discuss your interest prior to submitting your application.

Email address for applications: linsey.adair@saria-foodpharma.com
Closing Date: 25/6/2025

Please note, closing dates are subject to change and, at times of high volume of applications, this may be brought forward.

Important to us:

We believe it takes diversity of thought, culture, background, and perspective to create a truly innovative company. If you require any adjustments to be able to pursue an application with us, please let our Recruitment team know.

Information Security is important at SARIA Food & Pharma and your application will be processed and stored in line with our data protection policies.